Category: Events

15 people missing after flash floods hit the Grand Canyon An estimated 15 people may be missing and at least 62 have been evacuated after a powerful flash flood tore through parts of Arizona’s Grand Canyon National Park, destroying footbridges and severely damaging infrastructure, park officials said.The National Park Service said the flooding struck Bright...

Priyanka Gandhi urges PM Modi to order FIR against those who “purified” Kharge’s Haldwani rally venue. NEW DELHI: Keeping up the pressure over the issue, Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Sunday appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to order an FIR against the persons who had committed the crime of “purification” of the rally...

PM Modi expressed concern over the drug menace among India’s youth and urged content creators and influencers to campaign for a drug-free younger generation. NEW DELHI: Flagging the dangers of drug addiction and its impact on not just individuals but also families and society, PM Narendra Modi Sunday urged the youth to make “creative efforts”...

Sonam Wangchuk says CJP organisers may have political ambitions, but that’s acceptable if platform remains non-party. NEW DELHI: Climate activist Sonam Wangchuk has said Abhijit Dipke and his fellow organisers of the Cockroach Janta Party movement appear to have political ambitions, but there is nothing objectionable in this as long as the student platform retains...

Over 2.63L appear in NEET-PG; re-test announced for candidates at 2 Jaipur centres NEET-PG 2026 was conducted across the country on Sunday for nearly 2.7 lakh candidates appearing at 1,111 centres in 339 cities. A retest will be held on Sept 5 for 2,445 candidates at two centres in Jaipur as a glitch disrupted the...

File Photo: A Nepal army official during a rescue operation for the people trapped inside the tunnel of the Upper Trishuli 3 ‘A’ Hydropower Project in Nuwakot, Nepal NUWAKOT (NEPAL)/DEHRADUN: Time running out for over 900 people missing from Nepal’s flood-hit hydropower projects, rescue teams led by Nepalese Army personnel intensified operations to hunt for...

File photo: PM Modi being accorded a ceremonial welcome, in Tashkent. Uzbekistan President Shavkat Mirziyoyev is also seen. India and Uzbekistan upgraded their relations to a comprehensive strategic partnership, set an annual trade target of $5 billion and closed in on an agreement for uranium supply to India, as PM Narendra Modi held talks with...

Economic crimes move faster than treaties; global cooperation key to recovery: CJI Surya Kant NEW DELHI: Chief Justice of India Surya Kant said for every Rs 100 laundered, authorities and law enforcement agencies recovered only Re 1, mainly because of the ingenuity of economic offenders, and lack of global cooperation on extraditing fugitives.Money laundered globally...

Study finds type 2 diabetes complications differ by gender: men face higher heart and kidney risks, women more likely to develop mental health conditions. NEW DELHI: For men, type 2 diabetes more often sets the stage for heart and kidney disease; for women, the greater threat appears to be mental health problems, a new study...

NHAI has made Automated and Intelligent Machine-Aided Construction compulsory for highway projects longer than 20 km (AI generated image) NEW DELHI: National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has made Automated and Intelligent Machine-Aided Construction (AI-MC) compulsory for all highway projects longer than 20 km in length and costing over Rs 500 crore, in what’s a...