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Ajit Pawar air crash: Son Jay seeks probe into ‘lapses’, says black box not easily destroyed

Pune, Feb 19 (PTI) Jay Pawar, the younger son of Ajit Pawar, has demanded a thorough probe into the “possible serious lapses” behind the air crash that claimed his father’s life, and stressed that an aircraft’s black box cannot get destroyed easily. He also sought a ban on VSR Ventures Private Limited, the aviation company that operated the ill-fated Learjet 45XR plane which crashed near the Baramati airstrip in Pune district, killing Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar and four others on January 28. “The black box cannot get destroyed easily. The people of Maharashtra have the right to know the

Eating oatmeal for two days can reduce bad cholesterol levels, study finds

Eating oatmeal for 48 hours can reduce your bad cholesterol levels, according to a recent study. Researchers from the University of Bonn in Germany conducted a trial in which adults consumed a calorie-reduced diet of almost exclusively oatmeal for two days. All participants suffered from a metabolic syndrome associated with a risk of diabetes, including a combination of high body weight, high blood pressure, elevated blood glucose or elevated blood lipid levels, according to a university press release. The 32 participants ate oatmeal, previously boiled in water, three times a day, for a total of 300 grams. They were only

Study finds warming world increases days when weather is prone to fires around the globe

WASHINGTON, February 19, 2026 (AP) — The number of days when the weather gets hot, dry and windy — ideal to spark extreme wildfires — has nearly tripled in the past 45 years across the globe, with the trend increasing even higher in the Americas, a new study shows. And more than half of that increase is caused by human-caused climate chang e, researchers calculated. What this means is that as the world warms, more places across the globe are prone to go up in flames at the same time because of increasingly synchronous fire weather, which is when multiple

Rupee rises 5 paise to close at 90.67 against US dollar

Mumbai, Feb 18 (PTI) The rupee rose 5 paise to close at 90.67 (provisional) against the US dollar on Wednesday driven by inflow of foreign funds and positive domestic equity markets. However, higher global crude oil prices and a strengthening greenback capped sharp gains in the local unit, forex traders said. At the interbank foreign exchange, the rupee opened at 90.60 against the US dollar and traded in a narrow range of 90.60-90.71 before settling at 90.67 (provisional), higher by 5 paise against its previous close. The rupee gained 2 paise to settle at 90.72 against the US dollar on

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