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Nayara Energy raises petrol and Diesel amid West Asia war. NEW DELHI: Oil marketing companies have increased the price of bulk diesel by Rs 14.6 per litre, while private retailer Nayara Energy has raised pump prices of petrol and diesel by Rs 5 and Rs 3 per litre respectively, as elevated crude prices have started…
West Indies’ Shai Hope plays a shot during the third and final One Day International (ODI) cricket match of a series between India and West Indies, in Mullanpur. (PTI) New Chandigarh: India’s ODI team is in a phase where it is on the lookout for stern challenges to identify its own core group for the…
PC: Kristen Grace/ Florida Museum of Natural History A 35-year study of the endangered Schaus’ swallowtail butterfly has found that high winds associated with hurricanes were linked to both short-term and longer-term changes in its population. Researchers analysed mark-release-recapture data collected on Elliott Key in Biscayne National Park between 1985 and 2021. The population varied…
Ajay Devgn has joined several Bollywood celebrities in praising Flydubai pilot Captain Smit Machchhar for his courage during a terrifying mid-air incident. Machchhar was reportedly attacked and stabbed by his co-pilot while operating flight FZ1073, but managed to take action that helped prevent further danger to the 174 people on board.Taking to X on Saturday,…
Rain on the track. A packed stadium. Four runners waiting for a baton to arrive. And one sprinter from Karnataka running the second leg for India.Sneha SS, or Sneha Sathyanarayana Shanuvalli, is the new name for many fans as she, along with her teammates, clinched a bronze medal in the first-ever mixed 4×100 metres relay…
CALLING THE SHOTS: Churchill Bros coach Dimitris Dimitriou has returnedfor a second stint with the club The first thing that catches your eye during an early morning training session of Churchill Brothers FC is the high number of Goan players.‘Goenkar’, or Goan in konkani, the local language, on the back of the jerseys is also…
NEW DELHI: The rapid growth in solar and wind power generation, along with rising grid congestion and renewable energy curtailment, has prompted govt to announce a new transmission scheme with the launch of the third phase of the Green Energy Corridor (GEC), which got the Cabinet’s nod on Wednesday.With an outlay of nearly Rs 1.9…
Power demand hits 269 GW in Sept as hydropower deficit fuels electricity shortages. NEW DELHI: Hydropower generation fell nearly 12% below the projected requirement in the first six months of FY27 due to the El Nino-induced rain deficit, putting greater pressure on coal-fired generation and leading to shortages, especially during non-solar hours, in several parts…
The Brisbane 2032 Olympics organising committee’s planned logo reveal was thrown off schedule after its own YouTube channel accidentally leaked the Olympic and Paralympic emblems three days before their official unveiling.Parts of the designs had already been shown this week as part of a teaser campaign across Queensland, with the complete logos due to be…
The fossils were excavated at the Drimolen Main Quarry, part of South Africa’s ‘Cradle of Humankind’. Researchers have described 18 previously unpublished hominin fossils from the Drimolen Main Quarry in South Africa, including a fossil from an adult Homo erectus dated to 2 million years ago. The finding is 200,000 years older than other known…
