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The five Mumbai Entry Points (MEPs) are: Dahisar on the Western Express Highway, Mulund on the Eastern Express Highway, Mulund Lal Bahadur Shastri Marg, Vashi, and Airoli.Under the new toll regime, light motor vehicles or cars will shell out Rs 5 extra one-way, mini-buses will pay Rs 10 more, trucks and buses Rs 150 and multi-axle vehicles shall be levied Rs 190.The toll at the 5 MEPs started in September 2002, was extended in 2010, and will continue for at least another three years, except at Vashi.The proposed increase from October 1 comes three years after the last hike was…

New Delhi, Sep 14 (IANS) Global cryptocurrency exchange CoinEx has announced that its hot wallets were hacked and large amounts of digital assets stolen, which were used to support the platform’s operations. The incident occurred on September 12, and preliminary assessment indicated that the unauthorised transactions involved Ethereum ($ETH), Tron ($TRON), and Polygon ($MATIC) cryptocurrency.”On September 12, 2023, our Risk Control System detected anomalous withdrawals from several hot wallet addresses used to store CoinEx’s exchange assets. Promptly recognising the gravity of the situation, we immediately established a special investigative team to delve into the matter,” CoinEx Global wrote on X (formerly…

Guwahati, Sep 14 (IANS) Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Guwahati have developed innovative technologies to create pharmaceutical and food products from waste coming out of tea factories.As per a recent study, world tea consumption reached 6.3 million tonnes and is expected to rise to 7.4 million tonnes by 2025.This huge tea consumption leads to an increase in industrial tea waste generation.Because of its high lignin (complex organic polymers) and low inorganic content, efficient utilisation of tea industry wastes demands scientifically advanced techniques.The range of innovative value-added products developed at IIT-Guwahati laboratory include low-cost antioxidant-rich supplements for healthier…

ED had conducted raids at the 24 places of Radhacharan Shah which included Patna, Arrah, Hazaribag, Kolkata, Uttrakhand, Delhi, Noida and recovered more than Rs 1 crore cash and documents of properties worth Rs 11 crore.ED said that besides Rs 6 crore was also recovered which were deposited in 60 separate bank accounts belonging to his family members.ED said that they freeze all the 60 bank accounts.During the court proceedings, the lawyer of Shah claimed that his health is not well as he is a heart patient and has chest pain too.The court then directed the authorities to lodge him…

A single-judge bench of Justice Jasmeet Singh was dealing with petition by Bhavreen Kandhari, who has sought action against government officers who, despite a clear directive from the court in an April 2022 order, were allegedly not adhering to the requirement of providing reasons for tree felling. The judge said that the interim order dated August 31 shall continue till October 6. The interim order had recorded that Delhi government will not grant permission for the felling of trees in the national capital until September 14. Justice Singh granted the Delhi government two weeks to file a detailed response on…

NASA had commissioned an independent study to better understand how the space agency can contribute to ongoing government efforts to further the study observations of events in the sky that cannot be identified as balloons, aircraft, or as known natural phenomena from a scientific perspective.“At this point, there is no reason to conclude that existing UAP reports have an extraterrestrial source,” the report said.The report stated that insufficient data and stigma about the topic continue to be significant barriers to uncovering the nature of UAPs. The independent study recommends that NASA can play a prominent role in the government’s effort…

This initiative was taken by the Department of Military Affairs (DMA), to organise a pan India cleanliness campaign from November 2022 to August 2023.Defence officials said that 5763 RTI applications, 603 RTI appeals, 4231 CPGRAMS grievances, 784 CPGRAMS appeals and 05 grievances were disposed off during this period. These campaigns have significantly contributed to the enhancement of workplace experience, space management, and a healthy working atmosphere, while also generating revenue, the officials added.The ministry of defence said that DMA had been a leading performer during the Special Campaign 2.0 on Swachhata undertaken during October 2022 with cleanliness drives held at…

Indian Oil, Hindustan Petroleum, Bharat Petroleum pumps remained closed from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. in Rajasthan on Wednesday, and were closed again on Thursday from 10 a.m. till 6 p.m. in the evening.According to Vineet Ganeshgarhia, Treasurer of Hanumangarh Petroleum Dealers Association, the government has been incurring a revenue loss of Rs 28 lakh in a day due to the pumps being closed from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. in the district.More than 130 petrol pumps in the district are closed due to this strike.On Thursday, long before 6 p.m., some drivers parked their vehicles at the petrol pump.Some…

It marks the 10th consecutive rate rise for the bank, as the ECB warned inflation remained too high even as the impact of previous increases and a weakening outlook for global trade weigh on the eurozone economy, The Guardian reported.The latest increase pushes the ECB’s deposit rate, which is paid on commercial bank deposits, from 3.75 per cent to 4 per cent — the highest since the euro was launched in 1999. Its main refinancing operations, which provide the bulk of liquidity to the banking system, was increased from 4.25 per cent to 4.5 per cent, The Guardian reported.The marginal…

The minister chaired a joint meeting with all the 28 concerned departments, at the Delhi Secretariat regarding the Winter Action Plan.“All the departments have been assigned different responsibilities on the prescribed 15 focus points, according to which the winter action plan will be prepared,” the minister said.He said that all the departments have been directed to submit their reports to the Environment Department by September 25.He said that the Environment Department has been directed to submit a detailed action plan to the government under the winter action plan.He said that the Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal will announce the winter action…