Lucknow: Industries, companies, individuals, and others taking up eco-restoration of degraded forest land anywhere in the country will earn ‘green credits’ under the ‘green credit programme’ of the union ministry of environment and forest (MoEF).The green credits earned as rewards can be exchanged for purposes already defined by the ministry, which in turn acts as…
Prayagraj: There are no fancy lighting rigs, no digital backdrops, and no spectacles. Every Navratri, a field of Jamunipur Kotwa village, 40 km from Prayagraj town, turns into a mythological stage, reverberating with the timeless tales of the Ramayana. There are scanty costumes, no trained actors and acts are performed in the broad daylight. All…
Lucknow: King George’s Medical University (KGMU) on Tuesday performed a special surgery for the first time using a new minimally invasive technology. In this surgery, doctors removed the uterus, both ovaries, and fallopian tubes, and also checked important lymph nodes in a patient with uterine cancer.The new technology, called the ICG-enabled laparoscopic immunofluorescence system, was…
Lucknow: Resident of Jindpura village in Shahjahanpur district, Neha Kashyap, not only ensured economic self-reliance but also ensured that of at least 10 other women. Kashyap heads Ekta self-help group, involved in mushroom cultivation and earns Rs 40,000-50,000 per month. Kashyap now plans to expand mushroom production to larger markets and connect more women to…
Lucknow: Ninety-six percent of the civil works on the Lucknow-Kanpur Expressway, a major infrastructure project aimed at improving connectivity between the twin cities, have been completed. A recent review by the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) revealed that only external finishing work remains, and the expressway is almost ready for inauguration.According to sources, Defence…
Prayagraj: While dealing with a case involving child marriage and a maintenance claim against a minor husband, the Allahabad high court has held that application under sections 125 and 128 criminal procedure code (CrPC) seeking maintenance against minor husband are maintainable. While upholding the decision of the family court for maintenance against the minor husband,…
AirAsia flight (Representative image) LUCKNOW: Monday night turned tense at Lucknow Airport when AirAsia flight FD 147, en route to Bangkok, encountered a technical snag shortly after takeoff. The aircraft, carrying 132 passengers and six crew members, departed at 10.50 pm but developed a hydraulic failure while airborne. Acting swiftly, the pilots hovered over Lucknow’s…
It was the winter of 1929. A young assistant superintendent of the Geological Survey of India was deputed to undertake field work in the Vindhyas. His task was to study the hillocks for developmental projects and expansion of the railways. Four years into the job, the GSI man, John Bicknell Auden, stepped on to ‘markedly…
Lucknow: Kalyan Singh Super Specialty Cancer Institute has introduced a state-of-the-art 3D Digital Mammography Unit – Hologic Selenia Dimensions for breast cancer screening.The unit was inaugurated by the institute’s director, Prof MLB Bhatt, at the department of radiodiagnosis. Prof Bhatt emphasised that breast cancer is the most common cancer among women in India, with UP…
Lucknow: Addressing participants of the 17th Tribal Youth Exchange Programme in Lucknow on Monday, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said that even though the language and dialects being spoken by people might differ, India’s culture remains one.He said that the sentiment that “Mother Earth is our mother, and we are her children” lives in the heart…
