Spread the love Tripura DGP Anurag Dhankar found dead at police headquarters in Agartala NEW DELHI: Tripura Director General of Police (DGP) Anurag Dhankar was found dead at his office at the state police headquarters in Agartala on Monday, officials said.Following the incident, chief minister Manik Saha, chief secretary J K Sinha and other senior government officials visited the hospital,...
Omicron RF.5 variant detected in Andhra Pradesh: what experts say about its risk
Spread the love 5 min readNew DelhiJul 20, 2026 01:59 PM IST According to PTI, the Omicron RF.5 variant has been detected in four COVID-19-positive samples from Kadapa district in Andhra Pradesh following genome sequencing at a virology laboratory in Pune. In an official press release, Andhra Pradesh Health Minister Satya Kumar Yadav said, “Genome sequencing at a virology laboratory...
Big Bear’s famous eagle chicks need $10M habitat rescue by July 31
Spread the love Thousands of people around the world are watching bald eagles Jackie and Shadow raise their two eaglets. Thousands of people around the world are once again following the lives of bald eagles Jackie and Shadow through a live nest camera in California’s Big Bear Valley. This year, the attention is on the couple’s two young eaglets, which...
Amazon soy pact collapse may drive 1.4M hectares of deforestation
Spread the love For nearly two decades, a handshake agreement saved the Amazon from the chainsaws. Soy traders promised not to finance cropland carved out of deforested Amazon territory after 2008, and it worked.Deforestation-linked soy expansion fell from one-third of annual growth to nearly nothing. It was, by any measure, a rare victory for voluntary corporate restraint. However, the pact...
NTA names 5 NEET candidates, says OMR claims built on digital forgeries
Spread the love NTA dismisses discrepancy allegations regarding OMR sheets (Photo: PTI) NEW DELHI: The National Testing Agency on Monday publicly rebutted the claims of five NEET-UG candidates alleging discrepancies in their OMR answer sheets, saying the images circulated by or on their behalf had been digitally altered, regenerated using AI or manipulated by adding responses that were not present...
India’s green transition is missing long-duration energy storage
Spread the love On May 21, India recorded its highest peak demand of 270.8 gigawatt (GW) during the day, an increase of approximately 90 GW from the same window in 2019. While power generators often meet India’s summer peak, the demand again increases at night, especially due to the use of air conditioners. This underscores the need for longer-term energy storage...
‘Messi took us to top of the world’: Fans pack Buenos Aires to applaud Argentina
Spread the love Fans gather during the World Cup final match between Argentina and Spain in downtown Buenos Aires, Argentina, Sunday, July 19, 2026. (AP Photo) Is there a more devoted fanbase in international football than Argentina’s? Sunday’s scenes after the FIFA World Cup 2026 final defeat to Spain once again made that question difficult to answer.Rather than leaving in...
India approves its first dengue vaccine QDENGA after DCGI clearance
Spread the love The latest seven-year data for QDENGA show continued protection against dengue infection (Representative image) NEW DELHI: India has approved its first dengue vaccine, with the Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) granting market authorisation to vaccine QDENGA, developed by Takeda Biopharmaceuticals India.The vaccine is approved for people aged 4 to 60 years and can be given regardless...
Deepika Padukone’s reported pregnancy work routine sparks questions about third-trimester safety
Spread the love 4 min readNew DelhiJul 20, 2026 12:29 PM IST Pregnancy does not necessarily mean putting work on hold, and many women continue working well into their third trimester. According to Variety India, actor Deepika Padukone has continued filming her upcoming movie ‘Raaka’ while in her third trimester. The publication reported that despite recent headlines about her advocacy for...
‘Feeling very fine’: Wangchuk seeks discharge from hospital to join ‘Chalo Sansad’ march
Spread the love Sonam Wangchuk feels well and seeks temporary hospital release to join the protest march. NEW DELHI: Sonam Wangchuk on Monday said he was “feeling very fine” and requested Safdarjung Hospital to allow him to leave temporarily so he could join the Cockroach Janta Party’s (CJP) ‘Chalo Sansad’ march to Parliament.His supporters questioned why restrictions remained if he...
