KOLKATA: Arun Chakraborty, professor at Centre for Ocean, River, Atmosphere and Land Sciences at IIT-Kharagpur, Friday became the institute’s first dean of student well-being.TOI had earlier reported that IIT-Kharagpur director Suman Chakraborty announced the appointment during the induction programme for the new BTech batch on July 26. The post was created to ensure students’ mental…
DEHRADUN: A high-magnitude flash flood damaged multiple buildings, altered river paths, and left behind a 20-hectare debris field in Uttarkashi’s Dharali and Harsil villages on Aug 5, satellite images released by the Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) on Thursday revealed. The National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC), a wing of Isro, used imagery from the Cartosat-2S…
Bad breath isn’t always just a hygiene issue; it can be a hidden indicator of serious health conditions. While we often associate bad breath with poor dental care or food choices, emerging research shows that certain odours in our breath can act as warning signs for illnesses like diabetes, kidney failure, or even cancer. Your…
NEW DELHI: India has once again resumed the hunt to replace its old single-engine Cheetah and Chetak helicopters, which lack modern avionics, in-built safety mechanisms and have been dogged by a high crash rate just like the MiG-21 fighters, causing the death of scores of pilots over the years.The Army on Friday issued a request…
There was suspense over the fate of the India-US trade negotiations after American President Donald Trump said that there would be no talks till the tariff issue is resolved. “No, not until we get it resolved,” Trump said on Thursday while responding to a query on whether he expected more trade negotiations with India.A team…
Tamil Nadu chief minister MK Stalin (File photo) NEW DELHI: Amid the ongoing language row, Tamil Nadu CM MK Stalin rolled out the state’s new education policy on Friday.After releasing the policy, Stalin said the state will continue to follow the two-language formula, Tamil and English in schools. Big Shift Ahead Of Tamil Nadu Polls:…
NEW DELHI: The Niti Aayog’s recent withdrawal of its working paper, which had suggested opening up import of genetically modified (GM) soybean and corn from the US, has given a peek into India’s red-line on transgenic food items.Though the US, during its trade negotiations with India, considered the stand as one of the non-tariff trade…
NEW DELHI: Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha proceedings were washed out on Friday, amid opposition’s protest to demand a discussion on special intensive revision of Bihar’s electoral rolls.In Rajya Sabha, deputy chairman Harivansh rejected 20 notices given by members seeking suspension of listed business to discuss on five issues, including the SIR exercise, saying it…
Maniki’s left foreleg was crushed in a logging accident two years ago and never healed DIBRUGARH: Her journey was meant to be a quest for healing but it soon turned out to be a painful ordeal as she was forced to walk nearly 95km to Dibrugarh for medical care, breaking the hearts of netizens and…
NEW DELHI: As EC stuck to its insistence on Congress’ Rahul Gandhi furnishing a signed declaration to the chief electoral officers of Karnataka, Maharashtra and Haryana, affirming his ‘massive voter fraud’ allegations, a commission official said the only other option for him, if he fails to do so, is to “apologise to the nation for…
