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A massive asteroid may collide with Earth in 2025, according to predictions by the famous 16th-century French astrologer Nostradamus.

Pakistan Defence Minister Khawaja Asif repeatedly fumbled while discussing AI and Indo-Pak tensions at the United Nations Security Council (UNSC).

Astronomers have observed a white dwarf, a highly compact stellar ember, that appears to have gobbled up an icy world akin to dwarf planet Pluto, a finding with implications regarding…

Cyclone Gabrielle hit Portugal’s mid-Atlantic Azores Islands on Friday with less intense winds and rains than expected, but still toppled trees and collapsed roofs, authorities said.

Kerala Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar took a swipe at the Left government in the state, saying those who criticise ‘guru pooja’ and ‘Bharat Mata’ are only “pretending to be Sabarimala…

Russia has offered India cooperation in localisation of large and small nuclear power plants as part of a civil nuclear energy collaboration between the two countries, it was announced Friday.

Under the first phase, around 20 lakh women aged 23 to 60 years from families with an annual income of up to Rs 1 lakh will receive Rs 2,100 per…

The Supreme Court on Friday refused to entertain a plea seeking a direction to ban Salman Rushdie’s controversial novel “The Satanic Verses”. The plea came up for hearing before a…

Indian Pharmaceutical Alliance (IPA) on Friday said US President Donald Trump’s move to impose 100 per cent import tariffs on pharmaceutical drugs from October 1 will impact only patented and…

The BJP has hit out at the Congress government in Karnataka for seeking help from Wipro founder and chairman Azim Premji to fix Bengaluru’s civic issues.

AAP national convenor Arvind Kejriwal condemned the accusations against Sonam Wangchuk, and took a jibe at the Central government, stating that it was using its “entire machinery” for harassing the…

A man died after a village headman allegedly opened fire at his child’s naming ceremony for not being invited, police said on Friday.

The legendary Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 fighter jets, the backbone of the Indian Air Force’s combat fleet for more than six decades, streaked through Indian skies for the last time on Friday

In a landmark judgment, the Madurai District and Sessions Court sentenced four policemen to 11 years in prison in connection with the custodial death of a 17-year-old Muthu Karthik in…

The animal world is incredibly colourful, and behind this colour palette is a constant game of survival.

Although it may not be noticeable, the loss of smell may linger for years for some people after a Covid-19 infection, according to a study.

Normal life and transport services in Hyderabad were severely impacted today as heavy rain continued to hit the city and several other districts of Telangana, leading to flight diversions and…

Imagine a protest outside the funeral of a popular political leader, with some of the protesters celebrating the death and holding signs that say things like “God Hates the USA/Thank…

Did Pakistan just admit the US helped it in securing a ceasefire with India during Operation Sindoor? A readout of what Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Field Marshal Syed…

Musician Shekhar Jyoti Goswami was taken into custody on Thursday in connection with the death of singer Zubeen Garg. The 52-year-old died on September 19 during a swimming incident in…

In Nashik’s remote tribal belts, where books and study spaces were once a rarity, a grassroot movement is transforming how rural children access education.

A sighting of a suspected drone briefly shuttered a Danish airport on Friday for the second time in a few hours.

Pulse is a tool designed to deliver daily personalised updates based on users’ interests, past chats, and connected apps.

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Friday announced plans to introduce free digital ID for both nationals and those residing in the country in a bid to curb illegal migration.

US President Donald Trump’s meeting with Tesla CEO Elon Musk at conservative activist Charlie Kirk’s memorial seems to have brought a thaw in icy ties between the two former buddies.

In what seemed like a direct jab at US President Donald Trump’s new H-1B visa diktat, Foreign Minister S Jaishankar underscored the importance of a global workforce, stressing that local…

Forensic tests confirmed that human remains found on a remote mountain in Washington state this month were those of Travis Decker.

Madhya Pradesh Urban Development Minister and senior BJP leader Kailash Vijayvargiya triggered a political storm on Thursday with controversial remarks targeting Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s public bond with his sister…

Asaduddin Owaisi has addressed the AIMIM’s potential alliances in the Bihar elections, besides concurrent issues ranging from the boycott of Muslims at garba events and the row over “I Love…

Asaduddin Owaisi has assured that there are no Bangladeshis in Bihar, especially in the Seemanchal region, where his party had won big in the last polls.

An official said the district administration received repeated complaints regarding the functioning of an illegal madrassa inside a three-storey building in Bahraich.

