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More than 14 million children did not receive a single vaccine last year – about the same number as the year before – according to UN health officials. Nine countries…

In spring 2024, pro-Palestinian student encampments that began at Columbia and Harvard spread to university campuses throughout the US as Israel invaded Gaza in response to Hamas Oct. 7, 2023,…

A 40-year-old man allegedly killed his five-year-old stepdaughter in Mumbai by strangulating her and dumped the body in the Arabian Sea, police said on Tuesday.

Ukrainians welcomed US President Donald Trump’s pledge of in their three-year fight against , though it is unclear what exactly they will get and how quickly.

Delhi experienced its cleanest air in almost two years on Tuesday, as persistent rain and favourable wind conditions pushed the city’s air quality into the ‘good’ category for several hours.

Earlier this month, official government websites that hosted the national climate assessments went dark. Such sites told state and local governments and the public what to expect in their backyards…

Police in Thailand arrested a woman Tuesday who allegedly enticed a string of Buddhist monks into sexual relationships and then pressured them into making large payments to cover up their…

The Madras High Court has ordered the Tamil Nadu Director General of Police (DGP) to suspend a police officer and initiate departmental action against others for gross negligence in investigating…

The anti-sacrilege bill, meant to introduce stringent punishment for desecration of religious scriptures – be it Guru Granth Sahab, Gita, Quran or the Bible — did not get passed in…

An artificial intelligence-based system which warns people about the movement of tigers through loudspeakers has been installed in 20 villages in the Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve (TATR), Maharashtra Forests Minister Ganesh…

Air India on Tuesday said it will operate three weekly flights from Ahmedabad to Heathrow, London, from August 1 to September 30, replacing Gatwick, London.

A man had entered “Sandhu Palace” – a building in the posh Pali Hill area of Mumbai and home to several Bollywood celebrities – and apparently weighed down the lift…

India is asserting that there should be strict certification delineating that imported milk comes from cows that have not been fed animal-based products such as meat or blood. India has…

Eight people were killed and five injured when a jeep fell into a deep gorge here on Tuesday, police said.

A remote village in Sikkim’s Pakyong district was officially declared India’s first ‘Digital Nomad Village’, under the state government’s ‘Nomad Sikkim’ initiative.

The car which hit 114-year-old marathon runner Fauja Singh on the Jalandhar-Pathankot highway and sped away has been identified almost 24 hours after the incident, cops said.

Google has agreed to secure as much as 3 gigawatts of US hydropower in the world’s largest corporate clean power pact for hydroelectricity, the company said, as Big Tech pursues…

Shubhanshu Shukla Axiom 4 Mission Return Highlights: India’s Shubhanshu Shukla and three other astronauts will return home from space in the next few hours.

The Government of India has stepped up to co-operate with the Government of Bangladesh to repair and reconstruct the ancestral property of Satyajit Ray.

As his supporters erupt over the Justice Department’s in Jeffrey Epstein’s sex trafficking investigation, President Donald Trump’s strategy has been to downplay the issue.

Thousands of Afghans, including many who worked with British forces, have been secretly resettled in after a leak of data on their identities raised fears that the could target them,…

Comedian Samay Raina, who appeared before the National Commission for Women over his alleged offensive and sexist remarks during his show ‘India’s Got Latent’, has submitted a written apology to…

In a major boost for Mumbai’s coastal infrastructure, the Bombay High Court on Tuesday dismissed a series of public interest litigations challenging the construction of a passenger jetty and terminal…

President Droupadi Murmu said on Tuesday said making India a developed nation by the year 2047 is the government’s national goal.

Yemeni authorities postponing the execution of Kerala nurse Nimisha Priya has brought relief to the family of the death row prisoner, with her husband expressing satisfaction over the collective effort…

The decision of the Juvenile Justice Board that the main accused in the Pune Porsche crash case will be tried as a juvenile and not an adult – is just…

A court in Tamil Nadu has sentenced a man to life imprisonment till death for the sexual assault and attempted murder of a four-month pregnant woman aboard a moving train…

The Union Health Ministry on Tuesday termed reports claiming it has directed vendors to put warning labels on food items such as samosas, jalebis and laddos as “misleading, incorrect, and…

Jaipur’s BJP MLA from Hawa Mahal, Bal Mukund Acharya, is making headlines once again — this time for occupying a police officer’s chair inside the police station in Jaipur’s communally…

The Madras High Court has ordered the Director General of Police to suspend the Deputy Superintendent of Police of Kottakuppam range for failing to take appropriate action in a case…

In a new development, Reham Khan, journalist and former wife of PTI founder Imran Khan, has announced the launch of her own political party called Pakistan Republic Party, marking her…

Eminent filmmaker Satyajit Ray’s ancestral home in Dhaka is being demolished by Bangladeshi authorities, said West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday.

Astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla returned to earth after 18 days on the International Space Station. The SpaceX Dragon carrying Shubhanshu Shukla and three others splashed down near San Diego, on Tuesday.

Tesla opened its first showroom in on Tuesday, marking the electric vehicle maker’s long-anticipated debut in the world’s third-biggest automotive market.

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday said Shubhanshu Shukla has not just touched space, but also “lifted India’s aspirations to new heights” after the first Indian astronaut to visit the…

Terming jokes made by standup comic Samay Raina and other comedians on persons with disabilities and those suffering from rare diseases “disturbing,” the Supreme Court has said it will “scrutinise…

Three cases, three benches, two days — the Supreme Court is sending a clear message: freedom of expression is not absolute

An oil field in Iraq ‘s Dohuk province was set ablaze Tuesday after being struck by a drone.

A 35-year-old Irish tech worker and father of three was detained by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement for overstaying in the United States for 3 days.

A former intern for New York mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani has described political activism as “jihad” and urged Muslims to risk getting suspended or arrested while standing up to “settler…

US President Donald Trump has said he’s “disappointed but not done” with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, who is showing no signs of ending the war in Ukraine.

The United States denounced Tuesday recent drone attacks in Iraq, including ones that hit oil fields in the autonomous Kurdistan region, the US embassy in Baghdad said.

Security has been beefed up across the national capital with more than 5,000 Delhi Police personnel and around 50 companies of paramilitary forces and drones deployed to ensure a smooth…

Daniel Martindale spent two years in Ukraine after Russia launched its offensive, transmitting coordinates of military facilities to Russia’s secret services. “long since proven with his loyalty and actions that…

Two teachers and their friend have been arrested for raping a college student in Bengaluru on multiple occasions and blackmailing her.

The experience gained by IAF Group Captain Shubanshu Shukla onboard the International Space Station will be extremely valuable for India’s Gaganyaan human spaceflight mission, said ISRO on Tuesday.

US President Donald Trump has privately encouraged Ukraine to step up deep strikes on Russian territory, even asking Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy whether he could strike Moscow if the US…

The Facebook post shows a photo of a pretty curly-haired girl on a tricycle and says she is Hannelore Kaufmann, 13-year-old from Berlin who died in the Auschwitz concentration camp.

A ravaged car with its engine destroyed and doors riddled with shrapnel lay on the side of the road near Dobropillia, a sleepy town not far from the front line…

One in 10 children screened in clinics run by the United Nations refugee agency in Gaza since 2024 has been malnourished. Since January 2024, UNRWA said it had screened more…

Flor, a Mexican migrant, picks strawberries in the agricultural town of Oxnard, but immigration roundups in recent weeks have infused the farmworker community in the strawberry capital of California with…

The UN rights office said it had recorded at least 875 killings within the past six weeks at aid points in Gaza run by the US – and Israeli-backed Gaza…

Tesla has arrived in India, with its first showroom in Mumbai and plans underway for a second outlet in Delhi.

The construction of the first 2.7-km stretch of India’s ambitious 21-km undersea bullet train tunnel has been completed. Located between Ghansoli and Shilphata, the section is a part of the…

Shubhanshu Shukla is on his way back from orbiting laboratory, travelling in SpaceX’s crew capsule named Grace. It is a 22.5-hour journey and is expected to splash down off the…

Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla has made history by becoming the first Indian to get a haircut in microgravity, while living aboard his home away from home at the International Space…

Two prominent Maoist leaders, Atram Lachanna and Atram Aruna, are expected to surrender before the Ramagundam police on Tuesday.

Tesla Inc. opened its first India showroom, showcasing Model Y cars priced at nearly $70,000, as Elon Musk’s electric-vehicle maker looks to tap new markets and offset slowing sales where…

Team India need to sort out quite a few things in this week-long break before the fourth Test starts in Manchester on July 23. But, the one thing they dont…

The Axiom-4 mission, which marked India’s return to human spaceflight after four decades, finally returned to Earth.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi welcomed Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla, India’s first astronaut to have visited the International Space Station, back on earth on Tuesday.

Shubhanshu Shukla Returns From Space As Dragon Capsule Lands Off San Diego

Job market momentum and economic opportunity are growing in non-metro cities in India, according to a new report on Tuesday.

The wife of an Israeli soldier, who was killed in Gaza, said every day he’d return from his mission and tell her the number of houses their forces demolished.

The 30% tariff on European goods threatened by US President Donald Trump would, if implemented, be a game-changer for Europe, wiping out whole chunks of transatlantic commerce and forcing a…

More than 14 million children did not receive a single vaccine last year – about the same number as the year before – according to U.N. health officials. Nine countries…

Israeli and Hamas negotiators have been taking part in the latest round of ceasefire talks in Doha since July 6, discussing a U.S.-backed proposal for a 60-day ceasefire that envisages…

Dramatic scenes played out on board a SpiceJet Delhi-Mumbai flight when two passengers, reportedly upset with the air-conditioning, tried to enter the cockpit after the plane had started taxiing on…

Tesla has officially entered the Indian market with the opening of its first showroom in Mumbai. Its next stop is Delhi’s Aerocity. The Delhi showroom is expected to open later…

Telangana Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has arrested former Engineer-in-Chief of the Irrigation Department, Muralidhar Rao, in connection with a disproportionate assets case.

