New Delhi: Govt on Thursday replaced National Building Code (NBC) with National Building Construction Standards (NBCS) by withdrawing the earlier code. The new standards will serve more as guidelines, with this being done following directives from Deregulation Cell under Cabinet Secretariat.TOI has learnt that one of the main reasons for replacing NBC with NBCS was…
A localised cooling failure at an Amazon Web Services (AWS) data centre is claimed to have sparked disruption, crippling services for cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase and derivatives giant CME Group. According to a report by news agency Reuters, the issue, which AWS attributed to “increased temperatures” in the AWS Health Dashboard within a single data centre…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday hailed the high voter turn out in the second phase of West Bengal assembly elections and said that this time voter are casting their votes in a “fearless atmosphere.“While inaugurating the Ganga Expressway in Uttar Pradesh, the Prime Minister said that the assembly results on May 4…
Vaibhav Suryavanshi’s blistering 50 off just 15 balls may have lit up the scoreboard, but the real impact of the moment came after the innings, when he spoke about the people standing quietly behind the scenes of his rise. In a sport that often celebrates power, timing and fearless intent, his words brought the spotlight…
Suspect identified as Cole Tomas Allen The White House Correspondents’ Association dinner, held to celebrate press freedom, descended into panic on Saturday evening after an armed man breached security at the Washington Hilton and exchanged fire with law enforcement before being taken into custody.Investigators believe the suspect was able to reach close to the event…
Let’s be real – cotton is everyone’s summer default. And it’s earned that spot. It’s soft, light, and lets air move through easily, which is exactly what you need when it’s hot out. It also absorbs sweat pretty well, so you don’t instantly feel sticky. The only catch? If you’re out in the heat for…
The problem is not the plant; it is what is happening in the soil. Image Credits: Google Gemini You water your pothos, turn away, and then you see it. A tiny dark speck lifting off the soil and floating aimlessly near the pot. Then another, and one more. Before you know it, you have a…
Elon Musk now has a direct financial incentive to get humans to Mars—and it’s unlike anything seen in corporate history. SpaceX‘s board approved a compensation plan in January that awards him 200 million super-voting restricted shares if the company establishes a permanent Mars colony of at least one million people, while simultaneously hitting a $7.5…
In the West Bengal Assembly Elections 2026, Mayna Murmu of the Bharatiya Janata Party secured a convincing win in Manbazar (Assembly Constituency 243), defeating Trinamool Congress candidate Sandhya Rani Tudu by a margin of 27,283 votes.Murmu polled 1,20,487 votes after all 16 rounds of counting, while Tudu secured 93,204 votes.Manbazar (ST), Assembly Constituency No. 243,…
NEW DELHI: Indian carriers have got a Rs 5,000-crore lifeline during the debilitating Iran war that has led to a sharp hike in operating cost along with a decrease in passenger numbers. The Union Cabinet chaired by PM Modi on Tuesday approved the emergency credit line guarantee scheme (ECLGS) 5.0 to provide credit guarantee coverage…