As Kolkata begins to mop up after one of its worst deluges in recent memory, scientists warn that such extreme weather events are no longer anomalies – they are becoming…

Prime Minister Narendra Modi was on a visit to Arunachal Pradesh on Monday. He arrived in the northeast state’s Papum Pare district, where he was greeted by a woman civil…

It’s a bittersweet day for the Indian Air Force (IAF) as its legacy fighter jet, the MiG-21, retires. The Russian-origin fighter jet’s induction in the early 1960s catapulted the IAF…

Affirming Palestinian sovereignty marks a historic diplomatic milestone, yet the exact layout of its territory remains fiercely contested from every hilltop in the West Bank to the ruins of Gaza.

An elderly US man who was body slammed to the ground as immigration agents raided his Los Angeles car wash said Thursday he is lodging a $50 million damages claim…

US President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday approving a deal to transfer ownership of TikTok’s US operations to American investors.

Tennis legend Serena Williams has criticised a New York City hotel for cotton plant decoration in its hallway.

A digital reconstruction of a million-year-old skull suggests humans may have diverged from our ancient ancestors 400,000 years earlier than previously thought and in Asia not Africa, a new study…

US President Donald Trump has announced tariffs of up to 100 per cent on imports of branded and patented pharmaceutical products from October 1. India’s pharmaceuticals sector, one of the…

NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte has said that US President Donald Trump’s tariffs on India for purchasing Russian oil are having a “big impact” on Moscow.

A young man riding a scooter deliberately rammed into his ex-girlfriend after she resisted his pressure to continue their relationship in Madhya Pradesh’s Indore.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday paid tribute to Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on his 93rd birth anniversary, recalling his contributions to the nation during his years in public…

Sameer Wankhede filed a defamation case against actor Shah Rukh Khan’s Red Chillies Entertainment and Netflix for allegedly maligning his reputation in their series ‘The Ba***ds of Bollywood’.

A Durga Puja pandal in Ranchi, with the theme of ‘Vatican City’, has angered the Vishwa Hindu Parishad which alleged that it has been done to “hurt religious sentiments of…

Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar sparked a political row on Friday after a video of him snapping at a farmer who questioned him over a loan waiver, in rain-hit…

The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of the Mumbai Police has made a significant revelation in the ongoing investigation into the alleged Rs 60 crore fraud involving businessman Raj Kundra and…

Self-styled godman Chaitanyananda Saraswati has been charged with sexually harassing 17 students at his private management institute in Delhi.

An Indian national, who had arrived in the US illegally, has been arrested for causing a multi-vehicle crash while driving a truck in California last year that critically injured a…

A group of pro-Kannada protesters barged into the five-star hotel, Taj West End, in Bengaluru and disrupted an event organised by the central government, alleging they were “imposing Hindi” in…

Several Hindu organisations expressed anger, arguing that a non-Hindu should not be entrusted with responsibilities in a festival deeply rooted in Hindu tradition.

A police constable and a home guard were arrested Thursday for allegedly raping a woman who had approached the police for help in Andhra Pradesh’s Chittoor district.

The Bengaluru police have arrested a shopkeeper and his assistant for assaulting a woman in the broad day light on Sunday for allegedly stealing sarees worth Rs 90,000.

The Trump administration is considering ways to allow people with autism to seek compensation through a government vaccine injury program, according to an adviser, in a change likely to throw…

Larry Ellison is currently the world’s second-richest person, with a net worth estimated at $350 billion.

When President Donald Trump first brought up banning TikTok due to perceived national security concerns more than five years ago, the app from Beijing-based ByteDance Ltd. was the envy of…

Chinese factory workers suffered difficult conditions while racing to get Apple Inc.’s new iPhone 17 lineup ready, according to a report from China Labor Watch.

Astronauts with diabetes may soon be able to undertake space missions safely, a study conducted during Shubhanshu Shukla’s travel to the International Space Station has found.

A bomb threat to the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court this morning created panic, leading to the immediate evacuation of court staff and litigants.

Presenting the case for ‘Operation Sindoor’ before G20 Foreign Ministers on Thursday, External Affairs Minister (EAM) S. Jaishankar said that those taking on terrorism are performing a service to the…

Actor-turned-politician and TDP MLA Nandamuri Balakrishna ignited a fresh controversy with his remarks in the Andhra Pradesh Assembly, calling former Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy a “psycho”.

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has said that today’s changing world requires a global workforce, stressing that nations cannot escape the reality that demands for a global workforce cannot be…

Khalistani terrorist Inderjeet Singh Gosal has been released on bail within a week after his arrest in Canada.

A man was arrested on Thursday in Rajasthan’s Jaisalmer district on charges of espionage for Pakistan’s intelligence agency ISI, a senior police official said.

James Comey’s son-in-law resigned as a federal prosecutor Thursday minutes after the former FBI director was indicted.

Amazon has reached a historic $2.5 billion settlement with the Federal Trade Commission, which said the online retail giant tricked customers into signing up for its Prime memberships and made…

Trump meets Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif, Army Chief Asim Munir at White House in latest sign of warming ties

Indian-origin Amita Chaudhury has been appointed the Chair of the Board of the United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI) Principles for Sustainable Insurance (PSI).

