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Scotland is taking a new approach to laboratory plastic waste. A new recycling system has already processed around 72,000 contaminated plastic sample bottles. The technology is now being expanded to Petri dishes and pipette tips. Scottish Water has become the first utility in the world to adopt Envetec Sustainable Technologies’ GENERATIONS technology. The system disinfects…

Sri Lanka’s Asitha Fernando celebrates with teammates after taking the wicket of India’s Yashasvi Jaiswal. (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: Yashasvi Jaiswal has broken his silence on his heated confrontation with Sri Lanka pacer Asitha Fernando, making a surprise comment on a social media video discussing their on-field spat during the opening day of the second…

She struck gold literally. An hour and a half into her first excavation, an American archaeology student found an artefact extremely valuable for Britain’s history. Dating back to the ninth century, the small, ornate artefact is believed to have had a ceremonial purpose.Yara Souza, a Florida-native and an undergraduate at Newcastle University in northern England,…

Urban Company has sued Kent RO Systems in the Delhi High Court, alleging that the company ran misleading advertisements targeting its Native water purifiers. The case was heard on August 12, 2026, following Urban Company’s petition filed on August 11. In the filing, submitted under Regulation 30 of the SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements)…

TN CM Vijay announces 3 free LPG cylinders, expands free bus travel for women NEW DELHI: Tamil Nadu chief minister C Joseph Vijay on Monday announced a set of welfare measures in the state Assembly, including three free cooking gas cylinders a year for eligible beneficiaries and an expansion of the fare-free bus travel scheme…

Physical boarding pass stamping to end from September 1 International passengers departing from India will no longer need to get their boarding passes stamped at immigration counters from September 1. According to an X (formerly Twitter) post shared by national broadcaster DD News, the Bureau of Immigration has introduced the change to make the process…

AI generated image used for representative purpose NEW DELHI: A district consumer commission in Kerala has directed two people to refund Rs 3.7 lakh to a man after taking the money on the promise of securing him employment in Israel. The commission held that the repeated postponement of his travel, failure to provide employment or…

Rupee climbs to 95.64 against US dollar Rupee started the week on a strong note, rising 7 paise to 95.64 against the US dollar in early trading. However, the gains remained limited as geopolitical concerns, crude prices and steady importer demand weighed on the domestic currency.The currency’s movement was largely confined to a narrow range….

The restaurant management later apologised to Sulabh Mathur GURGAON: A live worm was allegedly found in food served at a high-end restaurant in Gurgaon, raising concerns over hygiene standards after a video of the incident went viral on social media.The incident occurred at Paul restaurant in One Horizon Centre on Golf Course Road when customer…

While many students miss class, teachers use inflated tyre tube to cross Baisali river, reach school. BHOPAL: Time and tide wait for none. Nor do teachers of two govt schools in Madhya Pradesh’s Bhind, floating on tubes, paddling and bobbing up on a rain-fed river to beat an unforgiving e-attendance app.The six male teachers navigate…