A high speeding vehicle driven by a Congress MLA’s son rammed into a police constable before crashing into an electric pole in Madhya Pradesh last week, sources said.

In a concerning development, Assam has reported 12 additional deaths from Japanese Encephalitis in the past week, bringing the state’s total fatalities from the disease this year to 26, government…

A horrific road accident took place in the Pension Mohalla in Hassan district of Karnataka, where a speeding car rammed into four young men standing on the roadside.

The Cities on the Rise report, by professional network platform LinkedIn, identifies Visakhapatnam, Ranchi, Vijayawada, Nashik, and Raipur as the fastest-growing non-metro hubs where professional opportunities are accelerating.

Widespread rain across Rajasthan has left colonies inundated and rivers overflowing, with the state administration grappling with the situation in the worst-affected districts of Kota, Pali, Jalore, and Dholpur.

The body of a senior insurance executive, missing since Sunday night, was found in a well this morning. Police have said that Abhishek Varun’s death appears to have been caused…

Tesla finally made its India debut with its Model Y SUV, but the price has left many Indians shocked. While EV costs approximately $38,000 (Rs 33 lakh) in the United…

The skeletal remains that were discovered inside an abandoned house in Hyderabad on Monday appear to be that of Ameer Khan, who is suspected to have died 10 years ago,…

The Juvenile Justice Board on Tuesday said the 17-year-old boy accused of driving a Porsche car in an inebriated state and mowing down two people last year in Pune will…

Tesla’s entry into India with its first showroom in Mumbai has sparked a wave of excitement across social media.

One of Israel’s ultra-Orthodox Jewish parties has quit Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition in a long-running dispute over a new military conscription bill. This move leaves Netanyahu’s nationalist-religious government extremely…

The National Highways Authority of India has announced a temporary suspension of toll collection on a 28.71-kilometre stretch of the Amritsar-Jamnagar Expressway from Tuesday, citing ongoing repair work.

Eleven days before she set herself on fire, the 20-year-old student in Odisha’s Balasore wrote to the college’s internal complaints committee, accusing a senior faculty member of sexually harassing her…

The Opposition in Odisha has launched a scathing attack on the state BJP government after the death of a college student, who set herself on fire after being sexually harassed…

Indian astronaut Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla has become the first Indian to get a haircut in micro-gravity, while he was at his home away from home, at the International Space…

Welcoming Elon Musk-run Tesla’s entry into India, Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Tuesday said the country is now a robust market for electric mobility and the US-based electric car-maker…

Heavy rain pummeled parts of the United States’ Northeast on Monday, submerging sections of New Jersey and New York with flash flooding that inundated major roads, stranded vehicles, closed subway…

A Chinese woman has reportedly spent an astonishing two million yuan, approximately Rs 2.4 crore, on online shopping. She has even rented an entire apartment solely to store her unopened…

A schoolteacher in Uttar Pradesh’s Bareilly district has landed in trouble over a song that purportedly referred to the Kanwar Yatra, an annual procession undertaken by Shiva devotees.

A Tennessee woman has been arrested after authorities found her daughter’s mummified body in her hotel room.

Haryanvi singer-rapper Rahul Fazilpuria narrowly escaped unharmed after unidentified assailants fired at him in Gurugram on Monday night.

In an attempt to meet the long-standing demand of auto-rickshaw drivers, the Regional Transport Authority of Bangalore Urban District has announced a revision in auto-rickshaw fares within the limits of…

The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has extended the Income Tax Return (ITR) filing due date for AY 2025-26 from July 31 to September 15.

A 26-year-old mother from China has confessed to selling her two biological sons for a total of about $11,600, approximately Rs 10 lakh.

These foods can cause serious neurological harm, including parasitic infections and exposure to harbour toxins and nasty bugs that can affect brain function, the expert said.

The Bombay Stock Exchange situated in South Mumbai received a bomb threat via email on Tuesday, following which police immediately swung into action.

Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in Australia, with about 26,000 men diagnosed per year. The majority (more than 85%) are aged over 60.

The St Stephen’s College in Delhi received a bomb threat through email on Tuesday.

Russian woman Nina Kutina and her two children were rescued by Gokarna Police and processed by the Foreigners Regional Registration Office (FRRO) in Bengaluru before being sent back to a…

A prisoner in Tihar Jail’s hospital died by suicide by hanging himself from a window, informed the Tihar Jail officials in the early hours of Monday.