Beijing: A joint China-Nepal scientific expedition has completed the first full-depth ice core drilling at the summit of Mt Everest to collect samples for understanding climate and environmental changes in ultra-high-altitude areas. Members of the joint expedition conducted scientific sampling work, including ice core drilling, on the world's tallest mountain at an altitude of 8,848.86 metres. It...

Aboard the RFA Lyme Bay: Aboard the RFA Lyme Bay docked off the coast of Gibraltar, hundreds of British sailors are waiting to be deployed for a mine-clearing mission to the Strait of Hormuz that is still in doubt. US President Donald Trump has lashed out at allies for not doing more to support the United States'...

Kyiv: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Sunday that Russia used the powerful hypersonic Oreshnik ballistic missile during a mass drone and missile attack on Kyiv Sunday that killed at least two people, marking the third time the weapon has been used in the four-year war. The intense aerial assault damaged buildings across the Ukrainian capital, including near...

New Delhi: India has moved a significant step closer towards long-term energy self-sufficiency after its indigenously developed 500 MW Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor (PFBR) at Kalpakkam in Tamil Nadu achieved criticality -- a stage at which a nuclear reactor attains a controlled and self-sustaining chain reaction for the first time, a report said. According to an analysis...

Cairo: US President Donald Trump said a deal with Iran on the war in the Middle East, including opening the Strait of Hormuz, has been "largely negotiated" after calls with Israel and other allies in the region over the weekend. But other officials counselled caution Sunday, with Secretary of State Marco Rubio noting that "significant progress, although...

Berhampur: A major accident was averted in Odisha’s Gajapati district Sunday after a private bus carrying around 50 passengers lost one of its front wheels while in motion. The incident took place near the Mohana Port Division office when the private bus named ‘Harihara’ was travelling from Berhampur to Brahmani village. According to eyewitnesses, the front wheel...

New Delhi: Developments related to negotiations between the US and Iran to resolve the West Asia conflict, oil prices and foreign investors' trading activity will largely influence stock markets in a holiday-shortened week, analysts said. Equity markets would remain closed Thursday for Bakri Id. The rupee-dollar trend and global market sentiment would also be tracked by investors,...

Bhubaneswar: A truck "hit and dragged" an auto-rickshaw for nearly 60 metres near Pandara Square in Bhubaneswar Sunday, critically injuring the passenger and leaving a biker hurt after the driver allegedly "tried to flee the scene", sources said. The accident took place near Pandara Square in Bhubaneswar when the truck, allegedly moving at high speed, rammed the...

New Delhi:  The Congress Sunday targeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi over US Secretary of State Marco Rubio's remarks that India has committed to purchasing USD 500 billion worth of American goods over the next five years, alleging that the compromised PM was going the extra mile to appease his good friend. Congress general secretary in charge of...

New Delhi: US Secretary of State Marco Rubio Sunday described the United States as a "welcoming country" and termed the racist comments made against Indians as the actions of "stupid" people. Addressing a joint press conference with External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, Rubio stated that he takes such comments very seriously. On being asked about racist remarks...