New Delhi, 8/11: Air quality in Delhi and its suburbs dropped to the severe category again on Wednesday morning, with smoke from post-harvest paddy straw burning in neighbouring states accounting for one-third of the air pollution in the national capital. The city’s Air Quality Index (AQI) stood at 421, worsening from 395 at 4 pm…
Gaza, 8/11: Israel’s ground forces in the Gaza Strip aimed on Wednesday to locate and disable Hamas militants’ vast tunnel network beneath the enclave, the next phase in an Israeli offensive that has killed thousands of Palestinians. Since Hamas gunmen killed 1,400 people and took some 240 hostages in an Oct. 7 cross-border gun rampage,…
Patna, 8/11: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Wednesday apologised for his comments and said he took them back. His apology comes a day after his remarks in the Bihar Assembly which received flak from opposition. Nitish, speaking about the importance of education among women for population control, had said ”
Mumbai, 7/11: A superhuman effort from Glenn Maxwell has seen Australia qualify for the semi-final in the World Cup. Glenn Maxwell was struggling with cramps and back issues but he helped Australia win the match in an unbelievable fashion. Glenn Maxwell dragged his team back to the winning position by hitting a epic double-century as…
New Delhi, 7/11: The Supreme Court on Tuesday (Nov 7) reiterated that its earlier order banning the use of barium and prohibited chemicals in firecrackers are applicable across the country, and not just to Delhi and its adjoining areas. The order comes days before the Diwali celebrations on November 12. The clarification came while…
Patna, 7/11: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Tuesday announced his intent to raise quotas for Other Backward Classes, Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in the state, saying a legislation to the effect is likely in the ongoing assembly session. The announcement, which was much anticipated in the wake of his government’s ambitious caste survey,…
New Delhi, 7/11: The Centre has asked all social media platforms, including X, Instagram and Facebook to remove morphed images within 24 hours of receiving a complaint under the IT rules, an official source said on Tuesday A deepfake video of actress Rashmika Mandanna has been circulating on social media platforms. Netizens claimed the video…
Pulwama, 7/11: Mobile internet has been suspended in parts of Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir for security reasons, officials said on Tuesday. Directions to the Telecom Service Providers to suspend mobile data services in Wampora and Hunipora areas of the south Kashmir district were issued by Vijay Kumar, Additional Director General of Police (ADGP),…
New Delhi, 7/11: Amid a spike in pollution levels in Delhi-NCR, the Supreme Court on Tuesday directed Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan to ensure that crop residue burning was stopped “forthwith”. A bench of Justices Sanjay Kishan kaul and Sudhanshu Dhulia said Delhi can’t be made to go through this year after year. “There…
Mumbai, 7/11: Billionaire Binny Bansal is launching an AI-as-a-service startup that will target global customers, expanding to the fast-growing segment after making a fortune in Indian e-commerce. Bansal, who co-founded online retailer Flipkart and sold it to Walmart Inc., has hired 15 experts for the venture — mostly artificial intelligence scientists — and plans to…