Shitaljit Tongbram, 21, walked to his grandmother’s house in Churachandpur carrying two t-shirts on the evening of May 3, 2023, the day Meitei-Kuki ethnic clashes began across Manipur.

The situation near the house of Siddhartha Sharma – manager of the late singer Zubeen Garg — became tense today after the police resorted baton charge to disperse an agitated…

President Donald Trump hosted Pakistan’s prime minister, Shehbaz Sharif, for talks Thursday at the White House in the latest sign of warming relations between the United States and the South…

On September 23, Shehbaz Sharif also had an informal exchange with Trump after a meeting between the US President and leaders of eight Islamic-Arab countries, which also included Pakistan.

Russia’s foreign minister accused NATO and the European Union of using Ukraine to wage war against his country in a speech on the sidelines of the United Nations on Thursday…

The Supreme Court on Thursday sought the Centre’s response on a PIL seeking import curbs on yellow peas, which is considered a substitute to pulses, claiming its supply was affecting…

President Donald Trump said Thursday that he will put import taxes of 100% on pharmaceutical drugs, 50% on kitchen cabinets and bathroom vanities, 30% on upholstered furniture and 25% on…

Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order laying out a proposed deal for a US version of TikTok that would see Chinese ownership reduced to 20 percent and put…

A Delhi court on Thursday granted bail to Samir Modi, a cousin of fugitive businessman Lalit Modi, who was arrested in a rape case.

A 30-year-old man took his own life after allegedly killing his two minor daughters at his home in Ballabgarh Sector 8 here on Thursday, police said.

Microsoft on Thursday said it cut an Israeli defense unit’s access to some cloud services apparently being used as part of a mass surveillance operation in Gaza.

Former FBI director and prominent Donald Trump critic James Comey has been indicted on two counts, US media reported Thursday, as the US president escalated a campaign of legal retribution…

US President Donald Trump said he spoke to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday amid a push to end the war in Gaza, adding that he believed a ceasefire…

President Donald Trump has signed an executive order that he says will allow TikTok to continue operating in the United States in a way that meets national security concerns laid…

President Donald Trump said Thursday that he will not allow Israel to annex the West Bank.

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Thursday said that terrorism remains a “persistent threat” to development and stressed that the world must show neither tolerance nor accommodation to terrorist activities.

Iran has likely carried out an undeclared missile test at its Imam Khomeini Spaceport, satellite photos showed Thursday, underlining Tehran’s effort to maintain its weapons program despite the 12-day war…

US President Donald Trump’s administration dramatically raised the stakes Thursday in a clash over a possible government funding shutdown, telling federal agencies to prepare for new mass firings if it…

The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has barred Seacoast Shipping Services Limited (SSSL) and its key officials from raising funds from investors for five years, after finding the…

US President Donald Trump on Thursday urged Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan to stop buying Russian oil over the war in Ukraine, while hinting that he may drop a ban…

The British government on Thursday sought to block the co-founder of pro-Palestinian campaign group Palestine Action from bringing a legal challenge over the banning of the group under anti-terrorism laws.

The United Nations told President Donald Trump it had launched a “thorough investigation” into what the US leader called “triple sabotage” during his visit to the organization’s headquarters.

German industrial giant Bosch said Thursday it would cut 13,000 jobs, mostly in its auto unit, in the latest blow for the country’s ailing car sector.

The Gen Z is not interested in politics and this is part of the reason their issues go unaddressed, Chetan Bhagat author of multiple books featuring this generation, told NDTV…

The Kremlin said on Thursday that it assumed US President Donald Trump was still committed to work towards achieving peace in Ukraine, after the US leader abruptly shifted his rhetoric…

Japanese police said Thursday they had arrested a 75-year-old woman who allegedly confessed to keeping the body of her daughter in a freezer for two decades.

A senior US State Department official has said that Kashmir is a “direct issue” between India and Pakistan and the US has no interest in “asserting” itself between the two…

Iran’s Foreign Ministry on Thursday branded the US saying it wanted a diplomatic solution to Iran’s nuclear programme as a “deception”.

Denmark said on Thursday it was weighing whether to invoke Article 4 of NATO’s founding treaty after drone incursions briefly shut two of its airports and affected military installations in…

Germany will spend 35 billion euros ($41 billion) on space defence by 2030, Defence Minister Boris Pistorius said Thursday, citing the threat posed by Russia and China.

Meta said Thursday it was activating so-called “teen accounts” with additional protections for adolescent Facebook and Messenger users worldwide, months after their deployment in major English-speaking countries.

The suspected gunman who opened fire on an Immigration and Customs Enforcement field office in Dallas had searched for apps in August that track the location of ICE agents, the…