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Metro rail projects worth Rs 30,765 crore have been approved. (Representative/File photo)The approval for the Thane and Pune metro projects comes months ahead of the Maharashtra assembly elections, the date of which is yet to be announcedThe Union Cabinet on Friday approved three metro rail projects worth Rs 30,765 crore in Karnataka and Maharashtra.The Cabinet has approved two corridors in the third phase of the Bengaluru Metro Rail Project, worth Rs 15,611 crore, to be operational by 2029. It will span 9 stations at Hosahalli and Kadabagere.The third phase of the Bangalore Metro Rail Project marks a major step forward…

If you were to look at an image of Antarctica today, it would probably look like a long, flat expanse of ice (minus the mountains and cliffs, of course). However, underneath, it's a completely different story. The average thickness of ice at the top of everything is 1.4 miles, but underneath are the Rockies, volcanoes, and canyons that have been trapped there for millions of years. Satellite data and radar surveys allow the bedrock topography to be seen with stunning clarity, We have a really amazing map called BedMachine Antarctica. The map is the culmination of years of research by…

Hurricane warning flags are flying in Bermuda ahead of the expected arrival of Ernesto, the Category 2 storm moving across the western Atlantic and expected to pass close by or hit the island directly early Saturday morning. At 11 a.m. EDT on Friday, Ernesto was a Category 2 storm with winds of 100 mph and a central pressure of 970 MB. The center was located about 215 miles south-southwest of Bermuda and was moving at 14 mph. The speed is moving to the north-northeast. Satellite images show that this is a large hurricane, but high wind shear of 20-30 knots,…

Last updated: August 16, 2024 9:13 pm ISTA class 10 student was stabbed by a classmate at a government school in Rajasthan's Udaipur's Madhuban area on Friday, officials said, as communal tension spread. Markets in Bapu Bazar, Hathipole, Ghanta Ghar, Chetak Circle and nearby areas were closed as tension escalated in the evening. The city has implemented prohibition orders, including Section 144. It is not yet clear what caused the stabbing incident at the Patiani Johata district public school.The victim, who was falsely rumored to have died in the incident, is currently in a stable condition in the hospital's intensive…

Polling in Jammu and Kashmir will take place on September 18 and 25 (both Wednesdays). The third phase of polling in J&K and the single phase in Haryana will be held on October 1 (Tuesday). Representative image: ANIThe April-June Lok Sabha polls are divided into several phases – six out of seven – with voting taking place on Friday, Monday or Saturday. This allows some urban voters to use weekends and polling day holidays to skip voting.The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Friday announced the schedule for assembly polls in Jammu and Kashmir and Haryana. Pollsters have retained weekdays…

Last updated: August 16, 2024 7:56 pm ISTNita Ambani shares her thoughts on Anant Ambani's Vantara. (ten)”Under the passionate leadership of my youngest son Anant and the support of our foundation, Vantara is restoring balance and preserving life's complex harmony. At Vantara's rescue and rehabilitation centers, more than 2,000 animals from around the world have found homes,” Nita says AmbaniAnant Ambani's mother Nita Ambani, founder and chairman of Reliance Foundation, at the recent India House in Paris for the 2024 Olympics ), Anant Ambani's Vantara is a reminder that India's core philosophy is compassion and respect for all living things.”Vantara…

A climate protester was beaten by security at Citibank's New York headquarters on Wednesday and was hospitalized with facial injuries, Common Dreams reported. [emphasis, links added] The incident occurred as “Summer Heat” activists gathered in the bank lobby. Injured protester Eren Can Illeri It is part of protests calling for a meeting with senior Citibank executives to address the bank's continued investments in fossil fuels. Summer Heat, a coalition backed by Communities for Change New York, Planet Ultra Profit and Stop the Money Pipeline, has named Citibank a top target this summer. Video footage of the incident shows Illery filming…

Tomato growers fear the crisis in Bangladesh will affect their business. (document)”About 40 truckloads of tomatoes, each carrying about 900 boxes, are shipped from Kolar to Bangladesh every day. When political tensions began, this number dropped to 20 trucks and over the past week, all transportation has been stopped. We are now forced to sell tomatoes in markets along the route,” said Saddam Hussein, a farmer in Kolar.Bangladesh crisis has left tomato growers in Kolar angry. Kolar, 90 kilometers from Bangalore, is known as Asia's second largest tomato market, supplying this important Indian food ingredient to Bangladesh, Indonesia and various…

The New York Times recently published a lengthy report warning that Earth’s climate tipping point is approaching. Journalists say that “nature's great systems may be heading toward collapse” due to humanity's use of fossil fuels. [emphasis, links added] Maybe so. Or the climate changes we're seeing could be entirely natural. But that won’t sell the paper to readers who suffer from chronic confirmation bias and are intellectually retarded. The Times wants us to worry about the mass death of coral reefs, the sudden melting of permafrost, the collapse of Greenland ice, the breakup of West Antarctica's ice, the sudden shift…

From the Daily Caller Nick PopeContributor The Biden administration locked in the gas stove rule on Monday after insisting it had no intention of banning gas stoves and rebuffing efforts by opposition groups to repeal the rule. The gas furnace efficiency rule announced by the Department of Energy (DOE) in January will take effect in January 2028, the Federal Register reported Monday. The finalized rules were less stringent than the 2023 proposal that was subsequently abandoned, and nuances in the rulemaking process allowed the agency to roll back parts of the regulations when it received a flood of negative public…