NEW DELHI: Action is set to follow against officials in the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) as the ministry of education has initiated an internal crackdown over alleged irregularities in a controversial tender process and serious vulnerabilities in the board’s digital evaluation ecosystem.According to ministry sources, a detailed report from CBSE on the tender...
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The genie of synthetic biology is out, and with it comes power and peril
For the first time in about four billion years of life on the earth, one species is learning not just to read the book of life but to write new versions. Our quest to understand and explain the natural world has always carried a double consequence: every success also enhances our ability to change the...
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Fearsome dinosaur-era marine reptile was T. rex of the sea
Tyrannosaurus rex was a huge land predator during the twilight of the age of dinosaurs. But it was not the only T. rex that terrorised the Cretaceous Period. There also was a marine reptile named Tylosaurus rex – the T. rex of the sea – that rivalled its land counterpart in size and ferocity. Scientists...
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Twisha Sharma death : CBI uses dummies to recreate crime scene; questions Giribala Singh
BHOPAL: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Monday recreated the crime scene at the residence of former judge Giribala Singh as part of its ongoing probe into the death of Twisha Sharma, with investigators seeking to reconstruct the sequence of events and verify statements recorded during the investigation, sources said.The reconstruction exercise was carried...
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NEET paper leak row: SC refuses urgent hearing of plea seeking computer-based retest
Supreme Court NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday refused an urgent hearing on a plea seeking that the NEET UG 2026 re-examination, scheduled for June 21, be conducted in computer-based test (CBT) mode instead of the traditional pen-and-paper format.The plea was mentioned before a partial-working-day bench comprising Justices PS Narasimha and Arvind Kumar, which...
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3 die, 2 taken ill after inhaling toxic gas in Ludhiana sewage tank
LUDHIANA: Three men, including a father-son duo, died after inhaling toxic gas at a hand tools manufacturing unit located at RK road in Ludhiana in the wee hours of Monday. Two other factory workers, who are unconscious, have been admitted to the hospital.The deceased are Maan Singh, his son Amit amd and the worker of...
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Bengaluru man protests on road after VIP convoy leaves his pregnant wife stranded
BENGALURU: A traffic jam occurred on Old Airport Road after traffic was allegedly halted for nearly 30 minutes to facilitate the governor’s convoy, according to a post on X. The disruption, compounded by ongoing underpass construction, left hundreds of commuters stranded.Public anger intensified after a man travelling with his pregnant wife was caught in the...
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Inside RCB’s winning machine: The masterminds behind back-to-back IPL titles
Royal Challengers Bengaluru beat Gujarat Titans in the IPL 2026 final to lift back-to-back trophies. (AP) TimesofIndia.com in Ahmedabad:IPL trophies are won on the field, but championship dynasties are built in boardrooms, auction tables and strategy meetings.Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s (RCB) historic back-to-back title triumphs are the result of a vision that extended far beyond the...
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Hormuz crisis fallout: How Indian refiners are adjusting to new crude oil mix to maximise output
Indian oil refiners are modifying operations to handle a wider range of complex crude grades. (AI image) The Middle East conflict has complicated the refining calculations for Indian refiners – not just in terms of the amount of crude oil that is available, but also for the kind of crude that is available. Indian oil...
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‘Don’t mix rice and roti’: 5 ways families can manage diabetes at home
3 min readNew DelhiJun 1, 2026 12:00 PM IST Managing diabetes within a household often comes down to the small, everyday choices that can either help regulate blood sugar or make it harder to control. Dietitian Shweta J Panchal highlighted how simple tweaks to daily routines and meals can have a lasting impact when a...
