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Iran announced Thursday that it has reopened its airspace, including over Tehran, after closing it on June 13 due to the war with Israel, according to state media.

North Korea slammed on Friday the Quad grouping of the United States, India, Japan and Australia for insisting North Korea denuclearise, according to its state media KCNA.

President Donald Trump said he plans to start sending letters informing trading partners of their tariff rates as soon as Friday, as negotiations to avoid higher US levies enter the…

Delhi’s Environment Minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa has written to the CAQM seeking a rollback of the End-of-Life vehicle impounding order, citing technological and logistical hurdles.

Bihar is preparing for the Assembly Elections this year, and the Election Commission has launched the Special Intensive Revision of the state’s voter list, a move that has sparked a…

US President Donald Trump said he had made no progress with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin towards a ceasefire in Ukraine after the two leaders spoke by phone on Thursday.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived here on Thursday on the second leg of his five-nation tour, during which he will hold talks with the top leadership of Trinidad and Tobago…

US President Donald Trump will sign his “big beautiful” tax and spending bill in a ceremony on Independence Day on Friday after it passed Congress, the White House said.

With the passage of his party’s “One Big Beautiful Bill,” Republican President Donald Trump has largely delivered on his promise of curtailing Joe Biden’s landmark climate law.

Amid a row over the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls in Bihar, Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar on Thursday said the exercise will ensure that all eligible people…

The comet-like body, designated 3I/ATLAS, is hurtling towards the Sun at a speed of over 60 kilometres per second

The Asian Development Bank and the UN Green Climate Fund are set to launch a financial facility to bolster emerging clean technologies in India.

Major Canadian airports were forced to delay some flights Thursday after receiving bomb threats, according to the country’s air traffic authority.

Michael Madsen, whose menacing characters in “Reservoir Dogs” and “Kill Bill” made him a standout in Quentin Tarantino’s films, has died.

With less than a month to go before parts of the European Union’s AI Act come into force, companies are calling for a pause in the provisions and getting support…

US President Donald Trump secured a major political victory when Congress narrowly passed his flagship tax and spending bill, cementing his radical second-term agenda and boosting funds for his anti-immigration…

Russia said on Thursday it had accepted the credentials of a new ambassador of Afghanistan, making it the first nation to recognise the Taliban government of the country.

In a bid to encourage competition, the government has proposed to remove entry barriers for companies keen to foray in the sector of television viewership measurement ecosystem.

Former Delhi minister and AAP leader Satyendar Jain appeared before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday for questioning in a money laundering case linked to alleged corruption, official sources said.

A 14-year-old boy allegedly died by suicide after his mother forced him to attend his tuition classes in Mumbai, police said on Thursday.

A major accident was narrowly averted at a railway station in Delhi by the action of an alert police constable who saved a woman from coming under a train.

An interim trade deal between India and the United States is likely to be finalised in the next 48 hours, with negotiations underway in Washington, sources told NDTV on Thursday.

Space intrigues all, especially children. So when the students of different schools here got the opportunity to talk to astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla, who is onboard the International Space Station (ISS),…

The Guwahati Police has issued notices to a cousin of Raja Raghuvanshi, who was murdered in an elaborate plan hatched by his wife Sonam in Meghalaya earlier this year, and…

For nearly two years, a nearly nonstop parade of allegations and revelations has ravaged and unraveled Sean “Diddy” Combs’ carefully cultivated reputation as an affable celebrity entrepreneur.

Vladimir Putin told Donald Trump on a call that Moscow will not “give up” on its aims in Ukraine, while pledging it will also keep up a negotiating process on…

Canned fruit company Del Monte Foods filed for bankruptcy, less than a year after executing a controversial debt restructuring.

A fresh CIA review agreed with earlier conclusions that Russia interfered in the 2016 election to help President Donald Trump beat Hillary Clinton – while criticizing what it called procedural…

Years ago, a TV advertisement became popular in which a student was given extra marks for good handwriting with the Apsara pencil; the teacher gave him 105 out of 100,…

Domestic carrier IndiGo parent InterGlobe Aviation on Thursday announced the appointment of former Niti Aayog CEO and India’s G20 Sherpa Amitabh Kant as a Non-Executive Director to its board.

A court in Pune has rejected a petitioner’s request to get a copy of a book which Congress MP Rahul Gandhi cited during a speech in March 2023, which led…

The United States imposed sanctions against a business network that smuggles Iranian oil disguised as Iraqi oil, as well as sanctions targeting a Hezbollah-controlled financial institution, the Treasury Department said.

Sean “Diddy” Combs will spend months awaiting sentencing at a notoriously understaffed and violent Brooklyn jail where the music mogul has lived through nearly ten months of lockdowns and fights.

