Category: Events

Climbers walk in a long queue as they head to Camp 4 from Camp 3 on their way to ascend Mount Everest in the Solukhumbu district, also known as the Everest region. (Reuters) Two Indian climbers — Hyderabad-based tech professional Arun Kumar Tiwari and Sandeep Are, 46 — died while descending Mount Everest after reaching...

NEW DELHI: Multiple key developments unfolded in the Twisha Sharma death case on Friday, with the Madhya Pradesh high court permitting a second post-mortem, accused husband Samarth Singh informing the court that he was willing to surrender, and the state government recommending a CBI probe into the alleged dowry death case. The developments came amid...

Shubman Gill (Image credit: BCCI) NEW DELHI: With several exciting T20 talents emerging, team selection has become a major headache for the selectors. Former India spinner Ravichandran Ashwin believes Shubman Gill, who is in ominous form in IPL 2026, deserves a place in India’s T20I setup. However, with youngsters like Vaibhav Suryavanshi and Priyansh Arya...

NEW DELHI: A drone attack on the UAE’s Barakah nuclear power plant has intensified fears of a wider regional escalation, with analysts warning that Iran-backed militias in Iraq are emerging as a key front in Tehran’s confrontation with the US and Israel.The United Arab Emirates said the attack targeting the Barakah plant on Sunday originated...

Trump flanked by US VP Vance and Marco Rubio US Secretary of State Marco Rubio will arrive in India on Saturday for his first official visit to the country, carrying with him a packed agenda centred on energy cooperation, trade, strategic security. The four-day visit, stretching from May 23 to May 26, comes at a...

‘Major Cheng Cheng’ standing behind Elon Musk (x.com/jenniferzeng97) The delegation of US President Donald Trump was spied on by China during his two-day visit to Beijing last week, according to independent blogger and author Jennifer Zeng.Zeng accused China of using “disguised” military personnel to monitor foreign dignitaries and technology executives who were part of the...

Vaibhav Sooryavanshi Bihar chief minister Samrat Choudhary on Friday backed the idea of having an Indian Premier League (IPL) team from the state, saying the state government is working in “mission mode” to improve cricket infrastructure and create opportunities for young players.The statement came after businessman Anil Agarwal questioned why Bihar still does not have...

Supreme Court of India NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday questioned the continued grant of reservation benefits to children of economically and educationally advanced families within backward classes, observing that social mobility comes with empowerment and that reservation cannot continue indefinitely for such sections.A bench of Justices BV Nagarathna and Ujjal Bhuyan was hearing...

Photo credit: AP The World Health Organization’s Africa director on Friday warned against underestimating the risk posed by the ongoing Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo and neighbouring Uganda, saying even a single case could trigger wider transmission beyond the affected countries, Reuters reported.Speaking to Reuters in Geneva, Mohamed Yakub Janabi said it...

US plans to send those who are waiting for their Green Card back to their home countries. In a huge move, the US Citizenship and Immigration Services is going to ask individuals who are waiting for their Green Cards to leave the country and wait in their own country. The USCIS announced new guidance directing...