Rural area LPG booking period reduced from 45 to 25 days NEW DELHI: With improvement in LPG supplies and a fall in refill backlogs, govt Monday reduced the minimum time gap for booking LPG refills in rural areas to 25 days from 45 days, bringing it on a par with the interval for urban consumers,…
Colombian woman sells neighborhood gossip. (Photo: Gulf Today) Gossip may be free, but a 67-year-old woman in Colombia claims she has found a way to turn neighbourhood secrets into a lucrative business, one that she says has helped her buy two houses. Miryam, who lives in Armenia in Colombia’s Quindío department, has gone viral after…
Mathematician and programmer Mary Tsingou Menzel When mathematician and programmer Mary Tsingou Menzel sat down in 1952 at Los Alamos National Laboratory to code a complex physics problem on one of the world’s earliest digital computers, she was breaking new ground. Her work helped make possible a landmark experiment that went on to influence chaos…
Govt to promote dietary diversity, protein-rich foods to fight malnutrition NEW DELHI: Stepping up the fight against malnutrition, which remains a significant health challenge, govt will take the message of dietary diversity and importance of “protein rich foods” in a child’s diet — with special focus on children enrolled in around 14 lakh anganwadi centres…
Omar opens first J&K film fest, seeks to reclaim Kashmir’s place in Indian cinema SRINAGAR: CM Omar Abdullah inaugurated the maiden edition of the International Film Festival of Jammu & Kashmir (IFFJK) on Monday evening, calling it a new chapter in the region’s enduring relationship with cinema. Reminding filmmakers across the country that Kashmir had…
Jared Leto has sold his former Los Angeles Air Force compound for $12 million. Jared Leto has quietly sold one of Los Angeles’ most unusual celebrity properties, offloading his sprawling former Air Force compound for $12 million after nearly a decade of ownership.According to TMZ, the Oscar-winning actor and Thirty Seconds to Mars frontman sold…
Trans-border narco-terror suspect flees NCB custody in Jammu JAMMU: An alleged member of a trans-border narco-terror module escaped from the custody of Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) in Jammu Sunday night, prompting police and the bureau to launch a massive manhunt to nab him.“The details of how Aqib Bashir escaped from custody are unclear… Police and…
Detained Pak national repatriated via intl border JAMMU: A Pakistani man detained near the international border in Jammu’s Kanachak sector last week was repatriated on Monday.Troops of BSF’s 44Bn caught the intruder on Sept 3 near a forward area border outpost. During questioning, he identified himself as Nazir Sadhir from Luni Pundra village in Sialkot…
Suspicious movement prompts search ops in Poonch’s frontier villages JAMMU: Security forces launched joint cordon-and-search operations in frontier villages in J&K’s Poonch district on Monday based on inputs about the alleged movement of terror suspects in the area, officials said.“The searches commenced around 12.30pm. Multiple teams are combing the forested upper reaches spanning Jhotian Wali,…
Decorated cop Kal Dosanjh, a TEDx speaker and a mentor, was arrested for fraud by his own Vancouver Police Department. For years, Kalwinder “Kal” Dosanjh built his public identity around one message: keep young people away from gangs, drugs and crime. A longtime Vancouver police officer, youth mentor and founder of a charitable foundation, Dosanjh…