Monojit Mishra, the prime accused in the Kolkata law college rape case, had at least 11 cases registered against him, many of them relating to harassing and misbehaving with women.…

Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump had been scheduled to speak on Thursday. The talks between the two leaders will be the sixth publicly known conversation after…

Indian-origin astronaut Anil Menon has been assigned his first space mission by NASA. Mr Menon will serve as a flight engineer aboard the International Space Station (ISS) as part of…

The Gujarat High Court on Thursday extended self-styled godman Asaram’s temporary bail by one more month, but made it clear that it would be the “final extension”.

A man allegedly killed his five-month pregnant wife by beating her, which led to her falling from the roof of their house in the Kasganj district, officials said on Thursday.

Police have busted a fake call centre being run illegally in Delhi and have arrested 11 persons for allegedly defrauding people by posing as bank employees, officials said on Thursday.

A high-ranking Russian general serving as deputy commander of the navy was killed during “combat operations” in the Kursk region, officials said.

French air traffic controllers launched a two-day strike to protest at understaffing and “toxic management”, disrupting travel for tens of thousands of people in Europe at the start of a…

Iran remains committed to the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and its safeguards agreement, Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said.

Nvidia was on track to become the most valuable company in history, with the chipmaker’s market capitalization reaching $3.92 trillion as Wall Street doubled down on optimism about AI.

A top Pakistani politician has admitted his country’s military had only 30 to 45 seconds to determine whether a BrahMos cruise missile fired by India during Operation Sindoor could have…

Sam Salehpour, a veteran quality engineer with Boeing who later turned into a whistleblower, had revealed how Boeing had begun taking shortcuts to speed up the delivery of 787s, allowing…

A new rite published by the Vatican will allow priests to celebrate a Mass to exhort Catholics to exercise care for the Earth, in the latest push by the 1.4…

The Supreme Court has said insurance companies are not liable to pay compensation to the families of individuals who die as a result of their own rash and reckless driving.

Pope Leo will revive a centuries-old tradition by taking a holiday at Castel Gandolfo, where residents of the lakeside town hope for a tourism boost.

Hamas is seeking guarantees that a new US ceasefire proposal for Gaza would lead to the war’s end, a source close to the group said.

All Pakistani accounts on X have been blocked in India after briefly being accessible in the past few days, official sources confirmed on Thursday.

Actor Ranvir Shorey took to social media to strongly condemn the actions of MNS workers who allegedly assaulted a Gujarati shopkeeper for not speaking Marathi.

The dissidents called for “the immediate and unconditional release of sick political prisoners who are dying in Russian prisons” in their statement, which was backed by a message from Russian…

Israel has recently expanded its military operations in the Gaza Strip, where its war on Hamas militants has created dire humanitarian conditions and displaced nearly all of the territory’s population.

Merkel and Trump have had a conflict-ridden relationship and in her memoir she said that for Trump, all countries were in competition with each other and that the success of…

An ardent supporter of US President Donald Trump has refused to take down the MAGA flags outside his California residence despite his Iranian wife being detained by federal agents.

Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said a multi-billion-dollar mega-dam on the Blue Nile that has long worried neighbouring countries is complete and will be officially inaugurated in September.

As Prime Minister Narendra Modi made a historic speech at the Ghana Parliament, two members of the parliament (MPs) wore Indian attire to showcase their love for India and Indian…

A worker of the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) has justified slapping a food stall owner in Thane district over not speaking Marathi, and expressed willingness to go to jail for…

A 71-year-old woman, living alone in Guwahati, was allegedly murdered by her caretaker at her house, the police said. The police have arrested the accused and his wife.

A techie working with Infosys in Bengaluru has been arrested for allegedly recording videos of a woman inside the office toilet.

A man allegedly strangulated his nine-year-old son to death and stuffed his body in a gunny bag before dumping it in a forest area in Akola district of Maharashtra, police…

In a horrific incident of brutality, a 14-year-old boy was allegedly killed by a group of eight people, including four juveniles, who took turns to stab him multiple times before…

An altercation over a phone recharge in Thane has snowballed into a Marathi vs non-Marathi row, and a leader of Uddhav Thackeray’s party is drawing fire over a viral video…

Having failed at charting a bigger role for himself outside Bihar as part of the INDIA bloc, Nitish knows that this year’s election might just be his last hurrah.

A man allegedly beat at least five puppies to death in Jabalpur city of Madhya Pradesh, after apparently being annoyed by their barking, police said

A 25-year-old woman living in a posh residential society in Pune was raped at home by a man disguised as a courier delivery staff

Harsh Gupta, from Maharashtra, worked tirelessly with unwavering dedication. He retook the exams and cleared them, and also scored good marks in Class 12.

