Lucknow: To enhance road safety, the state govt is permitting private companies to establish automated testing stations in various districts, ensuring vehicles are roadworthy. Recently, four new stations were authorised, bringing the total to 14 operational stations statewide. These automated testing stations (ATS) utilise camera-enabled, fully automated systems to assess vehicle fitness.Four new stations will…
IIT Roorkee scholarships: The Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee offers a set of financial support schemes that shape the academic paths of many students each year. These scholarships function in the background of the institution’s competitive environment, easing costs either through tuition fee concessions or direct bank transfers. 5 scholarships available at IIT Roorkee IIT…
NEW DELHI: FM Nirmala Sitharaman said Friday companies must pass on the benefit of lower GST rates to consumers while stating that the Centre is working on a package to provide relief to exporters affected by US tariffs.In an hour-long interview, Sitharaman told TOI the GST reforms, which came on PM Modi’s directions, focused on…
Raipur: A Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) constable allegedly died by suicide on Monday morning at the force’s 231st Battalion headquarters in the Jawanga area of Chhattisgarh’s Dantewada district.Officials identified the deceased as constable Jasveer Singh, 46, a native of Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh. He was found hanging inside the washerman’s shop within the battalion campus…
After almost a decade of multiple fights, training, endurance, and emotional experiences, Izuku Midoriya is all set for the last battle coming in the final arc of ‘My Hero Academia Season 8’. The last installment of the massively popular anime series will be out soon. Well, if you have not yet watched the show, worry…
Jefferies has an underperform rating on Tata Motors PV with the target price at Rs 300. Analysts said the company reported earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and taxes (EBITDA) loss in the July-Sept quarter (Q2FY26), dragged by cyberattack at JLR. Cyberattack-related disruptions continue in Q3FY26 and should normalize by Q4FY26. Nevertheless, analysts see multiple headwinds…
When Dr. Adriana Kugler steps down from the Board of Governors of the US Federal Reserve on August 8, she is likely to return to a role that predates her central bank tenure: professor of Public Policy and Economics at Georgetown University. Kugler, the first Hispanic woman to serve on the Fed’s Board, submitted her…
NEW DELHI: Hearing a PIL that cited an SIT report on rampant tiger poaching in Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra to seek a nation-wide CBI probe into the involvement of a wide network of poachers, smugglers and hawala operators, Supreme Court on Wednesday sought responses from the Centre, MP and Maharashtra, as well as National Tiger…
Gold prices recovered in Wednesday’s futures trade after three straight sessions of losses, as traders engaged in value buying ahead of the release of the US Federal Reserve’s meeting minutes.On the Multi Commodity Exchange (MCX), December gold futures rose by Rs 674, or 0.55%, to Rs 1,23,314 per 10 grams in 10,726 lots. The February…
Lucknow: Air quality in the city turned poor with both particulate matter (PM) 10 and PM 2.5 levels recorded above permissible limits. As per Central Pollution Control Board, Air Quality Index (AQI) of the city was 208 making Lucknow figure in poor air quality category.Just a day earlier, on Saturday, city’s AQI was 161, and…
