The installation of the new office-bearers of the Ernakulam unit of the Academy of Family Physicians of India (AFPI) for 2025-27 was held here on March 19. The inauguration of the activities of the new committee was also held on the occasion. AFPI general secretary Dr. Resmi S. Kaimal inaugurated the event, according to a release. The office-bearers of the Ernakulam unit for 2025-27 include Dr.…
Only seven Delhi High Court judges have disclosed their assets on the official website out of a current strength of 39 judges. Interestingly, while the website indicates that Justice Yashyant Verma, who is the second senior most judge in the Delhi High Court, has uploaded his asset declaration, the file available for viewing is a “Dummy PDF file.” The voluntary declarations of assets in public…
A private hospital in Bengaluru announced that it performed Asia’s first AI-designed intraocular lens implantation. Nethradhama Super Speciality Eye Hospital said in a release that it was performed under the leadership of Sri Ganesh, chairman and MD of the hospital and founder trustee of Shraddha Eye Care Trust. According to a release from the hospital, Dr. Ganesh was the first surgeon in Asia to…
The Fort police have arrested Yashin, 50, an autorickshaw driver from Triplicane, who was caught smuggling star tortoises, an endangered species, in his vehicle. The police rescued 211 star tortoises concealed in three gunny bags. Yashin has been handed over to the Forest Department for further action. An investigation is on. Published – March 22, 2025 01:07 am IST Source link
Chief Secretary Sarada Muraleedharan on Friday inaugurated Bharat Petroleum Corporation’s floating solar power plant at the Kochi Refinery. The 3.2MW AC floating solar plant has been set up in the rainwater harvesting pond and covers eight acres of the waterbody, which has a total area of around 19 acres, according to a release. The plant has been set up at a cost of ₹28.93 crore. Ms.…
Public Works Department (PWD) Minister Parvesh Sahib Singh on Friday ordered the suspension of an executive engineer of the East Delhi division after spotting a poorly maintained drainage line near the Akshardham Temple in Patparganj. While inspecting the site, Mr. Singh alleged that government officials had become “thick-skinned” during the Aam Aadmi Party’s 10 years of rule. This prompted a…
The Kochi City police have initiated a departmental inquiry after a reported attempt by a sub-inspector to heat blank bullets in a frying pan resulted in an explosion at the Armed Reserve (AR) camp in Ernakulam. The incident reportedly occurred on March 10. The ammunition, which is used for firing ceremonial shots to the sky during funerals, is usually dried under sunlight to make it…
A 31-year-old man, who suffering burns after his electric bike caught fire while charging, died on Friday. His nine-month-old daughter also died on Monday due to the burns. The police said N. Gowthaman 31, an electric motor mechanic, his wife Manju, 28, and their daughter lived in a house in Maduravoyal. Late on March 16, Gowthaman put the vehicle on charge in the portico of the house and locked…
Amid rising competition and the need to upgrade, Kamarajar Port Limited (KPL) will soon implement an extensive project, which will allow it to handle the massive cape-size vessels. From next month, the Capital Dredging Phase VI Project will begin. This will increase the draft of the port from 16 m to 18 m. Capesize vessels, which are huge dry cargo ships, require a deep draft of 18 m and have a…
The Madras High Court on Friday declined a plea from a history-sheeter from Coimbatore, on whom the City Police Commissioner had served an externment order under Section 51-A of the Madras City Police Act, 1888. The police said R. Balakrishnan, 30, alias More Market Bala from Ganapathy in the city, who had been involved in several crimes including a murder, had approached the court, with an…
Technology giants Amazon, IBM, Google, Intel and Microsoft are all working on quantum technology, as are various other companies like Rigetti, IonQ, Quantum Computing Inc. and D-Wave Quantum Inc. The latest entrant into the space is Nvidia, with CEO Jensen Huang announcing in March that the company will build a quantum computing research center in Boston. “The surge in excitement now is driven…
Domestic workers in Chennai have opposed a new app-based service that promises a maid within 15 minutes. The service, launched by a prominent digital home services platform as an introductory offer in Mumbai, allows users to book an “Insta Maid” for as low as ₹49 per hour. Activists worry that the app will further dehumanise domestic workers, who already face financial exploitation and…
This week was supposed to mark the end of compounding pharmacies making copycat versions of Eli Lilly‘s weight-loss drug Zepbound and its diabetes drug Mounjaro. Online, it doesn’t look like much has changed. Popular websites like Amble, EllieMD, Willow and Mochi Health are all still advertising versions of tirzepatide, the active ingredient in Zepbound. Some, like Ivim, have stopped taking new…
The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has issued around 3,000 provisional new khatas to the property owners in Bengaluru. The facility to obtain new khata on a dedicated website (https://bbmp.karnataka.gov.in/newkhata) was launched on January 13. The BBMP also issued 2.71 lakh e-khatas to property owners till March 19. According to the data shared by the civic body, a total of 2.87 lakh…
Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL) has announced that metro services will start earlier than usual on March 23, 2025, to facilitate participants of the Bidadi Half Marathon. Trains from all four terminal stations will begin operating at 5 a.m. instead of the regular 7 a.m. Additionally, metro services from Nadaprabhu Kempegowda Station, Majestic, towards Challaghatta will commence…
Local action committees constituted against drug trafficking and substance abuse have sought immediate action against owners of a few wayside petty shops on Thamarassery-Wayanad road who are suspected of colluding with drug pushers. For months, the committees have been keeping an eye on a few suspected shops that are frequented by migrant workers and students from distant locations. Many such…
