NEW DELHI: From rotten eggs and spoiled parathas to expired whey protein and packaged snacks, Swiggy Instamart has been issued nine notices by Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) after consumer complaints alleged the delivery of unsafe and expired food products through the quick-commerce platform.The food regulator has sought a detailed explanation and…
Outside Casper, pieces of turbine blades cut through were lowered by a loader into a trench for years. Now, what they are being used for instead of being buried under the ground, is to make cement powder. And this transition is worth noting.The Casper Regional Landfill took its first decommissioned blades in the spring of…
In the late 1700s, in what is now South Africa’s Eastern Cape, a girl named Sarah (Sara/Saartjie) Baartman was born into a world already shaped by colonial violence. Her mother died when she was two. Her father, a cattle driver, died when she was a teenager. As a young woman, a Dutch colonist murdered her…
Gold has entered a phase of consolidation after a strong rally driven by retail demand across key markets, global investment firm Jefferies said in its latest report.The firm noted that the surge in buying seen late last year and early this year—particularly in India, China and the United States—has begun to moderate, signalling a stabilisation…
India’s captain Shubman Gill (AP Photo) Shubman Gill added another feather to his cap during his commanding century against Afghanistan in Lucknow on Wednesday, surpassing MS Dhoni on the list of fastest Indians to 1,000 ODI runs in terms of balls faced.The India captain reached the four-figure milestone in just 954 deliveries, edging past former…
This week begins on a pleasing note, Pisces, with a feeling that things are finally moving in your favour. Early days bring fulfilment, confidence, and a sense that your efforts are being seen. If you’ve been waiting for approval from a senior, a good response from clients, or cooperation at home, you may get it…
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang. (Photo credit: AFP) For a lot of kids growing up in Asian households, there’s one sentence that’s almost impossible to escape: “You can do better.” Marks, sports, career choices, even something as small as cleaning your room, there’s always one more suggestion, one more correction, one more way to do it…
Maharashtra state Board HSC result 2026: Results to be declared on May 2 at 1 PM The Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education has officially announced the date and time for the declaration of the HSC Result 2026. As per the notification issued by the board, the Class 12 results will be…
Proverb of the day (Image generated via Google Gemini) A big storm is the great test of a forest. The wind comes howling through, and every tree has to answer it somehow. The mighty oak plants its feet and refuses to move, sure that its size will see it through. The slim bamboo does the…
5 plants that can grow without soil Soil has always been treated as the one non-negotiable ingredient in gardening, which makes it genuinely surprising that a handful of popular houseplants do perfectly well without it. Growing plants hydroponically, in nothing more than a jar or vase of water, has quietly become one of the more…
In the shallow churn of waters off the Philippine coast, a long-forgotten wartime story has been pulled back into view, not through ceremony or excavation on land but through the slow, patient work of sonar scans and archival digging. What began as a search guided by scattered wartime records has ended with the identification of…
After a dramatic rally in the previous session, oil prices retreated on Thursday as crude continued to move out of the Middle East even as the US-Iran war widened beyond its primary battlefronts.WTI crude slipped 0.54% to $84.00 a barrel, while Brent crude fell 0.85% to $89.97 a barrel.The decline followed a sharp rebound on…
