Cambridge ‘swimming cap’ brings hope for brain-injured babies

Cambridge ‘swimming cap’ brings hope for brain-injured babies

Janine MachinEast of England technology correspondent, in Cambridge BBC Researchers say their “swimming cap”, which uses light and ultrasound to improve brain monitoring in newborns, is the first of its kind in the world Three-week-old Theo is fast asleep in a cot, unaware he is helping to trial new technology that could change the lives … Read more

Northeast monsoon sets in over Kerala, brings heavy rainfall

Northeast monsoon sets in over Kerala, brings heavy rainfall

The onset is likely to remain vigorous, with a couple of weather systems prevailing in the Bay of Bengal. | Photo Credit: NIRMAL HARINDRAN The northeast monsoon set in over Kerala on Thursday (October 16, 2025), triggering widespread heavy rainfall across the State, especially in the southern and central parts. According to a weather bulletin … Read more

Early snowfall brings cheer to tourists; chilly weather sets in across Kashmir

Early snowfall brings cheer to tourists; chilly weather sets in across Kashmir

Tourists enjoy season’s first snowfall at Gulmarg’s Kongdori, 55 km from Srinagar on Monday (October 6, 2025). | Photo Credit: Imran Nissar An early spell of snowfall in Kashmir valley’s upper reaches, including tourist places, on Monday (October 6, 2025) sparked a cheer among tourists.  Scores of tourists were seen enjoying at Gulmarg’s meadow Kongdoori in … Read more

Mizoram residents hope the new Bairabi-Sairang line brings seamless changes into their life

Mizoram residents hope the new Bairabi-Sairang line brings seamless changes into their life

Mualkhang is one of the intermediary stations, 38.2 km from Bairabi and 13.18 km from Sairang on the Bairabi-Sairang 51.38 km new line built by Northeast Frontier Railway and under its Lumding Division in Mizoram. | Photo Credit: Anil Kumar Sastry Residents of Mizoram, particularly its capital Aizawl, hope that the 51.38 km Bairabi-Sairang (near … Read more

Bengal LoP Suvendu Adhikari brings out list of 50 Trinamool youth leaders ‘controlling’ college campuses

Bengal LoP Suvendu Adhikari brings out list of 50 Trinamool youth leaders ‘controlling’ college campuses

Leader of Opposition in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislator Suvendu Adhikari on Tuesday (July 8, 2025) presented a list of 50 Trinamool student leaders, accusing them of exerting unchecked power in various educational institutions across the State. | Photo Credit: ANI Leader of Opposition in the West Bengal Legislative … Read more

Panchayat 4 trailer: Manju Devi vs Kranti Devi brings fun and frustration to Phulera

Panchayat 4 trailer: Manju Devi vs Kranti Devi brings fun and frustration to Phulera

The makers of ‘Panchayat Season 4’ released the trailer for the fourth season on Wednesday. Establishing the theme of the season in advance, the makers built the story around the Panchayat elections – the big war – between proxy candidates, Manju Devi and Kranti Devi. As the trailer shows, Abhishek – everyone’s dear Sachiv ji … Read more

Google DeepMind brings AlphaEvolve, an AI tuned to tackle maths and computing problems

Google DeepMind brings AlphaEvolve, an AI tuned to tackle maths and computing problems

Ahead of the Google I/O 2025 annual developer conference, starting May 20, Google has announced its new AI agent called AlphaEvolve. The company introduces the AI agent as “an evolutionary coding agent powered by large language models for general-purpose algorithm discovery and optimisation.” It explains that AlphaEvolve combines the inventive problem-solving strengths of Google’s Gemini … Read more

December’s first day brings respite for Delhi as air quality slightly improves

December’s first day brings respite for Delhi as air quality slightly improves

Delhi saw a slight improvement in air quality on December 1 as the city recorded an Air Quality Index (AQI) of 285 on Sunday, which was marked in the “poor” category, the first such occurrence since October 29. According to the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), the improvement was was aided by sunny weather and … Read more

Widespread heavy rain in delta districts brightens prospects for samba paddy, brings cheer to farmers

Widespread heavy rain in delta districts brightens prospects for samba paddy, brings cheer to farmers

Water is stagnating in the Big Temple complex in Thanjavur after a spell of rain on Monday (November 18, 2024). | Photo Credit: R. Vengadesh Several parts of the Cauvery delta districts continued to receive moderate to heavy rainfall on Monday (November 18, 2024), in what is seen to be largely beneficial northeast monsoon season … Read more