Veshaw Literary Festival in Kulgam offers platform to local artists, writers
Kulgam: The ‘Veshaw Literary Festival’ was held here on Monday, as part of the Jammu and Kashmir administration’s efforts to take literary activities from cities and towns to the hinterland. Local artists and writers who took part in the event said the literary fest provided them with a platform closer to their homes to showcase […]
Summers in Arctic were ice-free over 100,000 years ago: Study
New Delhi: A subpolar plankton species found in the Atlantic water expanded far into the Arctic Ocean during the Last Interglacial, indicating that summers in the Arctic were ice-free during this period. Published in Nature Geoscience, this research analysed the microfossil content of sediment cores to determine the extent of sea ice present during the […]
PM Modi to lay foundation stone for redevelopment of 508 railway stations
New Delhi: In a historic initiative, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lay the foundation stone for redevelopment of 508 railway stations across the country on August 6 via video conferencing, his office said. These 508 stations are spread across 27 states and union territories, including 55 each in Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan, 49 in Bihar, […]
Lt Guv pays obeisance at Damdama Sahib Gurdwara
Dedicates newly rebuilt complex under Srinagar Smart City to devotees
SRINAGAR: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha Thursday paid obeisance at Damdama Sahib Gurdwara and dedicated the newly rebuilt complex to the devotees. The sacred Gurdwara was in dilapidated condition and it was undertaken for reconstruction by Srinagar Smart City Limited in consultation with the management committee. “Reconstruction of this spiritual heritage place is a testimony of […]
AI-supported breast tumour screening found more cancers: Study
New Delhi: Mammography screening supported by artificial intelligence (AI) detected one-fifth more breast cancers compared with standard screening and nearly halved the screen-reading workload for radiologists, new research published in The Lancet Oncology journal said. The findings conveyed the safety of AI-supported mammography, a diagnostic procedure for breast tumour screening, as an alternative to the […]
Over 10.3 lakh TB cases, 44,800 deaths between Jan-May 2023: Govt
New Delhi: Over 10.3 lakh tuberculosis cases and 44,800 deaths due to the disease were reported between January and May this year, the Rajya Sabha was informed on Tuesday. Of the total 44,800 deaths logged in Ni-kshay portal, 3,323 (7.4 per cent) fatalities were reported among drug-resistant TB patients till May 2023, Minister of State […]
India likely to see normal rainfall in Aug-Sept: IMD
New Delhi: India is expected to record normal rainfall during the second half (August-September period) of the monsoon season following excess precipitation in July, with the IMD saying EL Nino conditions have failed to impact the performance of the annual rain-bearing wind system so far. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) had earlier said El Nino […]
Melting of Ladakh glacier could form three glacial lakes: Study
New Delhi: Accelerated melting of the Himalayan Parkachik Glacier in Ladakh could give rise to three glacial lakes with an average depth ranging between 34 and 84 metres, scientists have found. These lakes could be a potential source of glacial lake outburst floods in the Himalayas, the scientists from the Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology, […]
Social media not polarising society in ways public tends to think: Study
New Delhi: Algorithms controlling a social media user’s feed, while largely opaque, may not be polarising the society in the same ways as the public tends to think, social scientists say. They have published studies examining social media’s impact on individuals’ political attitudes and behaviours during the US presidential election in 2020 in the journals […]
Kargil 1999 war: Tea seller who risked his life to serve meals, chai to soldiers
Drass (Ladakh): Seventy-one-year-old Naseem Ahmad is not an ordinary tea seller. When everyone left this town for safety during the Kargil war in 1999, he stayed put to serve tea and meals to soldiers fighting the enemy forces in the challenging terrain of Ladakh. Ahmad, who still runs the tea stall near a police station […]
