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municipal solid waste into charcoal, a project for which he has set up a plant in Gangoh, a nondescript town in Uttar Pradesh’s Saharanpur district. “Cogo (Eco-Tech Solutions) is a Latin word, meaning bringing together,” says Kurishingal, 59, with a smile on his face as he points towards the logo on the new machines. “The USP of this Make-in-India technology is that it requires no segregation of waste at all. All types of waste can be put into a single machine.”

INDIA alliance as they have realised the glitz and glamour of the BJP is a facade, AICC general secretary Priyanka Gandhi said on Saturday. Speaking in a rally in Davangere in Karnataka a day before campaigning ends in the state, the leader hit out at the Narendra Modi-led government, saying it was busy in corruption by making schemes. “He [Prime Minister Narendra Modi] talks very well about sabka saath, sabka vikas (everyone’s support, everyone’s progress), but does nothing for the poor. Meanwhile, the people of the country are suffering from unemployment, inflation and economic crisis,” she said. Accusing the PM of crony capitalism, she said he spoke of welfare but was never seen with the poor in villages. “All his rallies are with his rich businessmen friends. No wonder our country’s railways, aviation, ports and shipping are now in the hands of one man,” she added.

Star Wars Day. You must have waved your light sabres and greeted each other with the traditional line, ‘May the Fourth be with you.’ But the card-holding Jedis among you will know that today, May 5, is when you greet each other with ‘Revenge of the Fifth!’ Because as Phuket-based German AI artist Oliver Huber knows, it’s today that production of an unfinished George Lucas meets — Manmohan Desai space opera-Bollywood cult classic started production. As Huber writes, ‘What most people don’t know: In 1974, Indian Bollywood director Rajat Kumar started filming ‘Antriksh Ke Veer’ (Space Heroes). Sadly, the project was shelved due to budget constraints. The script was later sold to an American guy called George for 500 rupees.’ Huber is custodian to iconic images from the never-released cult classic. There’s the Harrison Ford-resembling swashbuckling Hari Solan, captain of the ramshackle space freighter Millennial Fantoosh trying out some inner peace in a loud satsang. Hari’s ‘mardangi moustache’ makes him the bumbling action veer of this film. There’s Lokesh Saiwalker, bearing an uncanny resemblance to Mark Hamill from Star Wars – wielding, no, not a light sabre, but a cricket bat as he tackles the Dark Side. Darth Gabbar is seen frolicking with the village belles, while Princess Leela – the resemblance to Carrie Fisher is uncanny – is the garrulous, spunky ladki burning up the kitchen in a benarasi in one image, and nursing a hangover by having more daaru in another.

₹1,156 crore worth of Indian equities and the total outflow stands at ₹771 crore as of May 3, taking into account debt, hybrid, debt-VRR, and equities, according to National Securities Depository Ltd (NSDL) data. The total debt outflows stand at ₹1,727 crore so far this month. MORE TO COME FPIs offloaded ₹8,671 crore in Indian equities last month and ₹10,949 crore in debt markets over high US bond yields.

Rats! They fought the dogs and killed the cats/ And bit the babies in their cradles/ And ate the cheese out of the vats/ And licked the soup from the cooks' own ladles.' Had he been around today, Robert Browning might have penned those lines to describe not medieval Hamelin, but present-day New York City. NYC has been plagued by an infestation of rodents, which has left it, known for a different kind of rat race, in dire straits. While it is no stranger to rats, there's been a Malthusian population explosion of the varmints who lurk in abandoned tenements and vacant lots. To confound the pestiferous problem, civic authorities must contend with animal rights advocacy, which disapproves of the eradication methods, involving employment of specially trained hunting dogs, painful glue traps, or the use of poisons, which lead to a lingering demise.

Kotak Mahindra Bank is stepping up efforts and investments to resolve technology concerns raised by the banking regulator and regain approval to resume normal operations, said Ashok Vaswani, managing director and chief executive officer, on Saturday. The lender reported an 18% rise in net profit from a year ago at Rs 4,133 crore in the three months ended March 31. Profit got a boost from higher interest income due to lending besides lower provisions and income tax refunds. Vaswani said the Reserve Bank of India’s curbs have an impact on the franchise and reputation though the financial impact is expected to be limited.

Sir Alexander Fleming returned to his lab in St. Mary’s Hospital in London, a big surprise was waiting. He found a blue-green mould growing in one of the petri dishes. Intrigued, his mind went probing on the cause of contamination. Soon Fleming realised he had stumbled upon a discovery that would be hailed as one of the world’s biggest medical breakthroughs. By sheer serendipity, Fleming found the mould had destroyed colonies of staphylococcal bacteria around it. Penicillin — the nemesis for the deadliest bacterial infections — was born. Gruelling work followed. In 1945, Fleming along with his legendary team of researchers Ernst Chain and Sir Howard Florey were awarded the Nobel Prize in physiology and medicine. As World War II unleashed deaths and miseries, a miracle weapon armed doctors against life-threatening bacterial infections. Until then, minor cuts or bruises carried risks of deaths. Penicillin saved lives of soldiers grievously injured during the war. An article in Science Museum describes the quick build-up to make the drug. It says such was its demand that scientists used every conceivable object — from bed pans to bathtubs — to store volumes of broth for the fermentation process. Gallons of mould broth were needed to get a fingernail of penicillin, says the article. With time, as scientists developed better methods of extraction, it spawned dozens of producers across Europe and the US.

election time. And all I can think of are people who like people who they (think) they are like. There are people who like politicians, writers, artists, actors, sportspersons that they look up to, because the latter provide them some pleasure, joy, purpose. Some of these people are even Indian White supremacists, who genuinely believe that the pavements would be smoother under British governance. Then there are the same people who don't like people who they are not like. Or rather, people who are not like them. The reason for their antipathy could be a difference in faith, dietary habits, regional residency, way he or she behaves in a gathering, or the way one dresses. But this kind of antipathy, even detestation, can be a defining feature of such a person.

