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If rare earth shipments don’t resume soon, Indian manufacturers may be forced to import fully built motors from China, raising costs by 5-10%.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has lost political significance after repeated electoral setbacks, Chief Minister Himanta Sarma has said, suggesting that he wouldn’t “waste time” meeting the Leader of Opposition during…

As the threat of missiles became more dire during the 12-day war with Iran last month, many Bedouin families resorted to building DIY shelters out of available material: buried steel…

Fossils are invaluable archives of the past. They preserve details about living things from a few thousand to hundreds of millions of years ago.

Hearing loss combined with the feelings of loneliness accelerates cognitive decline, leading to dementia in older adults, according to a study.

According to sources associated with defence and security establishments, the Apache helicopters will be deployed on the Pakistan border.

A video of a paraglider crashing seconds after it took flight with a tourist from Gujarat and the paraglider pilot in Himachal Pradesh earlier this week surfaced on Wednesday.

The Bombay High Court on Wednesday dismissed a public interest litigation (PIL) against Italian fashion house Prada for its alleged unauthorised use of the famous Kolhapuri chappals.

At least 20 Palestinians were killed at a food distribution point– run by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF)– in Khan Younis on Wednesday, in what the US-backed group said was…

In Himachal Pradesh, the road connecting Badripur, Kishanpura, Santokhgarh and Puruwala of Sirmaur district has electric poles in the middle.

At least 10 Delhi schools and one college have received bomb threats via email in the last three days. Each email carrying the threat was signed off by two cryptic…

The son of a Congress MLA from Madhya Pradesh has been charged with attempted murder after he was seen trying to run over two policemen in Alirajpur district earlier this…

A total of 478 sexual harassment cases have been registered across Hyderabad in past 15 days by the Telangana’s vigilant SHE Teams.

Donald Trump Jr., a partner at 1789 Capital, said the investment firm still supports Elon Musk’s companies financially and is looking past the billionaire’s public falling-out with his father, the…

Police in Navi Mumbai have registered a case against a man and his elderly parents based in Haryana for allegedly physically and mentally torturing his wife for dowry, an official…

The world’s oldest marathoner, Fauja Singh, died in a hit-and-run accident in Punjab on Monday.

A CCTV footage has emerged of Fauja Singh, the world’s oldest marathoner, walking down a road in Punjab’s Jalandhar, minutes before he was mowed down by an SUV earlier this…

Nimisha Priya Execution in Yemen: By the time the sun rose over Sana’a, a door had opened but just slightly, enough for Nimisha Priya to keep fighting.

From serving tea and noodles at a roadside stall to dreaming of summiting the highest peaks across all seven continents, Meghalaya’s Rifiness Warjri is charting a path of grit and…

Sanjay Gaikwad, the Sena MLA from Buldhana last week triggered a massive controversy after a video of him slapping the employee of Akashvani MLA hostel at Churchgate surfaced on social…

The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the Centre’s committee to take its decision in petitions related to “Udaipur Files: Kanhaiya Lal Tailor Murder”, “immediately, without loss of time”, considering the…

Harjas Sethi said she was forced to vacate her rented flat in Gurugram, as most of the residents complained to her landlord about her compassion for community dogs.

Nina and her two daughters were found living in a cave in Gokarna during a police patrol on July 11.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) performs a lot of work at Salesforce, but the company has no mass lay-off plans yet, CEO Marc Benioff has said.

Delta Airlines President Glen Hauenstein said that the company was evaluating how ticket prices should be set up to offer more personalised and relevant options to each traveller.

The Syrian government deployed its forces in the Druze-majority city of Sweida, in a bid by the Islamist authorities to extend their power to the area controlled by local armed…

President says he has finally found a way to achieve his goal of removing Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, accusing him of mismanaging the US central bank’s $2.5 billion renovation…

Nimisha Priya was to be executed on Wednesday, but following the lengthy period of multipronged negotiations, her execution has been kept in abeyance.

Four years after a much-hyped SPAC deal followed by a swift collapse, shares of flying taxi company Joby Aviation Inc. have rallied to an all-time high, lifting the value of…

Bradley John Murdoch, known as the “Outback Killer” has died leaving behind the mystery of the whereabouts of British backpacker Peter Falconio’s body unsolved, who vanished in arid central Australia…

Congress is gearing up to put the Modi government on the defensive in the upcoming Monsoon Session of Parliament, with a sharp focus on the unresolved’ Pahalgam terror attack.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday morning spoke with the father of the 22-year-old girl from Odisha, who immolated herself because of alleged sexual harassment by her teacher, and ensured…

Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu said that a central team would soon visit the state to study the cloudburst and the damage caused by the flash floods in…

The probe began after Paytm filed a complaint, alleging that some of its employees were “misusing” their position and unfreezing the accounts frozen by the investigating agencies.

A violent altercation broke out inside the lift of a residential building in Greater Noida, involving more than half a dozen individuals. The incident has drawn widespread attention after the…

When Anjana Solanki felt suffocated and realised that she could no longer hide the truth, she told the police that her seven-year-old daughter had not slipped but was pushed into…

The title Grand Mufti of India refers to a senior Islamic legal authority, often regarded as the highest-ranking among Islamic scholars in the country.

The man who allegedly rammed his car into 114-year-old marathon runner Fauja Singh on the Jalandhar-Pathankot highway has been arrested, police said on Wednesday.

The United States has in recent years sought to curb exports of cutting-edge semiconductors to China, with Nvidia and other US chip companies lobbying against its tough restrictions.

Two long-clogged water bays along the Barapulla drain, one of the three major drains in Delhi, are now flowing freely after decades-old encroachments near the Old Barapulla Bridge were cleared…

Six peacocks died apparently after coming in contact with high-tension electricity lines in Madhya Pradesh’s Morena district, an official said on Wednesday.

Last week, the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) released its safety review of seven active ingredients commonly used in sunscreens.

Severity of menopause symptoms and lack of emotional support are likely reasons why some women experience depression during early menopause, finds a study on Wednesday.

Negotiators from India and the US are working to reach a deal before the August 1 deadline Trump has set for making deals or face arbitrary tariffs.

According to Sardar Dalwar Singh, the minister’s brother, Satyender Singh, called him on Monday night when he allegedly abused and threatened to kill him.

A BJP MLA and former minister has been accused of murder after a man with a criminal record was brutally hacked to death outside his Bengaluru home.

Saif Musallet, a dual national, was reportedly attacked while traveling near his village. Eyewitnesses said he was dragged from his vehicle and assaulted by a group of settlers. He died…

Uttarakhand Education Minister Dhan Singh Rawat on Wednesday said that the state government has asked the NCERT to include the Bhagavad Gita and the Ramayana in the syllabus of 17,000…

Tesla opened its first showroom in India on Tuesday, marking the electric vehicle maker’s long-anticipated debut in the country.

The painting had never been up for auction before and is believed to be the only oil portrait for which Mahatma Gandhi sat.

A class 9 student was allegedly raped inside her house here by four boys — three of them known to her from school, with the police launching an investigation into…

The Rohini Court Bar Association has issued a notice barring clerks, litigants and general public from wearing white shirts and black pants during their visit to the district court complex.