‘Unity in diversity in Bharat’s DNA: RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat NEW DELHI: Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat, addressing around 5,000 members of Indian-American organisations at Madison Square Garden in New York, spoke about unity, pluralism, individual responsibility and the obligations of the Indian diaspora, while arguing that material success alone cannot define a…
Search and rescue operations under way in Rasuwa TRISHULI BAZAAR (NUWAKOT, NEPAL): Everest veterans and some of Nepal’s most highly trained mountain guides joined rescue operations in flood-ravaged Rasuwa, with a specialist team entering a mud-choked hydropower tunnel Saturday and pushing around 120m inside before thick sludge and debris blocked further movement. The deployment brought…
In the case of Everest, FSSAI has prohibited the sale of compounded (hing powder) variants with immediate effect. NEW DELHI: The humble pinch of hing used in Indian kitchens has come under the scanner, with the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) issuing prohibition orders against Everest Food Products Private Limited and Laljee…
An entrepreneur began melting discarded plastic into walls Workers at a recycling plant in central Mexico are turning five and a half tonnes of discarded plastic bottles and old toys every day into strong building materials, helping low-income families get better homes while keeping waste out of local dumps. The process, developed in 2013 by…
Moment Energy co-founders Gabriel Soares, Edward Chiang, Sumreen Rattan and Gurmesh Sidhu Six years after four engineering graduates began experimenting with used electric vehicle batteries in a British Columbia garage, their clean technology company has opened the largest second-life battery manufacturing plant of its kind. Moment Energy, founded in 2020 by Simon Fraser University graduates…
Govt notifies Legal Metrology (IST) Rules, 2026, making IST mandatory for all legal, commercial and administrative activities from March 2027. NEW DELHI: From March next year, all entities in India will be required to use Indian Standard Time (IST) for legal, commercial, digital and administrative activities, with govt on Saturday notifying the Legal Metrology (Indian…
Boats were being used on inundated roads to rescue people and six relief shelters had been prepared to accommodate those affected, he said. SATNA: Two Indian Air Force helicopters were deployed on Saturday evening to rescue stranded people in Chitrakoot after torrential rains caused the Mandakini river to overflow, flooding large parts of the pilgrimage…
Gandak river has crossed the danger mark in Gopalganj, while the barrage at Valmikinagar released around 99,800 cusecs of water at 8 pm on Saturday. PATNA: Flood fears intensified in Bihar on Saturday as persistent rains in Nepal and the state caused water levels in several rivers to rise above danger marks.The rivers were already…
BFSI firms drive India’s GCC office leasing as demand moves beyond tech Foreign banking, financial services and insurance (BFSI) companies significantly increased their office space leasing for global capability centres (GCCs) in India during the first half of 2026, while demand from foreign IT-ITeS firms declined, Knight Frank India data showed.BFSI companies leased 7.32 million…
NEW DELHI: Bharatiya Janata Party on Saturday refuted allegations made by Lok Sabha leader of opposition Rahul Gandhi that a “purification” ritual was performed after Mallikarjun Kharge’s event in Uttarakhand, calling it a bid to divide society along caste lines.In a press conference, BJP national spokesperson Sudhanshu Trivedi said, “There was no caste angle to…
