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North India floods: Army rescues 5,500 civilians in Punjab; Himachal toll climbs to 341

NEW DELHI: Heavy monsoon rains continued to wreak havoc across northern India on Wednesday, triggering floods, landslides, and widespread disruptions in Jammu & Kashmir,...

Trump says India kills us with tariffs, claims Delhi now offers ‘no tariffs’ to America

NEW YORK/WASHINGTON: India kills the US with tariffs and the country has now offered “no tariffs” to America, President Donald Trump has said, amid...

Cabinet approves Rs 1,500-cr incentive scheme to promote recycling of critical minerals

NEW DELHI: The Cabinet on Wednesday gave its go-ahead to a Rs 1,500 crore incentive scheme to promote recycling of critical minerals in the...

Amid US tariff turmoil, Jaishankar says India, Germany will work to double bilateral trade

NEW DELHI: Amid the ongoing tariff tensions between New Delhi and Washington, External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar asserted on Wednesday that India and...

Panama’s deep ocean currents fail to rise, marine life under threat

NEW DELHI: Scientists from the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) have reported the first-ever failure of the critical upwelling process in the Gulf of...

Asian glaciers losing 22 million kg ice every year due to climate change: Study

NEW DELHI: The impact of global warming on glaciers is unprecedented. A new study published in the IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied...

Want to be ‘Captain Cool’ like Dhoni: Pak women’s captain Fatima Sana

NEW DELHI: Pakistan women's cricket team captain Fatima Sana draws inspiration from India's World Cup-winning skipper MS Dhoni and aspires to become 'Captain Cool'...

Sikandar Raza rises to No.1 spot in ICC ODI all-rounders’ rankings

DUBAI: Zimbabwe veteran Sikandar Raza has achieved the No.1 ranking among all-rounders in the ICC ODI rankings for the first time in his career. Raza,...

India expanding trade ties through FTAs, in dialogue with US: Goyal

NEW DELHI: Union Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal on Tuesday said India is expanding trade ties across the globe through Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) and...

PM hits out at Cong-RJD over insult to mother; Mahua cites his remarks on women leaders

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said he was deeply pained by the hurling of abuses at his mother during Congress' recently...

GST panel proposes steep hike in tax on luxury EVs like Tesla, BMW, report says

NEW DELHI: The GST panel has proposed steep increases in consumer levies on luxury electric cars priced above Rs 40 lakh, a Reuters report...

Kejriwal urges nation to aid flood-hit Punjab

AAP lawmakers to donate one month’s salary NEW DELHI: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) supremo Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday urged the nation to extend financial assistance...

2020 riots cases: Umar Khalid, Sharjeel Imam to remain in jail as Delhi HC rejects bail

NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court on Tuesday rejected the bail pleas of Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam in the 2020 Delhi riots larger...

Afghanistan earthquake: Death toll rises to 1,400, over 3,000 injured as evacuations continue

NEW DELHI: Fourteen hundred people have died so far, and over 3,000 were injured in the Afghanistan earthquake that hit on Sunday night, as...

Why India, Pakistan, Afghanistan are so vulnerable to deadly earthquakes

NEW DELHI: A powerful 6.0-magnitude earthquake in Afghanistan has killed at least 812 people and injured 2,817. The tremors highlight the growing seismic risks...

China showing off its weaponry in tightly controlled military parade

BEIJING: China’s missiles, fighter jets and other military hardware — some on public view for the first time — are being displayed in a...

Google on ‘Gmail security warning’ for 2.5 billion users

NEW DELHI: Google has addressed several recent reports which claimed it sent out a widespread security notification about Gmail to 2.5 billion users, calling...

Tiny Indian computer, credit-card sized, to catch faint signals from early universe

NEW DELHI: (PRATUSH) mission is designed to detect faint radio signals from hydrogen atoms, unlocking secrets from this early era. PRATUSH is a space payload...

BCCI invites bids for Team India’s title sponsorship

No real money gaming or crypto company allowed NEW DELHI: The BCCI on Tuesday invited bids for the Indian cricket team's title sponsorship rights after...

India offers aid to Afghanistan after earthquake

PM Modi expresses deep sadness NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday expressed deep sadness over the loss of lives in the recent earthquake...

Hydrogen bomb’ of revelations on ‘vote chori’ coming: Rahul Gandhi

PATNA: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday said his party will soon come out with a "hydrogen bomb" of revelations about "vote chori" and...

Claims, objections in Bihar SIR exercise can be filed beyond Sept 1, EC tells SC

NEW DELHI: The Election Commission of India (ECI) Monday informed the Supreme Court of India that claims and objections for inclusion or exclusion of...

EC points out low participation from parties in Bihar ER objections

NEW DELHI: The Election Commission has received a mere 117 claims and objections from political parties regarding the draft electoral rolls in Bihar, starkly...

UPI transactions in August grow by 3% to 20.01 billion

NEW DELHI: The Unified Payments Interface (UPI) transactions in August grew 3% to 20.01 billion, up from 19.47 billion in July. Further, in value...

SC dismisses PIL against rollout of E-20 petrol

Govt says 'beneficial for sugarcane farmers' NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday rejected a PIL which has challenged the nationwide rollout of 20 per...

TCA Kalyani assumes charge as Controller General of Accounts

NEW DELHI: TCA Kalyani assumed charge as the new Controller General of Accounts (CGA) in the Department of Expenditure, Ministry of Finance, on Monday,...

6.0 magnitude quake strikes Afghanistan: Over 600 killed, more than 1,000 injured

KABUL: The death toll from the earthquake in eastern Afghanistan has risen to 622, with more than 1,000 others injured, reported the state-run Radio...

Decoding the deadly earthquake

NEW DELHI: A powerful magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck eastern Afghanistan near the Pakistan border late on August 30, 2025, resulting in a devastating human...

Putin blames West for Ukraine war at China-led SCO summit

TIANJIN: Russian President Vladimir Putin has blamed the West for igniting the war in Ukraine, insisting Moscow’s assault was provoked by years of Western...

Modi welcomes Ukraine peace efforts in talks with Putin, seeks end to war

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday held a bilateral meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Tianjin, China, where the two leaders...

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