New Delhi, 1/1: The year 2024 was the warmest on record in India since 1901, with the average minimum temperature settling 0.90 degrees Celsius above the long-period average..The annual mean land surface air temperature across India in 2024 was 0.65 degrees Celsius above the long-term average (1991-2020 period), Mrutyunjay Mohapatra, director general of the India…
New Delhi, 1/1: The Centre on Wednesday declared 2025 as the year of defence reforms and that the aim will be to facilitate rolling out integrated theatre commands to bolster synergy among the three services and transform the military into a technological advanced combat ready force
New Delhi, 1/1: In a jibe at AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday, Delhi BJP chief Virendra Sachdeva urged him to give up what he said were the former CM’s “deceitful and dishonest” political practices as a new year resolve. The dig at Kejriwal comes in response to his letter to RSS head Mohan Bhagwat…
Washington DC, 1/1: The chess world will have two World Blitz Champions for the first time in its history after former World Champion Magnus Carlsen agreed to share the title with Russia’s Ian Nepomniachtchi after three sudden-death games failed to produce a winner. It was Carlsen who made the suggestion to Nepomniachtchi, who then accepted…
Lucknow, 1/1: Five members of a family were found murdered inside a hotel here early on Wednesday, police said. The accused has been arrested, a senior police officer said. Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), Central Lucknow, Raveena Tyagi, said the incident occurred at Hotel Sharanjit in the Naka area of the state capitl
Dhaka, 31/12: Thousands of Bangladeshis rallied at a ‘March for Unity’ in the capital Dhaka on Tuesday to mark the student-led uprising five months ago that led to the ouster of longstanding Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and remember the more than 1,000 killed. The Students Against Discrimination (SAD) group that led the protests, dropped a…
Chennai, 31/12: Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Company (TANGEDCO) has cancelled its global tender for installation of smart electricity meters in which the Adani Group emerged as the lowest bidder for one of the four packages. Sources said though Adani Energy Solutions Limited (AESL) emerged as the lowest bidder for installing 82 lakh smart meters…
Imphal, 31/12: A mob led by Kuki-Zo women clashed with security forces in Manipur’s Kangpokpi district on Tuesday, triggering fresh tensions in the ethnic strife-hit state. The incident happened at Uyokching near Thamnapokpi after the mob tried to “disrupt” the deployment of a combined team of Army, BSF and CRPF, police said in a post…
New Delhi, 31/12: SEBI has refused to even provide the dates on which its chairperson Madhabi Puri Buch submitted declarations on financial assets and securities held by her and family members to a query under the Right to Information (RTI) Act, 2005. Transparency activist Commodore Lokesh Batra (retired) has sought information about the dates on…
New Delhi, 31/12: Speculation that India captain Rohit Sharma and batting stalwart Virat Kohli are set to call time on their test careers has snowballed as the veteran pair continue to struggle in the five-test series in Australia. India, who won their last two test tours in Australia, went 2-1 down in the series after…
