Inspired by the Japanese art of kirigami, an MIT team has designed a technique that could transform flat panels into medical devices, habitats, and other objects without the use of tools. MIT ...

Ludhiana: For eight-year-old Prabhjot Singh, the simple joy of a scooter ride with his father has turned into a recurring nightmare. Two weeks after a banned plastic kite string sliced through his ...

In a strong move aimed at safeguarding human lives, birds and public infrastructure, the Ludhiana district administration has imposed a complete ban on the manufacture, sale, storage, transport and ...

Every single dental care product you use is made from plastic — no, that’s not an exaggeration. Toothbrushes have plastic handles and bristles. Floss thread is essentially a plastic string packed in a ...

The Punjab government is planning to partially revive the Basant festival after nearly three decades, permitting celebrations under strict regulations at specific venues like open fields and hotel ...

IT’S no secret that the cost of creating the perfect garden full of dazzling flowers can soon add up. But it turns out there’s an old school trick you can use to get loads more plants for free. Please ...

A woman experienced a rare complication when one of her breast implants shifted to her armpit after she failed to follow her surgeon’s post-op instructions. Influencer Maddison Steiner chose to ...

Councillors from across the political divide in Tipperary have united in calling for a ban on the sale of ‘silly string’ used by revellers to spray their surroundings at festivals and parties. Nine ...

TOKYO -Shinkansen bullet train services in north-eastern Japan resumed on March 26 after a more than eight-hour stoppage caused by debris on an overhead wire and strong winds, affecting around 76,500 ...

The Khanna police arrested four individuals and seized 448 spools of banned Chinese plastic string. The accused were identified as Raman Kumar (21) of Ratanheri Khanna, Dinesh Kumar (23) of Samrala ...

The Tribune, now published from Chandigarh, started publication on February 2, 1881, in Lahore (now in Pakistan). It was started by Sardar Dyal Singh Majithia, a public-spirited philanthropist, and is ...

A group of farmers is wrapping up hay bales with an old-fashioned twine to test it as an alternative to plastic string and plastic netting. The twine, made from the sisal plant, was commonly used by ...