Month: January 2025

Noida Schools To Stay Shut Till Class 8 “Until Further Orders” Due To Cold Wave

January 2, 2025 admin

With both minimum and maximum temperatures plummeting in Noida, the Gautam Buddha Nagar administration on Thursday ordered all schools up to Class 8 to remain shut “till further orders”. In a letter to principals of all schools, District Basic Education Officer Rahul Panwar said cold winter weather and foggy conditions sweeping through major areas are…

Nation

US Seeks To End Work Permits For International Students, Impacting Indians

January 2, 2025 admin

The Optional Practical Training (OPT) programme, which allows international students, including those from India, to gain work experience in the US after graduation, is facing scrutiny amid growing concerns over foreign worker programmes. The OPT programme has been criticised for being exploited to fill American jobs, with some arguing it’s being used as a long-term…

World

Virat Kohli Meets Sam Konstas’ Brothers After Shoulder-Barging Row. This Happens Next

January 2, 2025 admin

Sam Konstas (left) was involved in a heated exchange with Virat Kohli during MCG Test.© X (formerly Twitter) Virat Kohli seems to have moved on from his tussle with Sam Konstas as the Indian star was seen posing with his Australian opponent’s brothers at an event hosted by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on…

Sports

Blinkit Rolls Out New Service In Gurugram

January 2, 2025 admin

Expanding beyond daily essentials, beauty products, pet care, baby care items, and food, Blinkit has introduced a new service. The quick commerce firm provides an ambulance to a patient’s doorstep within approximately 10 minutes. Blinkit CEO Albinder Dhindsa announced on X that the initiative launched on Thursday with an initial fleet of five ambulances operating…

Nation

Prashant Kishor Begins Indefinite Fast To Back Protesting Students In Bihar

January 2, 2025 admin

Patna: Election strategist-turned political leader Prashant Kishor has started an indefinite fast, backing the students of Bihar in their demand for a re-test of the 70th Combined Competitive Examination after allegations of paper leak. “I am with these students with all my might… Till this issue is resolved, I’ll be sitting on a fast-unto death,”…

Nation

A Breakup, A Bar And 12 Grapes: The NYE Tradition That Changed Everything

January 2, 2025 admin

As the clock ticked closer to midnight on December 31, 2021, I found myself in a bustling bar in Barcelona, surrounded by total strangers, yet somehow feeling incredibly at home. The last few hours of the year were unfolding, and little did I know, I was about to be swept into a tradition that would…

Nation

Researchers find bacteria that can clean up pesticides from soil to enhance crop yield

January 2, 2025 admin

Image demonstrating the effects of bacterial mixture from the study. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Soil contamination is one of the major issues in the agriculture industry. These compounds are toxic, can inhibit seed germination, reduce plant growth, yield and also accumulate in seeds and plant biomass. Traditional approaches to remove these pollutants, like…

Science

Hydrogel developed for targeted breast cancer therapy

January 2, 2025 admin

Rows of pink hydrogel. Researchers from the Indian Institute of Technology-Guwahati and the Bose Institute, Kolkata have developed an advanced injectable hydrogel for localised cancer treatment. | Photo Credit: Getty Images GUWAHATI Researchers from the Indian Institute of Technology-Guwahati (IIT-G) and the Bose Institute, Kolkata have developed an advanced injectable hydrogel for localised cancer treatment….

Science

“Shadow Of Old Self”: Inside Rohit Sharma’s Last Batting Session With Team India Ahead Of 5th Test

January 2, 2025 admin

File photo of Rohit Sharma.© AFP “Rohit quietly walked into the net arena and without his kit. While (Gambhir) Gambhir stood at the farthest net, talking to (Jasprit) Bumrah, Rohit was at the other end conversing with video analyst Hari Prasad. They stood in their respective places and there was not even minimal…

Sports

SEBI to continue proceedings against ZEEL, issue fresh show cause notice

January 2, 2025 admin

The Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited (ZEEL) and its top management are under SEBI scrutiny for alleged violations of disclosure norms and initially a show cause notice was issued to them in July 2022. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Markets watchdog Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) on Thursday (January 2, 2025) said it will…

Business