Lucknow: The central govt’s flagship Smart Prepaid Meter (SPM) scheme, launched to curb electricity theft and ensure accurate billing, is under scrutiny after Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation Limited (UPPCL) flagged alarming discrepancies in its latest commercial data analytics report. According to the report presented by the director (commercial) of UPPCL on Wednesday, 45,576 smart meters…
Lucknow: Climate change, human activity, and chemical exposure are converging to create a new era of toxicological risk, said experts at the international conference on Environment and Risk Assessment for Toxicology and Health (EARTH 2025) on Wednesday.The EARTH 2025 schedule was released by CEO, National Accreditation Board for Certification Bodies (NABCB), N. Venkateswaran, who highlighted…
FARIDABAD: A Faridabad-based private university, Al-Falah, already under the scanner in connection with the recent blast near Delhi’s Red Fort, has come under further scrutiny after it emerged that one of its faculty members had earlier been dismissed by the Jammu and Kashmir administration for alleged terror links.Dr Nisar-ul-Hassan was reportedly associated with Al-Falah University…
Goa Police arrested three people from Mysuru, Karnataka, after a video of them harassing two women foreign tourists on a North Goa beach recently went viral. The men can be seen grabbing the women’s arms to pose for photographs with them. They even threw their hands around the foreigners’ shoulders and waists as the women…
Lucknow: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has expressed serious concern over the increasing spread of heavy metal contamination, particularly chromium and mercury, in Kanpur Nagar, Kanpur Dehat, and Fatehpur districts in Uttar Pradesh.The tribunal has directed the chief secretary, UP, and the secretary, health department to submit a detailed action plan within 2 weeks. They…
CJI BR Gavai (File photo) CJI on ’79 rape ruling: ‘Moment of institutional embarrassment’NEW DELHI: Admitting that Supreme Court failed its citizens, and it is the vigilance of civil society and courage of ordinary people which have kept the judiciary accountable over the years, the CJI termed SC’s 1979 verdict as a “moment of institutional…
Lucknow: Two months into holding a state-level rally in Lucknow on Oct 9 and creating political waves, the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) has now set its eyes on specific combinations of voters and regions where these combinations dominate politics.The party will start with an outreach of Muslim-Dalit (M-D) voters in west UP and may hold…
NEW DELHI: Andhra Pradesh IT minister Nara Lokesh said the state govt has reduced power tariffs for shrimp farmers to address a key disadvantage against rivals such as Ecuador after the US tariffs. “Our closest competitor, Ecuador, had 16% tariffs, so the difference was around 34%. I sat with the ministers, we interacted with the…
Lucknow: Lucknow University violated its own ban on any construction or activity within or near the historical 18th-century Lal Baradari. This ban was imposed by the university in view of the dilapidated condition of the over 200-year-old structure.The building displays a notice from the registrar, specifically warning that the historical building is in a dilapidated…
NEW DELHI: Nisar Ul Hassan, a doctor who was sacked by J&K LG Manoj Sinha in Nov 2023 from Srinagar’s SHMS hospital over terror links, was hired by Al-Falah School of Medical Science and Research Centre, Faridabad, soon after and has emerged as a key suspect in the case relating to the JeM module behind…
