TTD priests and officials closing the main threshold of Sri Govindaraja Swamy temple on the occasion of lunar eclipse, in Tirupati on Sunday. | Photo Credit: Arrangement The temples under the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) will be open to the devotees on Monday (September 8) after performing the ‘Suddhi’ rituals, as most of them remained…
Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar’s decision to refer the Kerala State Private Universities (Establishment and Regulation) Bill, 2025, to the President appears to have dashed the State government’s ambitious push to allow private universities in Kerala. The decision, which caught the government off guard, has cast uncertainty over the launch of private universities by the next…
Workers collecting prawns at a village in West Godavari district. | Photo Credit: G. N. RAO The Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI) – Visakhapatnam identified 1,275 marine species of flora and fauna along the Andhra Pradesh coast between January 24, 2024, and January 23, 2025, as part of a two-year A.P. State Biodiversity Board…
Christine Helen Foyer, professor of Plant Sciences at University of Birmingham delivering a lecture on ‘Photosynthesis in a Changed Climate: Research Frontiers and India’s Food Security’ at Kuvempu University on Saturday. | Photo Credit: SATHISH G.T. Elevated carbon dioxide levels caused by climate change will have a direct impact on food production, denying a large…
The mephedrone manufacturing unit in Cherlapally, Hyderabad. The Crime Investigation Branch of Mumbai uncovered a mephedrone (MD) manufacturing unit in Cherlapally following the arrest of a 23-year-old woman in Mumbai’s Mira Road in the first week of August. The breakthrough came on August 8 when police apprehended Fatima Murad Shaikh, alias Molla, a native of…
The Mysuru chapter of National Institute of Personnel Management (NIPM), in association with GRS Fantasy Park, organised an awareness programme on “Digital Threat & Cyber Security” in the city recently. Shanmugha Varma K., inspector, Police Training School, Mysuru, delivered the keynote address, shedding light on the growing challenges in cybersecurity and measures to safeguard against…
Olive Ridley turtles found entangled in a fishing net in Chennai. Image used for representation | Photo Credit: B. Velankanni Raj As the Tamil Nadu government continues to collaborate with fisherfolk to rescue marine animals caught in entanglements, a new initiative by the non-governmental organisation ReefWatch Marine Conservation aims to strengthen response efforts along the…
Deputy Chief Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka inaugurates the Motilal Oswal Executive Centre at the Indian School of Business in Hyderabad on Friday. Hyderabad Deputy Chief Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka said that the government is investing in the education sector in ways unimaginable before, in order to achieve its dream of a $ 3 trillion dollar…
