Raurkela: Researchers at the National Institute of Technology, Raurkela (NITR) have developed a smart wound dressing that reduces pain during dressing changes, lowers the risk of infection and promotes faster healing, offering an affordable alternative to conventional cotton gauze. Led by Prof. Prasoon Kumar, assistant professor in the Department of Biotechnology and Medical Engineering, the research addresses...

New Delhi: The government Tuesday told the Supreme Court that the country’s 20% ethanol blending programme in petrol is still an ongoing experiment and the impact of the policy would become clearer by next year. The remarks come amid a wider debate and concerns over the programme, with many voicing worries that increased amounts of ethanol blending...

Washington: A divided Supreme Court Tuesday upheld a broad conception of birthright citizenship, rejecting President Donald Trump's executive order declaring that children born to people who are in the United States illegally or temporarily are not American citizens. The justices relied on a long-settled understanding of the 14th Amendment, adopted after the Civil War, and more recent...

Brahmapur: A fast-track POCSO court here Tuesday sentenced a man to death for killing his neice by setting her on fire in Odisha's Ganjam district in 2022. Fast-track court judge Rohit Lal Panda observed the case falls under the rarest of rare category and sentenced the convict, identified as Sipirian Digal, 65, of Pirigada in Kandhamal district,...

Washington: Supreme Court Tuesday upheld state laws barring transgender girls and women from playing on school athletic teams, in another setback for transgender people. The court's conservative majority, which has repeatedly ruled against transgender Americans in the past year, ruled that state bans in Idaho and West Virginia don't violate the Constitution or the federal law known...

London: More than 45,000 foreign criminals and failed asylum seekers will be removed over the coming decade and refugees will be made to pay back accommodation costs under the UK's immigration reforms. In a series of policy pitches this week, Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood said "thousands more foreign criminals and illegal migrants who have no right to...

Haldia/Kolkata: One person died, and more than 20 others were injured after a major fire broke out in a naphtha-carrying pipeline of Haldia Petrochemicals Ltd (HPL) in West Bengal's Purba Medinipur district in the early hours of Tuesday, police said. The fire continued to burn in a small section of a naphtha-carrying pipeline owned by Haldia Petrochemicals...

Shillong: Meghalaya State Pollution Control Board (MSPCB) Tuesday said its inspection of an ethanol and distillery unit at Byrnihat found no violation of prescribed emission standards. The probe followed public concern triggered by social media posts alleging pollution emanating from the unit in Byrnihat which had topped the list of the world's most polluted metropolitan areas in...

New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah Tuesday launched a revamped online portal for regulating foreign contributions and the e-OCI Card, initiatives which would simplify compliance, improve public services and strengthen national security through greater use of technology. In his address, Home Minister said that prior to 2014, the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act (FCRA) system was entangled...

Bhadrak: A 22-year-old married man was arrested Tuesday for allegedly attempting to kill a minor schoolgirl by pouring petrol on her body after she rejected his advances in Odisha's Bhadrak district, police said. The incident took place at Fatepur under Dhusuri police station limits in Dhamnagar block of the coastal district, police said. The accused has been...