Engineers have reportedly developed a new solar panel design inspired by the hexagonal honeycomb built by bees, offering a potential solution to one of the technology’s biggest limitations. Conventional solar panels lose a significant amount of energy when sunlight strikes them at an angle, as much of the light is reflected away instead of being…
AI generated image used for representational purpose NEW DELHI: A district consumer commission in Punjab has directed Northern Railway to pay Rs 80,000 to a couple whose handbag, containing a gold mangalsutra and cash, was stolen during a journey on the Dibrugarh–New Delhi Rajdhani Express. In its June 30 order, the commission held the Railways…
CHENNAI: A 26-year-old worker from Bihar was killed, and seven other guest workers suffered severe burn injuries after a furnace boiler exploded at a private steel melting unit in the SIPCOT Industrial Estate at Gummidipoondi in Tiruvallur district early on Tuesday.The deceased was identified as Ravi Ranjan (26), a native of Bihar. Police said the…
Cisco Systems president Jeetu Patel reiterated his belief that artificial intelligence will expand employment opportunities rather than trigger mass job losses. In a post shared on social media plans X (formerly known as Twitter) Patel said, “I’ve been saying this for months, and the early data is beginning to support it. Five years from now,…
US President Donald Trump has formally notified congress that military action against Iran resumed on July 7, a move that his administration says begins a new 60-day period during which US forces can continue operations without fresh congressional authorisation under the War Powers Resolution.In a letter dated July 10 and obtained by Reuters, Trump informed…
NEW DELHI: Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra on Tuesday urged Sonam Wangchuk to call off his indefinite hunger strike as the climate activist’s indefinite fast against examination irregularities and the NEET paper leak controversy reached Day 17.In a post on X, Moitra said Wangchuk had achieved his objective as his fast had united the country’s…
Mark Zandi, the chief economist of Moody’s Analytics has cautioned that the June employment report paints an overly optimistic picture of the US labour market. According to a report by Benzinga, in a series of posts shared on social media platform X (formerly known as Twitter) Zandi argued that commentary around the report was “much…
Iran mocks Trump’s ‘guardian of Hormuz’ claim (ANI images) Iranian foreign minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi on Monday mocked US President Donald Trump over his proposal to charge a 20% fee on cargo transiting the Strait of Hormuz, asserting that Iran, not the US, is the true “guardian” of the strategic waterway.In a post on X,…
Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli (Image credit: Agencies) Star batters Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma have another milestone in sight as India begin the three-match ODI series against England on Tuesday. While both veterans remain key to India’s hopes after disappointing T20I series defeats to Ireland and England, they are also closing in on becoming…
NEW DELHI: A Delhi Police constable allegedly stopped his scooter on a road in east Delhi, pulled out his service pistol and shot his wife dead following a heated argument early on Monday. The deceased, Priyanka Bhati, a computer science teacher at a private school, and husband Manish (32), lived at East Vinod Nagar.The incident…
