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S&P Global Ratings said inadequate rainfall could reduce crop yields and directly affect farmers’ earnings (File photo) A weaker-than-normal southwest monsoon could pose risks to India’s rural economy by reducing farm incomes, increasing food inflation and slowing consumption demand in the coming months, according to a report by S&P Global Ratings.The rating agency said agriculture...

The findings have renewed concerns not only over the safety of the project itself but also over its wider implications for India. (Generative image) Even as China races to build the world’s largest hydropower project on the Yarlung Tsangpo River in Tibet, its own government-backed geologists have warned that the mega dam sits above an...

Team India assistant coach Ryan ten Doeschate and Ishan Kishan (Image credit: Agencies) NEW DELHI: India assistant coach Ryan ten Doeschate did not hold back after India’s poor run in overseas T20Is continued with another series defeat. After being whitewashed 0-2 by Ireland, India have now lost the five-match T20I series against England 0-3 with...

Ketan Agarwal, 25, was allegedly murdered at Lohagad Fort near Pune on June 18 NEW DELHI: The father of Pune realtor Ketan Agarwal has written an emotional letter to President Droupadi Murmu, urging her to ensure a fast-tracked investigation and speedy justice, saying his family has been “shattered” by the loss of both his son...

Thursday offered a rare sight for a city that spends much of the year battling hazardous air pollution, and a rarer statistic. Delhi’s air quality slipped into the “good” category for the first time in nearly three years, giving residents a fleeting sense of what it actually feels like to breathe clean air.The continuous monsoon...

Rubio visited India in May 2026, during which he also met with Prime Minister Modi. US secretary of state Marco Rubio has invited senior ministers from more than 60 countries, including India, to a meeting next week focused on what the Trump administration describes as the “resurgence of transnational far-left terrorism”, according to documents reviewed...

File photo – Spectators wave Chinese flags as military vehicles carrying JL-2 submarine-launched missiles roll during a parade(Picture credit: AP) China’s rare launch of a long-range ballistic missile from a nuclear-powered submarine into the South Pacific this week was aimed at sending a strategic message primarily to the United States rather than Pacific nations, according...

One of the world’s most prominent philanthropists and business leader Melinda French Gates recently delivered a powerful message to more than 400 attendees at the University of Denver’s annual Korbel Honors celebration. Speaking at the Denver Center for the Performing Arts, she stressed on the point that empowering women is key to building stronger families,...

Visuals released by Andalusia’s emergency services show firefighters battling towering flames amid powerful winds, while other footage captures crews attempting to bring the blaze under control as thick smoke engulfs surrounding hillsides. A massive wildfire in southern Spain has killed 12 people authorities confirmed on Friday, marking one of the country’s deadliest wildfires in recent...

Fresh CCTV footage has been released by a family alleging bullying caused their daughter’s death. JAIPUR: Nearly eight months after a nine-year-old girl allegedly died by suicide by jumping from the fourth floor of Jaipur’s Neerja Modi School, her family has released fresh CCTV footage claiming it captures repeated bullying inside the classroom shortly before...