HC directs IMAE to decide on contractual staff’s regularisation plea | Bhubaneswar News

Cuttack: Odisha high court has directed the director of Institute of Management of Agriculture Extension (IMAE) to decide within three months the representation of a group of contractual assistant technology managers seeking regularisation of their services, while making it clear that appointments made through a disputed recruitment process will remain subject to that decision.Justice Biraja … Read more

Safety kits, life jackets made mandatory for boats | Prayagraj News

Prayagraj: To ensure safety and security of pilgrims and visitors taking boat ride in the Ganga and Yamuna, the district authorities have made life jackets, fire extinguishers, rope, battery operated light arrangements, whistle and first-aid kit mandatory for all boats.Drafting a boat safety strategy and boatmen welfare policy, the district authorities have focused on fool-proof … Read more

Cocomi endorses UNC economic blockade | Guwahati News

Imphal: The Coordinating Committee on Manipur Integrity (Cocomi) on Monday announced full support for the United Naga Council’s (UNC) ongoing inter-district economic blockade, citing continued violence in Manipur and a fresh arson attack in Imphal West.COCOMI’s announcement came two days after at least five houses were set ablaze at Kanto Sabal in Imphal West. In … Read more

‘Consumer forums cannot hear bank loan recovery disputes once recovery proceedings begin’ | Dehradun News

Dehradun: Uttarakhand State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission has held that consumer forums have no jurisdiction to intervene in disputes over non-performing assets (NPAs) once a bank initiates recovery proceedings under the SARFAESI Act, 2002.The Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest (SARFAESI) Act empowers banks and financial institutions to recover loans … Read more

Tripura, Mizoram to resume talks on 109-km border dispute | Guwahati News

Agartala: Tripura and Mizoram are set to resume talks to find a solution to their long-pending interstate border dispute, with senior officials from both states likely to meet soon.The meeting is expected to be held ahead of a proposed dialogue between the two chief ministers.Sources said Tripura CM Manik Saha has initiated a fresh round … Read more

Activist seeks permanent biomedical waste treatment facility in Madurai | Madurai News

Biomedical waste generated by govt hospitals, medical colleges, private hospitals, clinics, laboratories, dental hospitals, veterinary hospitals and other healthcare institutions in the district was increasing steadily. Madurai: Public interest activist B Sarmesh Khan on Monday petitioned the Madurai district collector, seeking the establishment of a permanent Common Bio-Medical Waste Treatment Facility (CBWTF), a detailed inquiry … Read more

4 held after MP woman brutalised during robbery; police say around 10 men were involved | Indore News

Police detained four individuals in Alirajpur following a brutal gangrape and robbery incident (Representative image) ALIRAJPUR: Amid mounting public outrage over the gangrape of a 40-year-old woman during a robbery at her home in Madhya Pradesh’s Alirajpur district, police on Monday detained four persons.Superintendent of police Raghuvansh Kumar Singh said some of the silver jewellery … Read more

Woman hacked to death for opposing daughter’s love marriage, son-in-law among 3 held | Kanpur News

According to police deceased Bano’s daughter, Aliya, was in a relationship with Lavkush Verma, a resident of the same village. (Image credit-Social media) KANPUR: A 46-year-old woman was allegedly hacked to death by her son-in-law in Banda district after she reportedly opposed her daughter’s love marriage.The accused allegedly attacked the woman with a sharp-edged weapon … Read more

This supersonic jet needed a radiation meter to monitor cosmic storms because it flew twice as high as commercial aircraft at a speed of 2,470 km/h, near the edge of space

Concorde flew so high that it was forced to carry a radiation meter to track dangerous cosmic storms British-French supersonic jet Concorde flew so close to the edge of space that it had to carry a special radiation meter to monitor dangerous cosmic storms. If the cockpit instrument sounded an alarm, the only way pilots … Read more