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Heard at Okhla: No development in last five years, area never in focus

February 05, 2025 12:39 pm

Among Delhi’s 1,082 government schools, only five are in Okhla. While according to residents these schools are functioning satisfactorily, their primary concern lies elsewhere – healthcare.

Why chilis burn. And why humans still love them

June 16, 2024 1:21 pm

The chemical capsaicin makes the brain feel that the mouth is on fire. But humans still love to eat chilis.

Mumbai News Highlights: 2 killed in fire at residential building in Borivali; city air quality ‘moderate' today

October 24, 2023 8:15 am

Mumbai News Highlights: In an urgent remedial measure with the city’s Air Quality Index (AQI) levels going south, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has started identifying areas with poor to very poor air quality in order to curb activities that contribute to bad air.

Explained: The risks from the shelling of Europe's biggest nuclear power plant in Zaporizhzhia

August 21, 2022 9:25 am

The Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant is safer than Chernobyl, where the world’s biggest nuclear disaster took place, but the risks from shelling and bombardment as the Russia-Ukraine war rages, are enormous.

Maharashtra to come up with protocol to keep track of sightings after rare vulture spotted for first time

May 28, 2021 1:47 am

The state forest department is monitoring the bird's movement and also trying to find out if it is alone or has a partner. If there is a pair, they may lay eggs.

AI for the farmer

November 26, 2020 7:20 pm

Artificial Intelligence can aid them in a range of decisions on matters pertaining to crop inputs to those related to markets and prices.

Continuity in Myanmar

November 15, 2020 10:47 pm

Aung San Suu Kyi wins a third time, but her government can’t continue to ignore the Rohingya refugee problem

Quick Covid-19 test from IIT Kharagpur: How it works, why it matters

October 22, 2020 8:29 am

Dr Arindam Mondal, Assistant Professor, School of Bioscience, IIT-KGP, said the technology has been subjected to rigorous testing protocols as per ICMR guidelines.

Explained: What is Asteroid 2018VP1, headed for Earth this November?

September 03, 2020 9:37 am

Asteroid 2018VP1 has a diameter of all but 2 metres, around the size of a small automobile, and would likely burn up into an impressive fireball after entering the Earth’s atmosphere, before reaching the ground.

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