NEW DELHI: The Indian Army on Thursday carried out a swift rescue operation to evacuate two South Korean nationals stranded at 17,000 feet in Ladakh’s Kongmarula Pass.According to the Army’s Fire and Fury Corps, the request for a Casualty Evacuation (Casevac) mission was received at around 8:05pm on September 4. Within 15 minutes, helicopters were…
NEW DELHI: The Kerala unit of Congress has triggered a major political controversy with a now-deleted social media post linking the Centre’s new GST reforms to Bihar. The post on X, which said “Bidis and Bihar start with B. Cannot be considered a sin anymore,” referred to the GST Council’s recent decision to slash the…
BENGALURU: Digantara, an Indian company specialising in space domain awareness, and Japan’s lunar exploration firm ispace announced on Friday that they will work together to build cislunar (between Earth and Moon) situational awareness and domain infrastructure.The announcement was made in Tokyo during the 15th Annual India–Japan Summit, attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Prime…
The Ukrainian term volya is difficult to describe. But ask any Ukrainian and he will tell you that it’s key to Ukraine’s fight against Russia. Volya , somewhat imperfectly, can be translated as the inner will to overcome obstacles and strive for freedom. But it turns out there’s another secret sauce with an Indian connect…
Congress Thursday alleged that Union highways minister Nitin Gadkari‘s aggressive lobbying for ethanol blending has been marked by a conflict of interest as his two sons are in the business of ethanol production and have gained enormously since the introduction of the policy. AICC spokesman Pawan Khera said Gadkari’s sons Nikhil and Sarang run Cian…
A Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) officer at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport saved the life of a passenger named Mohammad Mokhtar Alam, who collapsed in the Pre-SHA area on September 1, 2025. Sub-Inspector Verendra Singh quickly administered cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) on the spot, successfully reviving the unconscious passenger before medical professionals arrived at the…
GUWAHATIi Manipur’s Kuki-Zo community shot off a disclaimer Thursday to an MHA statement about tribal groups agreeing to lift their blockade of the Imphal-Dimapur national highway ahead of PM Narendra Modi’s scheduled visit, saying there was no question of the lifeline being “reopened” since they hadn’t closed it in the first place.Kuki-Zo Council (KZC), which…
NEW DELHI: The Indian Council for Medical Research Wednesday issued licences of nine breakthrough health technologies to industry partners.This includes multistage malaria vaccine, which was licenced to Indian Immunologicals Limited, Techinvention Lifecare Private Limited, Panacea Biotec Limited, Biological E Limited, and Zydus Lifesciences and a novel glycoconjugate Salmonella vaccine that was licenced to Biological E…
KOCHI: Kerala high court has ruled that Pakistan-born people seeking Indian citizenship cannot bypass the mandatory requirement of renouncing their Pakistani nationality.A division bench of Justices Sushrut Arvind Dharmadhikari and VM Syam Kumar overturned recently a single-judge order that had directed Union govt to grant citizenship to two women living in Thalassery of Kerala’s Kannur…
KOLKATA: Expecting an educated, earning woman to contribute towards household expenses does not constitute ‘cruelty’ under IPC Section 498A, Calcutta HC has said while quashing criminal proceedings and a case under SC and ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act filed against a Geological Survey of India (GSI) employee and his parents.Justice Ajay Kumar Gupta said Wednesday,…