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The reported strike came hours after the US military announced it had carried out a “heavy wave of strikes” against Iran Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) on Thursday claimed it destroyed three US F-35 Lightning II stealth fighter jets and severely damaged three more in a ballistic missile strike on Jordan’s al-Azraq Air Base,…
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The announcement of a high-powered task force under Nandan Nilekani has made big headlines. How much can it change the vibe from protest memes against a system of education and testing that’s led some students to take the extreme step of killing themselves, and others to spill their anger on the roads? It is logical to believe that a…
Communities dig water-harvesting pits to restore degraded land and improve soil moisture in the Sahel. For decades, the Sahel has symbolised environmental decline. Stretching nearly 5,900 kilometres across Africa from Senegal on the Atlantic coast to Sudan on the Red Sea, this semi-arid belt has endured recurring droughts, advancing desertification and repeated crop failures since…
Tiwari was shot during a standoff with police and Special Task Force (STF) personnel on June 17. NEW DELHI: A Special Task Force (STF) jawan has been arrested in connection with the controversial police encounter that killed 28-year-old Bharat Bhushan Tiwari in Bihar’s Bhojpur district last month, officials said on Friday.Ara Superintendent of Police Raj…
Coal mine blast in Pakistan’s Balochistan (AP photo) At least 34 miners in Pakistan were killed and 10 other remained trapped after a methane gas explosion ripped through a coal mine in Balochistan province on Thursday, as officials told news agency AP.While rescuers continued a race against time to reach those still underground.The explosion took…
Delhi University has published the minimum allocation scores for the first Spot Round of PG admissions 2026, along with the list of seat allotments. Among 10,577 candidates who gave consent to participate, 1,358 have been allotted seats. Candidates must confirm their admission by 4:59 PM on July 31, subject to document verification and university guidelines….
India will develop its own control protocols for high-speed rail. India is aiming to achieve new milestones in manufacturing with its first bullet train project. After deciding to manufacture the high-speed train indigenously for the Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train corridor, Indian Railways is now looking at in-house advanced signalling system for other upcoming corridors.Indian Railways is…
Lovepreet Singh (Image credit: Agencies) NEW DELHI: “Little disappointed that I couldn’t lift in my final attempt,” said Lovepreet Singh after narrowly missing out on the gold medal in the men’s +110kg weightlifting event at the Commonwealth Games 2026 in Glasgow. The Punjab lifter settled for silver after finishing just one kilogram behind New Zealand’s…
Left/Southern Ocean/Right/Southern Ocean on map/Image: AI Generated As the world searches for ways to remove carbon dioxide already accumulating in the atmosphere, ocean iron fertilisation (OIF) has emerged as one of the most debated climate intervention strategies. The idea is deceptively simple: adding tiny amounts of iron to iron-poor parts of the ocean stimulates the…
