Afternoon Times

In a state-wide crackdown, Assam Police have launched a coordinated operation against the illegal sale of beef, conducting simultaneous raids across multiple districts under the Assam Cattle Preservation Act, 2021.

After billionaire Elon Musk slammed US President Donald Trump’s flagship spending bill, the latter said he could consider deporting Musk. “I don’t know. We’ll have to take a look,” Trump…

A weather station in Potsdam, Germany, one of the world’s oldest, has recorded the driest first half of a year since measurements began more than 130 years ago, according to…

Some 1,350 schools will be fully or partially closed due to the heat, up significantly from around 200 on Monday. The top floor of the Eiffel Tower will be closed…

The world will have to learn to live with heatwaves, the United Nations’ weather and climate agency said Tuesday, as much of Europe roasted in high summer temperatures.

Wall Street stocks retreated from records early Tuesday while Tesla sank as President Donald Trump’s sweeping tax cut bill faced hurdles in Congress and renewed criticism from Elon Musk.

The Kerala High Court has held that the police cannot refuse to register a first information report (FIR) merely because a complaint was sent via email from abroad without a…

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Tuesday said very heavy rainfall is expected in Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan over some of the next six to…

Two men were arrested for allegedly duping a retired government employee of Rs 14 lakh by posing as cybercrime officials and threatening him with a fabricated digital arrest in north…

IAF Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla has undertaken a key experiment to decode muscle health in space — crucial for astronauts undertaking long space missions as well as for people with…

A voice-dubbed parody of a political sermon, even if clearly labelled as satire, could be construed under the bill as distorted or fabricated and made liable to prosecution.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday lashed out at a satirical magazine following allegations that it had published a cartoon of the Prophet Mohammed.

The Shiv Sena (UBT) and the MNS on Tuesday issued a joint public invitation for a rally in Mumbai on July 5 to celebrate “Marathi Vijay Diwas”, following the state…

The United States is pushing for a truce in Gaza by “sometime next week,” US President Donald Trump said Tuesday.

Some 1,350 schools will be fully or partially closed due to the heat, up significantly from around 200 on Monday. The top floor of the Eiffel Tower will be closed…

Almost three quarters of the globe’s cultural and natural heritage sites are threatened by too little or too much water, the UN’s cultural agency said on Tuesday.

US President Donald Trump’s administration cancelled a major contract to supply emergency kits for rape survivors in Congo as violence surged in the east this year, leaving thousands without access…

The Kremlin on Tuesday denied claims by U.S. President Donald Trump’s special envoy for Ukraine that Russia was stalling in peace talks, adding that Moscow had fulfilled all the agreements…

Legal teams from the US and the UK are preparing to file lawsuits against Boeing in the two countries over the Air India crash in Ahmedabad last month, in one…

More than 14 million of the world’s most vulnerable people, a third of them small children, could die by 2030 because of the Trump administration’s dismantling of US foreign aid,…

King Charles has decided to scrap Britain’s royal train, a service dating back to Queen Victoria, because it is no longer cost-effective.

Amazon said Tuesday it “applauds” Canada’s decision to scrap its digital services tax in order to salvage trade talks with the United States, calling it a win for the online…

The Israeli army said Tuesday that it launched a review into a strike on a seafront Gaza cafe it says targeted militants, but which rescuers said killed 24 people. The…

The U.S. and India are nearing a deal to lower tariffs on American imports to the South Asian country and to help India avoid levies imposed by the Trump administration…

A 92-year-old British man was on Tuesday jailed for life for a 1967 rape and murder, in the UK’s oldest solved cold case.

The Union Cabinet on Tuesday approved the construction of four-lane Paramakudi-Ramanathapuram Section of NH-87 in Tamil Nadu at a cost of Rs 1,853 crore.

India’s manufacturing activity accelerated to a 14-month high in June, driven by a substantial rise in international sales that boosted output and sparked record-breaking hiring, a business survey showed on…

Himachal Pradesh Police on Tuesday registered a case against state Panchayati Raj Minister Anirudh Singh Rana and six others on charges of assaulting a National Highways Authority of India (NHAI)…

Saying ‘I love you’ is only an expression of feelings and does not in itself amount to “sexual intent”, the Bombay High Court’s Nagpur bench has said acquitting a 35-year-old…

India has dispatched a team of geologists to Zambia to explore copper and cobalt deposits, two Indian government sources said, as New Delhi steps up efforts to secure critical mineral…

A case has been registered against a 40-year-old man who allegedly sexually harassed a woman and threatened her at gunpoint in Navi Mumbai.

After three failed UPSC attempts, Neha Byadwal broke up with her mobile phone for three years.

The Union Cabinet on Tuesday approved the Research Development and Innovation Scheme with a corpus of Rs one lakh crore to spur private sector investment in research.

The Indian Navy contained a fire on board a Palau-flagged tanker in the North Arabian Sea and ensured safety of 14 of the vessel’s Indian crew members.

As Congress leaders in Karnataka openly discuss a possible change of CM, Mallikarjun Kharge has dropped a bombshell by stating that this is a matter for the leadership to decide,…

Japan experienced its hottest June on record, the weather agency said Tuesday, as climate change prompts sweltering heat waves across the globe. Japan’s monthly average temperature was highest for June…

The Himalayan village of Samjung was perched in a wind-carved valley in Nepal’s Upper Mustang, more than 13,000 feet above sea level.

Clashes erupted in Istanbul Monday with police firing rubber bullets and tear gas to break up an angry mob after allegations that a satirical magazine had published a cartoon of…

Israeli planes and tanks struck heavily in north and south Gaza on Tuesday, destroying clusters of homes, while Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s confidant was in Washington, expected to discuss…

Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday he expects to travel to the United States next week for meetings with President Donald Trump, after a “great victory” in a…

Meta Platforms Inc. Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg announced a major restructuring of the company’s artificial intelligence group, including a commitment to developing AI “superintelligence,”.

Shefali Jariwala’s autopsy has been performed at Cooper Hospital in Mumbai, but the opinion about her cause of death has been “reserved” for now.

The Kerala government’s decision to introduce Zumba classes in state schools as a mental wellness initiative, faced severe backlash and criticism from Muslim organisations and cultural groups.

Such was the terror of Monojit ‘Mango’ Mishra on campus that women students of the Kolkata law college, where a 24-year-old was raped last week, considered skipping classes to stay…

During interrogation, Bilal confessed that he had stayed for a month at the campus last year, too, but no one noticed him.

The United States has mandated that all visa applicants, including Indians, set their social media accounts to public for enhanced screening of tourists and immigrants in view of “national security…

In an era of contemporary media, the collaboration will make NASA’s scientific and exploratory efforts even more accessible, enabling the agency to inspire and engage a global audience.

S Jaishankar was responding to a question on how much of the India-US relationship is defined by its stance on China.

Two brothers-in-law allegedly raped the wife of a BSF jawan on multiple occasions and blackmailed her using obscene videos, police said.

Deep funding cuts to the US Agency for International Development and its potential dismantling could result in more than 14 million additional deaths by 2030, according to research published in…

The government on Tuesday approved an Employment Linked Incentive scheme with an outlay of Rs 1.07 lakh crore to support job generation, enhance employability and social security across all sectors,…

As belly dancing gains popularity internationally, young Egyptian performers are working to restore its reputation at home, pushing back against decades of stigma to reclaim the dance as part of…

Bryan Johnson launched Project Blueprint, a $2 million-a-year experiment to reverse ageing in every part of his body.