Children burning crackers during Diwali celebrations NEW DELHI: Taking note of the unchecked bursting of crackers on Diwali night in violation of its ban order, the Supreme Court Monday issued a notice to the Delhi government and Delhi police asking them to explain noncompliance of its order and sought their response on imposing a round-the-year…
NEW DELHI: Good weather spared Delhiites a “severe” punishment a day after Diwali as widespread use of fireworks, a spike in the share of stubble burning, and emissions from other local sources releasing toxic gases pushed the city’s air quality into the upper level of “very poor” late Thursday night and Friday morning. High ventilation…
NEW DELHI: Nearly five years after Cabinet nod for the biggest manpower reform in railways to merge eight services into one (IRMS), govt is now going back to the pre-Dec 2019 regime to recruit officers through two separate exams – civil and engineering – conducted by the UPSC, from this year. This, officials said, is…
GUWAHATI: A 21-year-old BTech computer science and engineering (CSE) student at IIT-Guwahati, Bimlesh Kumar from UP’s Ballia district, was found hanging in his hostel room on Monday.This is the second such incident within a month and the third this year at the institute, raising serious concerns about students’ mental health and effectiveness of the support…
