Aden (Yemen): At least 40 Yemeni government soldiers and 50 Houthi fighters have been killed in fierce fighting across the country's western frontlines since Thursday, medical officials told Xinhua news agency Friday. A medical official on the Red Sea coastal front in Hodeidah province said...
Srinagar: One terrorist was killed Friday during a joint operation by the Army and Jammu and Kashmir Police deep inside a forest area in Budgam district, officials said. The operation was launched based on information about the movement of a suspected group of terrorists from...
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...
Kathmandu: Two men have been rescued alive from a tunnel at the Trishuli 3A hydropower project nine days after a flash flood tore through the Trishuli River corridor in central Nepal. They have been identified as Kabir Maharjan, 45, a mechanical supervisor on the project,...
New Delhi: HarperCollins India Friday said it will publish Congress leader Sonia Gandhi's memoir "Belonging: A Journey of Love" in India November 10, ending the uncertainty over the book's domestic publication following an "impasse" between the author's representatives and Penguin Random House India. "One of...
Srinagar: An IndiGo aircraft came into contact with a pole that holds the Visual Docking Guidance System (VDGS) display unit and its associated laser or camera sensors, during the parking process at the Srinagar airport Friday morning, officials said. At around 9:02 am, an Indigo...
Washington: The FBI has added India-born Manjit Singh Bedi to its list of most wanted fraudsters for his alleged involvement in irregularities in the US government's benefits scheme. According to the FBI, Bedi operated a small grocery store in Tacoma, Washington, and swiped customers' government...
Havana: The US government Thursday slapped new sanctions on Cuba in a fresh push to strangle the island's economy and deepen its multiple crises. Among those hit with sanctions are Fidel Ernesto Castro, grandson of former President Raul Castro, and Cuba's Oil Industry Supply Import...
Sriharikota: ISRO Chairman, Dr V Narayanan Friday responded to criticism over the increasing role of private players in the country’s space sector, saying that ISRO alone cannot meet India’s growing requirements and that the overall space ecosystem needs to expand. Speaking to IANS, Narayanan said...
Kathmandu: Jensen Huang, Chief Executive Officer of US technology company Nvidia, has donated $10 million to Nepal’s Prime Minister Disaster Relief Fund to support people affected by the devastating floods in the Bhotekoshi River basin in Rasuwa district, Nepal’s Finance Minister Swarnim Wagle said. In...
By Dilip Cherian An IAS officer quitting after 13 years is unusual. An officer as publicly visible as Divya Mittal...
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Banning books by governments does not surprise much since this has been going on across the world since long. But...
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The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) in its latest report released recently has castigated India for...
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Climate justice should become one of the most important points when discussing climate change. The harsh reality of human-induced climate...
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