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Photo: AI Image/ChatGPTExtremely sad at loss of lives in Maharashtra road accident: Murmu
New Delhi: President Droupadi Murmu on Monday expressed her grief at the deaths in a road accident in Maharashtra and offered her condolences to the bereaved families. Four women and four children were killed on Sunday when a pick-up vehicle carrying them plunged into a roadside well in Malshiras tehsil in Solapur district of Maharashtra.…
Photo: IANS5 IAF Personnel killed in AN-32 transport aircraft crash in Assam’s Jorhat
Five personnel of the Indian Air Force were killed when a Russian-origin AN-32 transport aircraft crashed in Assam’s Jorhat on Saturday. The aircraft met with an accident during a routine sortie at around 10 am, the IAF said. “The Indian Air Force (IAF) deeply regrets the loss of five personnel in the An-32 accident at…
Photo: IIT MadrasIIT Madras Unveils World’s Most Detailed 3D Brainstem Atlas
New Delhi: The Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras) on Friday said it has released ANCHOR (Atlas of Neurochemical Characterisation of the human brainstem with 3D Reconstruction), the world’s most detailed three‑dimensional atlas of the human brainstem. ANCHOR was developed by the Sudha Gopalakrishnan Brain Centre through its high throughput brain imaging and computing…
Photo: IANSTwisha Sharma Case: Father Seeks Probe Into Legal Aid Lawyers
Bhopal: As the CBI probe continues into the death of actress Twisha Sharma, her father has filed a complaint in the Madhya Pradesh High Court demanding an inquiry into the role of some lawyers associated with the Legal Aid Defence Counsel scheme. Twisha Sharma’s father, Navnidhi Sharma, has filed the complaint with the Madhya Pradesh…
Photo: PTIJaspal Rana, Doyen of Indian Shooting, Dies at 49
New Delhi: Jaspal Rana, one of India’s finest pistol shooters who made a hugely successful transition to coaching and guided Manu Bhaker to epoch-making twin bronze medals at the Paris Olympics, has shockingly died at a mere 49 years of age after battling cardiac complications. Rana is survived by his wife, Reena Rana, daughter Devanshi,…
Photo: AI Image3 Children Among 5 Family Members Killed as Scorpio Crashes in Simdega
Simdega: At least five people, including a couple and their three children, were killed and four others were seriously injured in a horrific road accident in Jharkhand’s Simdega district on Thursday, officials said. The incident occurred near Agharma on the Gumla-Simdega road under Kolebira police station limits when a Scorpio vehicle went out of control…
Photo: PTITOPS lowers age of induction to 13 for TT players with eye on 2036 Olympics
New Delhi: The age of induction for table tennis players in the Sports Ministry’s flagship Target Olympic Podium Scheme (TOPS) has been lowered from 17 to 13 in a major policy change to build India’s bench strength for the 2030 Commonwealth Games and the 2036 Olympics. Following the decision, two 13-year-olds — Rishaan Chattopadhayay and…
Photo: AI-generated image/for representation onlyLightning strikes kill 5 in Bihar’s Khagaria
Patna: A series of tragic lightning strike incidents amid sudden adverse weather conditions claimed five lives in Bihar’s Khagaria district on Thursday, leaving several others injured and triggering widespread grief across affected villages. One of the most devastating incidents occurred in Kanhauli village under Baltara Panchayat in the Gogri block, where three people, including a…
Photo: AI Generated/ChatGPTGovt waives excise duty on ethanol-blended petrol
New Delhi: The government has waived excise duty on variants of ethanol-blended petrol, a notification by the finance ministry said. The duty waiver is applicable on E22, E25, E27, and E30 variants of petrol. In the notification, the ministry said excise duty will be ‘nil’ on petrol with 22 per cent, 25 per cent, 27…
Photo: IANSRs 1.44 crore seized from private school in Bengal, two arrested
Kolkata: Cash amounting to Rs 1.44 crore was recovered from a private English-medium school in Kanchrapara in North 24 Parganas district, police said on Thursday. The recovery was made after a search operation was launched at the school on Wednesday night. Till 4:30 a.m. on Thursday, 1 crore 44 lakh rupees were found. Apart from…
