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California floods: Southern region ravaged by storm — videos show widespread damage

California flood ravages through counties (Source: social media) After soggy Christmas celebrations due to a winter storm in California, the southern region is now witnessing a powerful storm this week. The extreme weather has unleashed heavy rain, strong winds and snowfall.Multiple videos making rounds on social media show flooded roads, mudslides and debris-choked towns. While...

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Japan: 14 injured in stabbing attack, ‘unspecified liquid’ sprayed in Mishima

Representative image At least fourteen people were injured in a stabbing attack in a factory in central Japan on Friday. In the attack, an unspecified liquid was also sprayed.“Fourteen people are subject to transportation by emergency services,” Tomoharu Sugiyama, a firefighting department official in the city of Mishima, Shizuoka region, told news agency AFP.He said...

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AI-powered crime fighting in India: What is OCND and how will it help agencies?

AI-generated image NEW DELHI: Union home minister Amit Shah on Friday launched India’s first national-level Organised Crime Network Database (OCND), a landmark initiative designed to disrupt and dismantle criminal syndicates that pose a threat to internal security.The database was unveiled at the Anti-Terror Conference–2025, a two-day annual event organised by the National Investigation Agency (NIA).Developed...

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‘Not medical devices’: Centre defers slashing GST on air purifiers; warns of ‘Pandora’s Box’ of requests

NEW DELHI: The Centre on Friday deferred lowering the GST on air purifiers, a day after the Delhi high court suggested a look into the matter while hearing a plea about the severe pollution plaguing the Capital.Appearing for the Centre, additional solicitor general N Venkatraman told a bench of justices Vikas Mahajan and Vinod Kumar...

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VHT: ‘Fast-track him now’- Ex-India captain compares Suryavanshi to Tendulkar

Vaibhav Suryavanshi (PTI Photo/Swapan Mahapatra) Former India opener Krishnamachari Srikkanth has strongly advocated for Vaibhav Sooryavanshi to be pushed quickly into the senior Indian setup, comparing the teenager’s rise to the early days of Sachin Tendulkar. Srikkanth believes the selectors should show boldness and back rare talent early, rather than delaying opportunities for a player...

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‘Killed my husband’: Indian man dies in Canada allegedly due to hospital neglect; wife recounts ordeal

A day after a 44-year-old Indian-origin man died after waiting for hours in a hospital’s emergency room in Canada, his wife accused the Edmonton hospital of “killing her husband” by not providing timely medical help.In a viral video, Prashant Sreekumar’s wife said that the Grey Nuns Community Hospital neglected her husband’s condition even after he...

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‘Junta with nukes’: When Bush, Putin discussed Pak in 2005; what declassified NSA papers show

NEW DELHI: Pakistan’s nuclear proliferation programme triggered deep concern at the highest levels of the United States and Russia, with both countries expressing that Islamabad’s nuclear activities made them “nervous”, according to newly declassified documents released by the US National Security Archive.The documents, made public this week following a Freedom of Information lawsuit, include verbatim...

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