In the 1960s, smoke from a cigarette interrupted a static-control experiment, and it wasn’t just a nuisance: It helped create the home smoke detectorA puff of cigarette smoke sparked a home safety revolution. Inventor Duane Pearsall observed how smoke interfered with his electrical exper...
Rs 65,000 Birthday shock: 19 drinks, 28 starters and 5 pizzas—Bengaluru boy says ‘never celebrating again’A young man in Bengaluru has vowed to stop celebrating his birthday after a recent celebration resulted in a staggering ₹65,208 bill. The e...
Why Does Your Boss ‘Joke’ About Firing You And Then Actually Do It?Managers using jokes about serious issues like job security can blur professional boundaries, leading to employee confusion and a sense of ...
Why Your Kitchen Counter Still Feels Sticky No Matter How Much You Clean ItSticky kitchen counters are a common issue. This happens because grease builds up over time. Regular wiping often fails to remove this stub...
How Did People Preserve Food Before Modern Kitchens?Before refrigerators, people used clever methods like salting and fermentation to keep food fresh. These ancient techniques focused on cont...
Virat Kohli’s One 8 Commune pub in Bengaluru lands in trouble, booked for absence of a designated smoking areaVirat Kohli’s Bengaluru pub, One8 Commune, is facing legal issues after Cubbon Park Police filed a suo motu case for violating the COTPA Ac...
Virat Kohli-owned One8 Commune pub in Bengaluru gets BBMP notice for allegedly violating fire safety normsVirat Kohli's One8 Commune pub in Bengaluru faces legal trouble after a complaint alleged fire safety violations. The BBMP issued a notice,...
Kamala Mills fire case: No bail for Mojo's Bistro co-ownerA massive fire swept through two roof-top pubs, Mojo's Bistro and 1 Above, located in Kamala Mills Compound in central Mumbai, on December ...
Kamala Mills fire an opportunity to improve system: High Court to BMCThe court observed that there was rampant violation of norms, and said constant checks were required, failing which such incidents would co...
Pub blaze: Kamala Mills owner Gowani heldGowani, who was travelling in a car, was intercepted at suburban Chembur by a team of the N M Joshi Marg police station, a senior police of...
Kamala Mills fire: '1 Above' pub owner Abhijeet Mankar heldPolice sources said they got leads on the whereabouts of the Sanghvi brothers during interrogation of Juhu resident Vishal Karia, who was a...
Safety first, 57 rooftop pubs to be shut in BengaluruAfter the Kamala Mills deaths at a rooftop pub, the commissioner of BMC met hotel associations this week, asking the industry to conduct fi...
Post pub fire, crackdown on illegal structures continuesCivic officials inspected 615 establishments and initiated action against 355 hotels, restaurants and pubs for the illegalities till yester...
Two managers of '1 Above' pub arrestedThey were present in the pub when the blaze occurred in the early hours of December 29, but fled without helping the guests, the official s...
Kamala Mills fire: Lookout notices against 2 co-owners of pub which caught fireA senior police official said lookout notices have been issued against Hitesh Sanghvi and Jigar Sanghvi, the co-owners of '1 Above' pub, wh...
Only 400 of 5,000 Delhi eateries have got fire safety permitFire officers say restaurateurs get away with gross violations. Eateries with a seating capacity of less than 50 do not require fire cleara...
Live updates: 14 killed, 21 injured in fire at Mumbai's Kamala MillsThe fire broke out shortly after midnight on the third floor of the four-storeyed building on Senapati Bapat Marg, a commercial hub of the ...