A Delhi University professor was brutally murdered by a couple she had welcomed into her home, offering them water NEW DELHI: What began as a routine meeting inside a residential flat turned into a brutal murder of Delhi University assistant professor Debosmita Paul, with police revealing that she had “welcomed them in and offered water”…
NEW DELHI: A Puducherry consumer commission has held a restaurant liable for serving contaminated food and directed it to compensate the customer along with providing 10 free plates of biriyani after a dead insect was found in a plate of biriyani.The District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, Puducherry, comprising S. Mouttouvel (President), A.S. Suvitha (Member) and…
Zooplankton, Copepod, Leptodiaptomus minutus, male| Image Credit: Wikimedia Commons When acid rain swept across parts of Ontario in the 1960s, it had a dramatic effect on freshwater ecosystems.Populations of fish were wiped out, many microscopic aquatic species declined, and vast areas of lakes became far more acidic than they had been in centuries. Amidst the…
This bus ticket is an AI-generated image This story is fake as the bus ticket turned out to be AI-generated and circulated on social media. The passenger, identified in the copy as P Damadoran, remains incommunicado despite TOI reaching out to him several times over the phone to seek his clarification and establish the authenticity…
BYD India today showcased its DM-i (Dual Mode Intelligent) technology in India, bringing the company’s globally established plug-in hybrid system to the country. The technology is expected to support BYD’s future product plans in India and offers a claimed combined driving range of more than 1,200km. Unlike conventional hybrid systems that rely primarily on the…
A tiny fossil, Saccorhytus coronarius, once thought to be a human ancestor from China’s Cambrian era, has been reclassified. Advanced imaging revealed supposed gill slits were broken spines, excluding it from the deuterostome lineage. Image Credit: Saccorhytus is an early ecdysozoan and not the earliest deuterostome Fig 1 There was once an extraordinary little animal…
Afghanistan’s Sediqullah Atal gets bowled by India’s Prasidh Krishna on day two of Test cricket match between India and Afghanistan, in Mullanpur. (PTI Photo) Afghanistan head coach Richard Pybus admitted that his team’s approach in the one-off Test against India showed signs of “naivety”, saying the lack of exposure to red-ball cricket played a major…
Korean automaker Hyundai has teased the fourth-generation Hyundai i20, revealing design details of the hatchback’s exterior design ahead of its global debut. The latest preview confirms a new connected lighting setup at both the front and rear, marking a major styling shift for the model.At the front, the new i20 features a full-width LED light…
The Centre on Monday reduced the number of subsidised cooking gas cylinders available annually to beneficiaries of the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) from nine to four aligning the support with average household consumption levels, a senior government official said. Under the flagship scheme launched in May 2016, beneficiaries were initially entitled to 12 subsidised…
Mahindra’s upcoming Vision S has been spotted testing again on Indian roads, indicating that development of the compact SUV is progressing. The model is expected to strengthen the company’s presence in the sub-four-metre SUV segment, where the XUV 3XO is currently its sole offering. The Vision S was first showcased as a concept at Mahindra’s…