In a big setback for Bollywood actress Jacqueline Fernandez, the Delhi High Court on Thursday refused to quash criminal proceedings against her in connection with a Rs 200 crore money…

A blast followed by a fire in a transformer located near the Trauma Centre of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) was reported on Thursday afternoon, a Delhi…

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has served as the second supreme leader of Iran since 1989. He is a powerful figure in the Middle East now and had issued a ‘fatwa’ or…

The electric vehicle pioneer reported a 13.5 per cent drop in global vehicle sales for the second quarter

A woman died and at least two others, including a child, were injured after a part of the Government Medical College Hospital in Kottayam collapsed on Thursday, police said here.

In the years following the 2020 US drone strike that killed Iranian General Qassim Suleimani, the country’s retaliation strategy has largely avoided dramatic, direct confrontations

A 21-year-old Indian national was on Thursday sentenced to six months’ jail for biting off a colleague’s ear after a heated argument, with vulgarities and punches thrown in the scuffle.

Four people have died from gunshot wounds and 14 others have been hospitalized following a drive-by shooting in Chicago.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi started his five-nation tour, with the first stop being Ghana, a country in West Africa with deep ties with India. The Prime Minister was conferred with…

To understand the peculiar three-way conflict involving Trump, Musk, and Mamdani, you have to understand what makes America prosperous and yet the Average Joe or Jane unhappy.

Nineteen days after a British F-35B stealth fighter jet made an unscheduled landing at Kerala’s Thiruvananthapuram International Airport, the state-of-the-art aircraft remains grounded.

Four Juveniles have been apprehended after nearly a week in connection with the alleged murder of a man in Delhi’s Bawana, police said in a release.

Sean “Diddy” Combs has been acquitted of the most serious charges in his federal sex trafficking trial, but that doesn’t mean the once-celebrated music mogul will see his business empire…

Sean “Diddy” Combs was convicted Wednesday of prostitution-related offenses under the federal Mann Act, an anti-sex trafficking law with a century-old history. Combs was still convicted of flying people around…

US airstrikes on Iran set back the country’s nuclear program by one to two years, a Pentagon spokesman said, adding to uncertainty around the status of the country’s facilities after…

A Peruvian regulator hit private health-care provider Auna SA with a stiff fine for the unauthorised disclosure of medical records belonging to popular singer Shakira.

The bill in the Housetakes anaxto clean energy incentives, including killing a 30% tax credit for rooftop residential solar by the end of the year that the Biden administration’sInflation Reduction…

Thailand’s opposition parties said they will hold off on launching a no-confidence vote against suspended Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra pending a court ruling, but they vowed to work together to…

Harvard University may lose up to $1 billion annually if US President Donald Trump goes ahead with his plans to cut research funding, tax policy and student enrollment, according to…

Robert F Kennedy Jr’s decision to withdraw US funding from the global vaccine alliance GAVI, may kill far more children than anything he has so far tried at home.

US lawmakers teed up a final vote on Donald Trump’s marquee tax and spending bill for early Thursday after a bruising day of Republican infighting that threatened to derail the…

US President Donald Trump’s signature tax-and-spending legislation– One Big, Beautiful Bill”– is lined up for final vote over the coming hours in the House of Representatives, the lower chamber of…

The Glastonbury Police have released photos and videos of a house where the remains of a retired Bridgeport police detective were discovered under ceiling-high piles of garbage, eight months after…

As the monsoon clouds drench Madhya Pradesh’s Shivpuri, they’re bringing with them more than just rain – they’re bringing crocodiles. With each passing year, sightings of these reptiles have increased…

In a fresh setback to yoga guru Ramdev, the Delhi High Court on Thursday restrained his Patanjali Ayurved from running allegedly disparaging advertisements against Dabur Chyawanprash.

A Pakistani espionage network operating across West Asia, Nepal, and India has been exposed following the arrest of a Nepali national by Indian agencies earlier this year.

As Bihar gears up for Assembly polls later this year, the Election Commission’s launch of a Special Intensive Revision of the state’s voter list has sparked a massive row

Peru’s highly unpopular President Dina Boluarte has doubled her salary with one year left in her term, the government announced Wednesday.

A politically motivated hacker breached Columbia University’s data systems last week, stealing troves of student documents while briefly shutting down the school’s computer systems, a university official said Wednesday.

Brazilian coffee beans, French champagne and Chinese teas — drinks are a profit driver for US restaurants, but higher import costs have eaten into margins and fed into consumer prices…

Four robbers, including two juveniles, were arrested by Delhi police, and a sensational hotel robbery case was solved within hours due to swift police action in Kirti Nagar West district.…

The growth in India’s services sector activity surged to a 10-month high in June, driven by robust demand in both the domestic and export markets, according to an HSBC survey…

The Israeli military reportedly used a US-made 500lb (230kg) bomb to hit a popular seafront cafe frequented by activists, journalists, and local residents in western Gaza City on Monday.