MUMBAI : Kotak Mahindra Bank's new managing director and chief executive officer, Ashok Vaswani, has expressed greater concern over the reputational fallout of the Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) restrictions on the bank than their financial impact. During his first earnings press conference on Saturday, Vaswani stressed that regaining the trust of customers and regulators would be the bank's utmost priority. To achieve this, the focus would be on upgrading technology systems and accelerating investments.

ALSO READ: 'Switching jobs only way….': Engineer shares 'hard truths' about Indian companies; calls appraisals ‘a joke’ Chopra even shared a screenshot of the applicant's message on his social media handle at X. He wrote, “This is how you get attention! (Obviously won’t take money but very impressed with the pitch)" According to the applicant's proposition, he was ready to pay Chopra $500 ( ₹41,000 approximately) if hired to work at Wingify and claimed that he would be free to fire him and keep the money in case he did not prove his mettle within the first week. ALSO READ: He lost his job.

Dividend Stocks: Shares of several companies including Bank of Maharashtra, HCL Technologies, HDFC Bank, and several others among others will trade ex-dividend in the coming week starting from Monday, May 6. Some companies have also announced other corporate actions such as E.G.M. and rights issue.

Shashi Tharoor on Saturday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi was coming up with imaginary ideas regarding the Congress' manifesto to attack the party. The situation today was such that «the very idea of Indian democracy that our forefathers fought for is in peril», he told reporters here. «Our manifesto is a strong document with a vision for the future. Modi is making up imaginary ideas that are not in our manifesto and attacking us for that. We too can come up with imaginary things about Modi but we are not doing that,» he said. «We believe Modi's own record is bad enough and there is enough to attack. He, however, has nothing to say against us except imaginary things which we have not claimed in our manifesto,» he added. The issue of Muslim reservation was brought up by the PM but there was no mention of the term «Muslim» in Congress' manifesto, Tharoor claimed. «He said we are going to snatch away the houses and buffaloes of people and give it to Muslims. There is no such reference in the manifesto. He says we are going to take away mangalsutras and gold and give it to Muslims,» he said.

Mumbai City FC has become the winner of Indian Super League 2024. In a thrilling match, at the Salt Lake Stadium in Kolkata, Mumbai City beat Mohun Bagan 3-1. It was kind of a revenge for the Mumbai team as last month the Mariners edged past the Islanders 3-1 to dethrone Mumbai City FC and get crowned the ISL Champions.

Arvind Kejriwal has been included in the list. Kejriwal's wife, Sunita Kejriwal, Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann, former Delhi deputy chief minister, Manish Sisodia, Satyendar Jain, MPs Sanjay Singh, Raghav Chadha, Delhi ministers Gopal Rai, Atishi, Saurabh Bharadwaj, Kailash Gahlot and Delhi Mayor, Shelly Oberoi are also included in the list.

TGIKS; we shot the last episode of the season yesterday," she said while speaking to Pinkvilla. "It was great fun and celebration on the sets. The journey so far on the show has been quite amazing.

IAF convoy attack Live: At least five soldiers were injured when a vehicle convoy of the Indian Air Force (IAF) came under heavy firing from terrorists in the Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir. The security forces have cordoned off the area and have launched a hunt against the terrorists, while the number of casualties is expected to increase in the terrorist attack.The officials from the security forces informed that the attack took place when the IAF convoy was moving towards Sanai Top in the district’s Surankote area.

in which his son and JDS MP from Hassan Prajwal Revanna is also booked. Revanna was brought to CID office in Bengaluru, news agency PTI reported. Revanna was taken into the custody after a special court for People's Representative in Bengaluru rejected the interim bail application of HD Revanna and Prajwal Revanna in connection with the alleged "obscene videos" case.

Blue Corner Notice is issued by the international police cooperation body to collect additional information from its member countries about a person's identity, location or activities in relation to a crime. Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah held an "important meeting" with the officials of the Special Investigation Team (SIT), during which he instructed that immediate action be taken to arrest Prajwal Revanna. "We will proceed for arrest with appropriate measures.

ALSO READ: Graeme Smith calls Mumbai Indians' 'confused unit', says Hardik Pandya 'under pressure' However, Jasprit Bumrah emerged as the top performer for MI, picking up three crucial wickets by conceding only 18 runs off his 3.5 overs. With Mumbai Indians' season not going well and the team's chances of qualifying for the playoffs slim, former India opener Wasim Jaffer suggested Hardik and the MI team management give Jasprit Bumrah rest. He cited the upcoming ICC Men's T20 World Cup, which will begin on June 1 in the US and West Indies.

ALSO READ: IPL 2024 Playoffs: Is it game over for Hardik Pandya's MI? Check possible qualification scenarios after the MI vs KKR match "Hardik has really struggled. He's looked a man under pressure that obviously has created a little bit of turmoil in the environment and who knows how it's affected people. But even their batting lineup, it just looked like they were confused.

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