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Image for representation only | Photo Credit: Biswaranjan Rout The Union Ministry of Environment and Forest and Climate Change has reduced the mandatory requirement of greenbelt or green cover for new industrial estates, parks and individual industries under environmental clearance conditions. The Ministry had earlier standardised the conditions for the projects covered in the schedule of the Environment Impact Assessment notification, 2006 in which the minimum 33% separate green belt was compulsory for development projects, including industrial estates.An office memorandum issued on October 29 revised the greenbelt norms in new greenfield industrial projects. According to it, a minimum of 10%…

When it comes to sex, a large section of society is still caught up in bizarre myths, misinformation, and plain cluelessness. The shame, guilt, and hushed nature surrounding the topic make it even harder for people to clarify their doubts or even realise that they are doing it wrong. One such misunderstood concept is the use of lubricants. While seductive advertisements and colourful displays at pharmacies have made the word “lubricant” familiar, the real understanding of what’s safe and what’s not remains murky for many. Dr Mangala Lakshmi, a fertility expert based in Tamil Nadu, recently took to Instagram to…

An inevitable part of getting old is no longer recognizing the names of celebrities and musicians. Slowly and steadily, the more famous young and younger people get, the more their names will seem like incoherent phrases muttered by someone losing their mind, a vegetable side dish, or some kind of cruel trick. At some point, for a certain swath of millennials, Kourtney Kardashian will seem like old Hollywood compared to the likes of Terror Jr (who Pop Crave assures me is a person).Sometimes the only way to combat this and ensure you are not being defrauded by life itself is…

With a move towards increasing the frequency and expanding the diversity of datasets, the government is now focusing towards deriving more accurate district-level estimates, Saurabh Garg, Secretary, Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) said on Thursday. Speaking at the Delhi School of Economics, Garg said that the central government is already working with the state governments as the combination of revamped datasets of the Annual Survey of Unincorporated Sector Enterprises (ASUSE) and the monthly Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) will be “extremely useful” in calculating the District Domestic Product (DDP), which measures the economic output for a district. “ASUSE…

The underprivileged kids cheer for India at the Women’s ODI World Cup semifinal in Navi Mumbai on Thursday. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement It was a day to remember for almost 300 underprivileged children who brought colour, rhythm, and joy to the DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai on Thursday during the Women’s ODI World Cup semifinal between India and Australia.The group — comprising students aged between eight and fifteen — travelled from Pune as part of a special initiative led by Shashank Wagh, a 68-year-old senior citizen, cricket enthusiast, and social worker. The students came from three institutions: Manavya,…

It might now be a distant memory, but by the end of last winter, the average cost of a dozen eggs soared to a record high of $6.23. (It’s now at $3.49.)The cause was H5N1, a highly pathogenic strain of avian influenza — or bird flu — that wild birds shed near farms as they migrate for the winter. It’s now surging again in US poultry operations and could result in another winter of high egg prices — and tens of millions of dead birds.Over the last two months, the virus was detected on nearly 50 commercial poultry farms, leading…

Regina Barber and Emily Kwong of Short Wave talk about spider web architecture, storytelling and memory, and why more TV pixels may not translate to a better viewing experience.

US President Donald Trump on Thursday vowed to resume US nuclear weapons testing, marking a potential shift in decades of American policy amid rising tensions among nuclear-armed powers.

As part of its latest AI layer, the company announced a Canva Design Model  | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Canva on Thursday (October 30, 2025) announced the launch of its consolidated AI Visual Suite with both old and new AI features, as well as an integration with the design platform Affinity, as it rolls out what it calls a ‘Creative Operating System.’Canva’s new Creative Operating System introduces its Video 2.0 video editor, email design functions, digital forms, and Canva Sheets/Canva Code integration.As part of its latest AI layer, the company announced a Canva Design Model that can generate editable content…

Washington, DC – United States President Donald Trump has announced the lowest refugee admission cap in the country’s history, limiting entry to just 7,500 people for the fiscal year 2026.In a presidential document published on Thursday but dated September 30, the Trump administration indicated that the US refugee system would remain largely closed to the millions of people around the world fleeing unsafe conditions.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listInstead, priority for the 7,500 available slots would be given to white Afrikaners from South Africa.“The admissions numbers shall primarily be allocated among Afrikaners from South Africa pursuant to Executive…