CHANDIGARH: Chief minister Bhagwant Mann on Monday said that biogas projects in the state will go a long way in ensuring effective management of agricultural waste and assured full support and cooperation to the developer, HPCL.A delegation of HPCL called on the Punjab chief minister on Monday, an official statement said.“It is encouraging that HPCL…
Most people use a paper cup for a few minutes and throw it away. Sunil Joseph chose a different path. The 57-year-old social worker from Kerala spent years collecting paper cups from around the world and turned that unusual hobby into a Guinness World Record. On December 1, 2025, Guinness officially recognised his collection of…
The UK government has revoked travel authorisations for pro-Palestinian figures Hasan Piker and Cenk Uygur, preventing them from entering the country ahead of scheduled speaking engagements in London.The pair had been due to participate in the South by Southwest (SXSW) festival in London and speak at the Oxford Union this week.In a statement to CNN,…
Despite hurling currency notes Punjab’s drug smuggler caught in encounter in Sonbhadra VARANASI: In a dramatic two-hour chase across Sonbhadra in the early hours of Monday, a Punjab-based drug smuggler was arrested after being shot in the leg during an encounter with a joint police team, while attempting to evade capture by throwing bundles of…
Derbyshire cave reveals Britain’s earliest known prehistoric artwork / Image: File For years, they were little more than mysterious scratches on a cave wall.Some believed they were accidental marks. Others thought they were too faint and fragmented to hold any real archaeological significance. Now, after detailed scientific analysis and years of research, experts have confirmed…
The artificial intelligence (AI) restructuring across the tech sector appears to have hit California, as social media giant Meta cut thousands of local jobs in its latest round of mass layoffs. Citing Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) filings, a report has revealed exactly where the ax fell hardest. Citing the documents released, which are…
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is pushing back against the growing belief that AI is directly causing widespread job losses. Speaking in an interview with CNBC on June 1, Sam Altman argued that companies embracing AI the most are often the same companies that continue to hire workers, while firms blaming layoffs on AI may not…
NEW DELHI: India is learning to live with a hotter future. From Delhi to Mumbai, temperatures are regularly crossing 45 degrees Celsius, heatwaves are lasting longer and cities are becoming giant heat traps due to rapid urbanisation and the growing urban heat island effect.But if there is one thing Indians are famous for, it is…
Kedarnath Dham pilgrim shares her harrowing experience An Indian traveller’s experience of her recent pilgrimage to Kedarnath Yatra is receiving attention among travellers for reasons other than the actual destination; rather, due to the difficulties which she has encountered during her journey.In one of her videos posted online, she states that she had made extensive…
Sushmita Sen is a trailblazing icon and a role model for several women across the globe. Her choice of words, the conviction with which she speaks, and the confidence and grace with which she holds herself make her an epitome of wisdom and a channeling of Goddess energy. She has motivated women to be independent,…