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Surplus power generated during solar hours is fed into the grid and drawn back at night NEW DELHI: What do Lucknow, Nagpur, Surat, Varanasi and Ernakulam districts have in common? These smaller urban centres are contributing to the country’s energy transition, with a growing number of households opting for rooftop solar systems to meet their...

At 18, Maya Merhige completes 21.4-mile North Channel swim in 12 hours, moves closer to Oceans Seven record Eighteen-year-old open-water swimmer Maya Merhige has moved one step closer to making history after successfully completing the 21.4-mile North Channel swim from Ireland to Scotland. Closing in on a Guinness World Record According to KTVU, Merhige completed...

The blaze broke out around midnight at an entertainment venue in the northern part of the city A massive fire ripped through a pub in Thailand’s capital Bangkok early Monday, killing at least 27 people and leaving several others injured, officials said.The blaze broke out around midnight at an entertainment venue in the northern part...

File photo: Vehicles lie damaged after a flash flood triggered by a cloudburst sweeps through the area, in Pahalgam (Picture credit: PTI) SRINAGAR: Cloudburst-triggered flash floods in Jammu & Kashmir’s Pahalgam inundated hotels and huts, and damaged roads, power infrastructure, and agricultural fields along Overa stream on Saturday evening, sparking panic among locals and tourists...

GURGAON: A 25-year-old software engineer allegedly killed his colleague by slitting her throat before dying by suicide on the railway tracks near Gurgaon railway station, police said.The two had been working at the same IT company in Sector 59 for the past year. The man’s body was found on the tracks around 1.30pm on Saturday....

File photo: J&K CM Omar Abdullah and US President Donald Trump SRINAGAR/JAMMU: Jammu & Kashmir CM Omar Abdullah sharpened his attack Centre over delay in restoring statehood, asking Sunday whether he should “go to Donald Trump” after BJP politicians allegedly dismissed protests in J&K, assembly and outside Parliament as futile.“Our patience is running out. First...

Representative image JAMMU: J&K police arrested three publishers on Sunday in a case linked to two books allegedly glorifying separatists and anti-national elements that were supplied to government school libraries before being withdrawn.Inderpaul of Jammu-based Oberoi Book Service and Amardeep Singh and Girish Arora of Noida-based Dominant Publishers were taken into custody, as police widened...

Kolkata airport authorities have indefinitely stopped entry to the Bankra mosque KOLKATA: Entry to the 136-year-old Bankra mosque, located within the operational area of Kolkata airport, has been stopped indefinitely, airport authorities said on Sunday, citing security concerns over allowing access solely on the basis of Aadhaar cards. On Saturday, authorities had said access to...

A secretive Russian military intelligence unit operating out of a Tokyo high-rise is helping supply Vladimir Putin’s war machine by buying and smuggling high-tech components from Japan, according to a New York Times investigation.The unit, known as the 20th Directorate, has made Japan a crucial base for Russia’s war effort. Ukrainian officials estimate that 90...