Bharati Vidyapeeth Rabindranath Tagore School of Excellence, Pune, successfully organised its third TED-Ed Talk PUNE: Bharati Vidyapeeth Rabindranath Tagore School of Excellence, Pune, hosted the third edition of its much-anticipated TED-Ed Talk on Friday, 19 September. The event brought together students from Grades IX, X, AS and A Levels, who captivated the audience with their…
Speeding Lamborghini car crashes into Coastal Road divider in Mumbai NEW DELHI: A speeding Lamborghini rammed into a divider on Mumbai’s Coastal Road on Sunday morning, officials said, leaving the driver unhurt. The 52-year-old driver, Atish Shah of Nepean Sea Road, was reportedly heading towards Colaba in south Mumbai when he lost control of the…
NEW DELHI: Security at the city’s biggest govt hospitals has come under the scanner with nearly 200 CCTV cameras lying non-functional at Lok Nayak Hospital and dozens more down at Lady Hardinge Medical College. At Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital, however, all its 574 cameras were reported to be working, according to information accessed under the…
Pune: Fire brigade and Nanded city police personnel on Sunday rescued 30 people from the Mutha river near the Khadakwasla dam wall after they were found stranded following release of water from the reservoir.All the men and women had reached almost the middle of the river to wash bedsheets and other garments when water was…
‘Daksha’ is a collaborative effort led by IIT Bombay along with support from the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research MUMBAI: Professor Varun Bhalerao, a rocket scientist in the physics department at IIT Bombay, is determined to change something fundamental about Indian science. “The age of catching up is over, where we struggled to match the…
Dussehra preparations are in full swing in Delhi, with towering effigies of Ravana, Meghnad, and Kumbhkaran being crafted at Tagore Garden NEW DELHI: As the festive season begins, preparations for Dussehra are in full swing at Tagore Garden, where the area beneath the metro station has been transformed into a bustling workshop. Here, towering effigies…
PUNE: Erratic rain, depleting groundwater and growing climate change events have been a rising stress factor for farmers across the country, including in the Pune region and its surrounding environs.Now, a quiet mission is underway to aid these cultivators, with a team of social workers helping them find a surprisingly simple solution to the perennial…
Mumbai: A 19-year-old man has been arrested for sexually assaulting a 16-year-old girl in Dindoshi. Police said the matter came to light after the survivor, a class 11 student, became pregnant. Based on a complaint from the survivor’s parents, the accused, who is employed in an imitation jewellery shop in the locality, was arrested.Police has…
NEW DELHI: The city police, while probing into the murky goings-on in the sprawling drug empire of absconding queenpin Kusum, have stumbled on the devious ways his two daughters, now in custody, used to funnel illicit cash into their accounts. “These funds are suspected to be the proceeds of heroin sales from Sultanpuri, where Kusum…
Pune: The latest proclamation by US President Donald Trump’s administration on overhauling the H-1B visa system is set to significantly impact the global workforce, including lakhs of Indians. The news also sharply throws into focus another decision proposed by the US govt in Aug this year, involving major changes to its student visa regulations. A…
