India’s major cities are witnessing a visible shift in their skylines. The skyscraper trend is visible across Mumbai, Delhi-NCR, Hyderabad and Bengaluru. Developers are building higher than ever before. But in this race towards the sky, basic safety provisions cannot be overlooked.The National Building Code (NBC), published by the Bureau of Indian Standards, sets the…
Korean proverb of the day (Image generated via Google Gemini) People often like proverbs because they do something unusual. They take very large ideas and reduce them to a few simple words. Sometimes a single line manages to explain things people spend years learning through experience. This Korean proverb feels like one of those sayings….
Northeast Frontier Railway marks historic first with direct Container Freight Train to Nepal NEW DELHI: In a new chapter for India-Nepal rail connectivity, the first-ever direct commercial container freight train – carrying canola oil in 40 tank wagons – completed its journey from Kolkata Port to Biratnagar Customs Yard in Nepal last week.In a statement,…
“We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children,” the quote stands true as we celebrate Earth Day today. But how many of us actually understand the true meaning behind this? While images of overcrowded hill stations dominate social media posts and travel feeds, a number of high-altitude villages…
Travelling to these countries may be one of the fastest ways to feel mentally recharged Iceland is not an ordinary country. All those who have travelled and explored Iceland, New Zealand, Norway, Costa Rica, and Finland swear that they came back changed, healed and completely transformed. Most of them often use words like otherworldly, exotic,…
Sriram Krishnan, the outgoing White House AI advisor to President Donald Trump, has put the blame on tech leaders of elite artificial intelligence (AI) Labs in the US for fueling a massive public backlash against the technology through their own ‘dystopian and doomer’ corporate messaging. In an in-depth interview with the Financial Times, the 42-year-old…
Lt Gen NS Raja Subramani (Retd) on Sunday assumed charge as India’s Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), succeeding Gen Anil Chauhan, and pledged to drive military modernisation through innovation, collaboration and greater integration across sectors.In his first address after taking office, Gen Subramani said capability development in the armed forces would be shaped by new…
Anil Menon is headed to ISS Indian-origin Nasa astronaut Anil Menon was launched by Russia on Tuesday on an eight-month mission to the International Space Station from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.Menon was aboard the Roscosmos Soyuz MS-29 spacecraft along with cosmonauts Pyotr Dubrov and Anna Kikina.During his stay aboard the International Space Station, Menon…
Rajnath Singh (File photo) NEW DELHI: Defence minister Rajnath Singh said on Saturday that “India’s journey over the last 12 years has been a progression from shortages to self-reliance, from self-reliance to self-confidence and from self-confidence towards building a Viksit Bharat .” Addressing the NBT Utsav programme as the chief guest on the occasion of…
Ankita Raina (Photo by DLTA) NEW DELHI: When this writer spoke to the Indian team ahead of Billie Jean King Cup Asia/Oceania Group 1 tie in New Delhi, Ankita Raina categorically pointed out that she wasn’t done playing singles. She was right. The 33-year-old had played as recently as March 23 at the W15 in…