Spread the love When a wall of water suddenly crashes from the sky and sweeps away homes and roads within minutes, one of the first words officials and the media in India reach for is ‘cloudburst’. However, the term is often misused in a way that can distract from poor planning and crumbling infrastructure. What counts as a cloudburst? According...
Coal block scam case in SC: Ex-PM Manmohan Singh gets clean chit 2 years after his death
Spread the love SC gave clean chit to Manmohan Singh in coal block case NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court has given a clean-chit to ex-Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in the coal block allocation scam case, nearly two years after his demise.A special judge in SC quashed the summoning order and accepted closure reports filed by CBI.The case pertains to the...
‘They’re enemies like India’: Khawaja Asif justifies killing of protesters in PoK
Spread the love “I put the protesters of PojK in the same category as India and consider them as enemies,” Khawaja Asif said. Pakistan defence minister Khawaja Asif said he considered protesters in Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoJK) enemies, just as he considered India.“I put the protesters of PojK in the same category as India and consider them as enemies,”...
Inside US-Saudi nuclear deal: Why Pakistan is biggest loser
Spread the love The nuclear map of the Middle East and South Asia is set to be redrawn. The nuclear map of the Middle East and South Asia is set to be redrawn after the US signed a historic 30-year civilian nuclear cooperation agreement with Saudi Arabia, opening a potential pathway for domestic uranium enrichment on Saudi soil under American...
Watch | Did you know India’s space programme has turned 60?
Spread the love From a small launch pad, the 715-kg Nike Apache rocket rose 208 km into the sky. The sight fascinated thousands of people in the area, which even motivated some of them to join the Indian Space Research Organisation. The Nike Apache launch was an international effort under the United Nations. The launch took place in the presence...
Sheikh Hasina plans Bangladesh return: ‘I may be killed, I may be sent to prison’
Spread the love Bangladesh’s ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said she was determined to return to her country by December despite facing the possibility of arrest, imprisonment or even execution.The 78-year-old former leader, who has been living in New Delhi since fleeing Bangladesh in August 2024, said she was prepared to face the consequences of returning home.“I may...
India may get plastic notes: Why they are being introduced & what happens to paper money
Spread the love The RBI has recently floated a tender to procure material for polymer banknotes. Soon you may be using plastic or polymer currency notes! The government has authorised the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to print an initial batch of 2 billion polymer banknotes for field trials, the government informed Parliament on Monday.The RBI has recently floated a...
Delhi Police serves notice to X over ‘derogatory’ posts targeting constitutional heads
Spread the love Delhi police wrote to X seeking removal of ‘abusive’ posts about Constitutional hads NEW DELHI: Delhi Police on Wednesday wrote to social media platform X, formerly Twitter, seeking the removal of content allegedly containing “derogatory, malicious and defamatory content” targeting constitutional authorities.In its notice, the police asked the platform to “immediately delete/remove” the alleged post or video...
Yash Thakur’s untold story: Karate, father’s dream and India’s newest pace hope
Spread the love Yash Thakur (BCCI Photo) NEW DELHI: Zimbabwe has become India’s preferred destination to bring in young talent. Just like in 2024, when Abhishek Sharma, Dhruv Jurel, Riyan Parag, Sai Sudharsan and Tushar Deshpande received their maiden India caps, this year’s tour also saw Ashok Sharma and Yash Thakur make their T20I debuts. The series also marked the...
‘Girls enjoy being raped’: Right-wing commentator booked over remarks on CJP stir
Spread the love Right-wing commentator TG Mohandas booked over ‘girls enjoy being raped’ remarks in YouTube video THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Kerala Police’s cyber Crime wing on Wednesday registered a case against right-wing political commentator TG Mohandas over remarks he allegedly made in a YouTube video about the students’ protest in Delhi over the alleged NEET paper leak.According to the First Information Report...
