New Delhi: In search of a new expansive definition of ‘Aravali hills and ranges’ after dropping the earlier court-accepted controversial 100m height criteria, Supreme Court has entrusted the task to a five-member high-powered committee that’ll include experts from Indian Council of Forestry Research & Education, Forest Survey of India and Geological Survey of India.A bench…
Bhopal: AIIMS Bhopal is stepping into the future of healthcare with a new partnership with Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Together, they will work on cutting-edge research in pharmacogenomics — the science of how our genes affect the way medicines work.For patients, the collaboration promises more personalised treatment. Instead of relying on the same…
Deep beneath the Swiss countryside, inside a ring of machinery nearly four miles across that has been running since the 1970s, physicists have been chasing something they could not see, could not measure, and could not fully explain. It showed up only in the results: particles straying from their paths, beams degrading unexpectedly, experiments falling…
MUMBAI: In a big blow to the Mumbai Indians, already reeling after three straight defeats, their former captain and star opener Rohit Sharma is set to miss the team’s fifth match of IPL 2026 against Punjab Kings at the Wankhede Stadium due to a recurrence of a hamstring injury, TOI has learnt.Rohit sustained the injury…
Mangaluru: With the onset of the monsoon expected to halt construction activity soon, builders and contractors in the city are scrambling to procure sand, amid an acute shortage that has significantly pushed up construction costs. The cost of building a standard house has increased by nearly Rs 2.25 lakh due to the spike in sand…
Bengaluru: Chief minister DK Shivakumar’s whirlwind tour across the city to meet political allies and rivals ahead of his swearing-in ceremony Wednesday evening triggered the one thing Bengalureans dread most: Traffic snarls!Despite advance advisories from traffic police and some schools in central business district adjusting their schedules, commuters were caught in crawling and standstill traffic…
Indian equities may witness an uptrend as easing concerns surrounding the US-Iran conflict improve global risk sentiment. The sharp market recovery suggests that investors are beginning to price in a more favourable geopolitical outcome. While a formal agreement remains pending, the moderation in crude oil prices and appreciation in the rupee to 94.9 against the…
State data shows shortages of up to a staggering 64% of some key nutrients while the Union govt insists stocks are adequate Bengaluru: A sharp divergence has emerged between the state govt’s assessment of fertiliser availability and the Centre’s claims ahead of the kharif season, with state data indicating shortages of up to a staggering…
Aarav Vats scored 96.6% in the CBSE Class 10 exam while battling cancer A board-exam result usually arrives wrapped in the familiar noise of percentages, cut-offs, school-wise tallies and the annual frenzy over who scored what. Aarav Vats’ marksheet carries all of that, of course. It says he scored 96.6% in the 2026 CBSE Class…
A social media post about a foreign traveller being denied entry to US at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) has stirred a row about visa rules and the powers of US border officials.The case came to light after a Reddit user claimed that a friend travelling on a valid B-1/B-2 visitor visa was refused entry…
