Most years, skywatchers have to wait patiently for different celestial events to arrive one at a time. An eclipse might dominate one month, while a meteor shower steals attention weeks later. This August, however, the calendar has produced a rare overlap. On 12 August 2026, a solar eclipse will unfold across parts of the Northern…
NEW DELHI: The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Health and Family Welfare, in its 172nd Report, has recommended increasing the insurance cover under Ayushman Bharat-Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PM-JAY) from the existing Rs 5 lakh to Rs 10 lakh, saying the current limit is inadequate to meet the cost of several life-saving procedures, including liver…
New EPFO portal goes live!The Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) completed the migration of all member records to a centralised database on Wednesday, restoring online services for members and employers.The large-scale database consolidation and software upgrade, shifts member records from a decentralised architecture to a centralised database. According to Union labour and employment minister Mansukh…
ED freezes TMC bank deposits worth Rs 440 crore in Kolkata NEW DELHI: The Enforcement Directorate issued orders to freeze the All India Trinamool Congress (TMC)’s bank deposits worth Rs 440 crore in Kolkata. The order came under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) on Wednesday.The action follows an ongoing money laundering probe into…
Photo: Instagram/ Katrina Kaif Katrina Kaif has mostly been off social media since the birth of her son Vihaan Kaushal on November 7, 2025. She has been enjoying this private, months-long break, embracing motherhood and making the most of her time with her newborn and husband, Vicky Kaushal.Rather than turning early motherhood into a running…
NEW DELHI: AIIMS New Delhi has filled more than 80 per cent of faculty posts advertised under one of its biggest recruitment drives in recent years, selecting 214 candidates against 265 advertised positions for its main campus and 155 against 199 posts for the AIIMS-Central Armed Police Forces Institute of Medical Sciences (CAPFIMS) campus across…
A three-storey administrative building at the Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation’s (PCMC) Waste-to-Energy (WTE) plant in Moshi collapsed amid heavy rain on WednesdayImage Credit: TNN PUNE: A three-storey administrative building at the Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation’s (PCMC) Waste-to-Energy (WTE) plant in Moshi collapsed amid heavy rain on Wednesday, According to officials, 15 to 16 workers are…
NEW DELHI: Five Indonesian Air Force fighter jets escorted Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s aircraft out of Indonesian airspace on Wednesday as he departed Jakarta for Australia after concluding his three-day state visit.According to visuals shared by news agency PTI, PM Modi acknowledged the fighter jets from inside the aircraft as they escorted his plane.Before his…
“I’ll keep spreading love, no matter what they say” — the global Punjabi star’s message continues to resonate as his career reaches new milestones.Image credit (Diljit Dosanjh Instagram) Diljit Dosanjh is having a year that is quietly reshaping what is possible for an Indian artist on the world stage. His ‘Aura World Tour’ kicked off…
For years, milk has been hailed as one of the best sources of calcium and considered an important food for health. In the culinary sector, there are many other foods, such as seeds, whole grains, legumes, leafy vegetables, and dried fruits, that have much more calcium in them per 100 grams of serving than milk….