Afternoon Times

From official trips abroad to meetings with political parties that are putting pressure on him to hold elections, Muhammad Yunus finds himself increasingly cornered as he runs a government without…

In our increasingly globalised world, foreign accents are an inevitable part of communication, but studies suggest they can create barriers, not just in comprehension but also in perception of the…

In a major push towards clean mobility, the Maha Mumbai Metro Operation Corporation Ltd (MMMOCL) has joined hands with Honda Power Pack Energy India Pvt Ltd to launch a battery-swapping…

Cartier, the luxury jewellery company owned by Richemont had its website hacked and some client data stolen, it told customers according to an email seen by Reuters.

More than four million people have fled Sudan since the start of the conflict in 2023, the United Nations said Tuesday, calling the figure a “devastating milestone”.

Vietnam is expected to sign deals with the United States to buy more than $2 billion worth of agricultural products, Hanoi said Tuesday, as it tries to slash President Donald…

For all the uproar created by the Justice K Hema Committee report, no real legal progress seems to have been made in taking forward the 120 police cases filed based…

As India prepares to send as astronaut to the International Space Station for the Axiom-4 mission, the spotlight is not only on the science and symbolism of the flight but…

The Uttar Pradesh government on Tuesday decided to provide 20 per cent reservation for Agniveers in direct recruitment to several positions in the state police force

In a controversial remark, Punjab Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Bhagwant Mann has said that the BJP was turned “sindoor” into a joke and asked if this…

The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday directed the West Bengal government to produce the case diary in connection with the arrest of law student Sharmistha Panoli on June 5, when…

Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Tuesday described the large number of devotees attending the Kheer Bhawani Mela as a “good sign”, especially in light of the recent terror attack in…

India and the United States are on a cusp of an agreement that will reshape commerce between the two largest democracies in the world.

Near a sprawling tent city outside Mecca, Saudi hospital staff are preparing for a flood of heat-related cases as Muslim pilgrims begin hajj this week in sweltering summer temperatures.

Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Tuesday launched the city’s ambitious ‘Air Pollution Mitigation Plan 2025’, titled “Shuddh Hawa Sabka Adhikar – Pradushan Par Zordar Prahar”, to combat the capital’s…

Artificial Intelligence began as a quest to simulate the human brain. Is it now in the process of transforming the human brains role in daily life?

Move over dim sum and skyline selfies-Hong Kong’s hottest new attraction is furry, adorable, and already a national treasure. The city is riding a wave of “panda-mania” with the grand…

Amid the massive row over his remarks on Kannada ahead of the release of ‘Thug Life’, actor Kamal Haasan has written to the state’s film body and said his statement…

As an Assistant Administrative Officer in Jaisalmer, Shakur Khan had access to sensitive documents.

India’s all-party delegation, led by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislator Baijayant Panda, has returned after a landmark diplomatic mission to key countries in the Middle East and North Africa.

A video of a group of Indian tourists performing Garba, a traditional Gujarati folk dance, on the streets of Austria has gone viral.

The US is building multiple major telescopes and planetary probes to advance the search for life beyond Earth.

Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha has sacked three government employees over terror links, sources said. The sacked employees were allegedly working for Pakistan-based terror groups, Lashkar-e-Taiba and Hizb-ul-Mujahideen, they added.

It all began on the night of May 5 between 1 am and 5 am, when 17 residents of the village were attacked in their sleep.

The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday warned Kamal Haasan that he cannot use his right to speech “to hurt sentiments”, days after the Tamil Nadu actor-politician sparked a huge row…

Andrew Tate’s Vanuatu passport was reportedly issued in January 2023 while he remained in pre-trial detention in Romania. It is unclear exactly when the application was submitted.

A paralysed Chinese woman, who fell in love with and married a “doctor” during her rehabilitation, suffered the betrayal of her life when he disappeared with a loan amount of…

Geert Wilders said his coalition partners were not willing to embrace his ideas on halting asylum migration, for which he had demanded immediate support last week.

VAST Space’s Haven-1 integrates with the Crew Dragon spacecraft of SpaceX and is set to launch on a single Falcon 9 rocket in 2026.

For over a decade, the disappearance of American journalist Austin Tice remained one of the most haunting mysteries of the Syrian civil war. Tice went missing near Damascus in August…

Israel states that it retaliated towards a group of individuals who had left designated access routes near the distribution centre in Rafah.

India can become one of the first countries to get into an interim trade agreement with the United States, which could be finalised by next month.

The government on Tuesday introduced new reservation and domicile rules for the Union Territory of Ladakh, reserving 85 per cent jobs for locals and one-third of the total number of…

Hundreds of Kashmiri Pandits have gathered at Tulmulla in Jammu and Kashmir’s Ganderbal district to participate in the annual Kheer Bhawani Mela, an age-old festival symbolising Kashmir’s rich cultural and…

In what could be seen as yet another evidence of Islamabad fostering terrorism on its land, a prominent Pakistani politician was seen sharing the stage with the leadership of UN-proscribed…

A HarperCollins UK report said that only 40 per cent of parents say reading to their children is fun.

Sana Yousaf, a popular TikTok content creator from Upper Chitral with nearly 5 lakh followers on Instagram, was reportedly killed at close range by a relative.

The woman, Erin Patterson is accused of serving beef wellington to the three deceased with lethal mushroom contents. She denies this claim however.

In the footage, she can be heard complaining that the two elder children, four and six years old, had not cleaned their room.