The first thing you notice isn’t always the bird itself. It might be a soft melody drifting through a park at sunrise or a series of clear notes echoing across a forest. Before your eyes find the branch it’s sitting on, the song has already done its job. Birds sing for practical reasons. They’re attracting…
NEW DELHI: Alok Kumar Mittal, a 1993 batch IPS officer of Haryana cadre, was on Monday named as director general of the Bureau of Police Research & Development (BPRD). He is presently serving in the cadre as DG, Prisons.Other appointments announced in the Central police organisations include that of Amit Garg, IPS (Andhra Pradesh: 1993),…
Are you a government employee in Bengal and still living in a rented accommodation due to financial constraints? The Bengal government’s Akansha housing scheme can offer you access to flats at no-profit-no-loss prices by offering government land free of cost and facilitating low-interest loans on a lottery basis.The instant project is spread over 5 acres…
Quote of the day by Michael Faraday (AI-generated image) A young mathematician takes an older scientist’s life’s work and translates it into equations the older man cannot fully follow. Most established figures would bristle. Michael Faraday, one of the most celebrated experimental scientists in history, wrote to the young James Clerk Maxwell in 1857 admitting…
Over the past few weeks, the internet has been set ablaze by a debate that refuses to settle down. Americans across the world are realising how most of their medicine is imported from India and while it costs them a hefty price in the country, back in India, they are sold for a minimal amount….
Vaishanaw flagged off four new trains and services Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Monday flagged off new train services and announced route extensions aimed at improving rail connectivity across Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand, while also inaugurating the extension of an existing service through video conferencing from Bhubaneswar.The minister launched the services from Rail Sadan…
When the summer heat is at its peak, all that the human body craves is cooling, comforting and non-spicy food. And that is where potato salads come to the rescue. While potatoes are mostly used for main course curries and dry preparations, they also make for comforting and cooling summer salads, that can easily become…
NEW DELHI: The Indian Army on Monday said security forces recovered five AK series rifles, a hand grenade and a large cache of ammunition after busting a militant hideout during a search operation in Jammu and Kashmir‘s Kupwara district.In a post on X, the Army’s Chinar Corps said the operation was launched in the Keran…
Tirupati [Andhra Pradesh], Jul 06 (ANI): The 116-year-old devotee, Navaneethamma, walks during her VIP ‘darshan,’ arranged by Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) at Sri Venkateswara Temple, in Tirupati on Monday. The devotee trekked up to Tirumala on foot. (ANI Video Grab) Some stories become viral because they are unusual. Others stay with people because they remind…
‘Raaka’ star Allu Arjun made a virtual appearance before the Nampally Criminal Court on Monday, July 6, 2026, in connection with the tragic Sandhya Theatre stampede case. The legal proceedings stem from a chaotic crowd surge during a premiere screening of his blockbuster film Pushpa: The Rule in Hyderabad, which tragically resulted in the death…