ExTeM, or Extraterrestrial Manufacturing, a centre at the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (IIT Madras), found mention in the Prime Minister’s Maan Ki Baat recently. The PM said the researchers were working on technologies that could be developed and used in outer space. To elaborate, ExTem researchers, who come from various disciplines, are working […]
The Thiruvananthapuram Rural police believe they have zeroed in on the suspect in the fatal stabbing of Athira, 33, a housewife and mother of a two-year-old child, at her residence at Kadinamkulam, a coastal suburb on the outskirts of the capital city in Kerala on Tuesday (January 21, 2025). S. Manjulal, DySP, Attingal, identified the murder […]
“The Assam Assembly’s budget session will be held from February 17 to March 25,” an official said on Thursday (January 23, 2025). “In a first-of-its-kind initiative, the session’s inaugural day will take place in Kokrajhar,” the official added. Governor Lakshman Prasad Acharya will deliver the opening address. Following a one-day break, the rest of the […]
MES Mampad College, Mampad, was in the lead with 156 points when competitions became intense at the Calicut University C Zone arts festival at EMEA College of Arts and Science at Kondotty on Wednesday. Calicut University Campus was in the second position with 139 points, and PSMO College in the third position with 128 points. […]
Delhi is going to the polls on February 5. The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is trying hard to fight anti-incumbency and retain power by “showcasing” Punjab, the only full-fledged State where it holds sway. A battery of ministers, legislators, and AAP leaders, including Punjab’s Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, have been campaigning in Delhi over the […]
The Kozhikode Town Hall, which has been closed down for the past four months for renovation, is expected to reopen by the end of January. Public Works Standing Committee Chairman P.C. Rajan said the renovation is nearly complete with only a few electrical fittings remaining. The Town Hall, a cultural nerve centre of the city, […]
The growing revenue deficit of Tamil Nadu, highlighted by Leader of the Opposition and AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K. Palaniswami in his recent counter to Finance Minister Thangam Thennarasu’s criticism of the AIADMK, looms large over the State government. This is evident in the government’s mid-term review of the financial position. According to the official […]
The Excise Department officials in Musheerabad arrested two people transporting ganja in an autorickshaw, in Domalguda, on Wednesday. Over six kilograms of the contraband was seized from them. Guddu Kumar and Chetukumar Yadav, both natives of Jharkhand, were arrested. The accused came to Hyderabad in search of employment and were working as auto drivers. They […]
Tamil Nadu Governor R.N. Ravi on Wednesday urged the youth not to waste time on mobile phones as it was among distractions that made people dull. He claimed that spending too much time on mobile phones and other screens would damage one’s cognitive and thinking power. “It has been scientifically established. Keep away. These are […]
A petition filed in the Supreme Court on Wednesday (January 22, 2025) sought a review of its order passed in August 2024 dismissing pleas for confiscation of ₹16,518 crore received by political parties under the 2018 electoral bonds scheme. The review petition sought a recall of the judgment delivered that dismissed a previous petition seeking […]
