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New Delhi: The prevailing El Nino conditions over the equatorial Pacific are most likely to intensify into a very strong event in the coming months and persist through February 2027, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has said. It said this could have substantial impacts on...

Ayodhya: Air Marshal Jeetendra Mishra (retd), a decorated former Indian Air Force officer and veteran fighter pilot, has been appointed the first Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust in Ayodhya. Mishra was selected for the key administrative position Wednesday...

Kathmandu: The devastating floods that swept through Nepal were triggered by a massive fall of ice and rock in the high Himalayas and not by an earthquake or glacial lake outburst flood (GLOF), according to experts. The flash floods that triggered near the Nepal-Tibet border...

By Arindam Ganguly, OP Bhubaneswar: As Bhubaneswar expands with new residential colonies, commercial complexes and concrete infrastructure, kitchen gardens could offer a simple way to address some of the challenges of urban growth—from rising temperatures and shrinking green spaces to reliance on outside sources for...

Gwalior: A social media stunt to express love proved costly after a Gwalior man’s car was covered with 3,400 lipstick marks by his girlfriend, prompting the police to impose a fine of Rs 5,500 on him and order him to remove the marks. The car...

New Delhi: The next space exploration phase will deepen India’s role in human spaceflight, planetary exploration and advanced space technology as these efforts will support India’s ambition to become a leading global space power, according to the government. An official fact sheet states that India...

New Delhi: The moon is set to take centre stage this week as Earth's shadow sweeps across its surface in a near-total lunar eclipse visible from large parts of the world. Nearly 96% of the moon's surface will be covered by Earth's shadow Thursday night...

New Delhi: Days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi used the phrase “dimagi Naxals” in his Independence Day address, a satirical Instagram page has emerged as an unlikely internet sensation, attracting more than 600,000 followers within days of its launch. Calling itself the Dimagi Naxal Party,...

New Delhi: A new mechanism designed to make stock closing price mechanism more transparent has itself become the centre of a market-manipulation case, with SEBI alleging that aggressive orders in Sensex constituents were used to influence the index's closing level and generate gains in expiry-day...

New Delhi: A collection of 688 autographed reflections by Mahatma Gandhi on truth, ahimsa, and service, among other subjects, to his close associate and freedom fighter Anand T Hingorani was sold for Rs 16.20 crore at a Saffronart auction, setting the world record for an...