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India improves its rank in climate risk index from 2023 | India News

NEW DELHI: India has improved both its long-term and year-wise global climate risk index (CRI) rank, figuring as the 9th and 15th most-affected country globally due to extreme weather events during the 1995-2024 period and in 2024, respectively, compared to the previous year’s assessment, showed the latest CRI report released by the environmental think tank […]

Bihar polls: Women voters outshine men; state sees record turnout of 66.9% | India News

Bihar elections 2025 (Representational) NEW DELHI: Women voters took the lead in what the Election Commission of India (ECI) described as Bihar’s highest-ever voter turnout, with 71.6 per cent of female electors casting their ballots compared to 62.8 per cent of men. According to ECI data released on Tuesday after the conclusion of the second […]

Delhi blast: Vehicle was moving, no crater; key reasons why probe agencies think attacker panicked | India News

NEW DELHI: Initial investigations into the car explosion near Delhi’s Red Fort suggest that the blast was not a typical suicide attack, but may have been triggered prematurely in panic by the suspect, news agency ANI reported citing sources.Also Read: First lead to terror plot came from Jaish posters in Kashmir According to the sources, […]

Red Fort blast: Arrested UP woman doctor Shaheen Sayeed was tasked with setting up Jaish’s women wing; Pulwama link emerges | India News

NEW DELHI: A woman doctor from Uttar Pradesh has emerged as a key suspect in a widening terror investigation that began with what officials describe as a “white-collar” terror network spanning multiple states and intensified by Monday’s deadly car blast near Delhi’s Red Fort.According to investigators, Dr Shaheen Sayeed, associated with Al Falah University in […]

5,000 protesters smash past police barricades, storm into Panjab University | India News

Protesters filled the campus in an assertion of identity CHANDIGARH: The Panjab University Senate issue, believed to have been resolved after the Centre’s quick U-turn on its plans to restructure the body, erupted on Monday in a campus turmoil not seen in decades. What was a students’ call for a campus shutdown to demand quick […]

‘Sounds of Kumbha’ in race for Grammy | India News

LUCKNOW: Delhi-based composer Siddhant Bhatia is heading to the Grammys with Sounds of Kumbha, a 12-track musical documentation of last year’s Maha Kumbh in Prayagraj, commissioned by Uttar Pradesh government. The pilgrimage saw millions converge for a holy dip at the Triveni Sangam. What makes the nomination extra special is that Bhatia’s album competes in […]

Buddhist body demands more voice in Ladakh statehood talks | India News

SRINAGAR: Former Ladakh Buddhist Association (LBA) president Tondup Tsewang Chhospa has written to Union home minister Amit Shah saying Muslim representation in ongoing talks between a high-powered government committee and Ladakhi leaders outweighs that of Buddhists, creating a “clear imbalance in community representation”.“The majority of the representatives engaged in the discussions belong to the Muslim […]

Delhi car blast: The blast, panic and reaction – how the events unfolded | India News

Firetenders and Delhi police personnel at the spot after an explosion in a car near the Red Fort. (Pic credit: ANI) NEW DELHI: Eight people died on Monday evening in a blast that occurred near Gate 1 of Red Fort Metro Station. Delhi police and several other agencies, including the fire department, forensic team, National […]

Delhi: Blast in parked car near Red Fort; videos show panic, chaos at site | India News

NEW DELHI: A blast occurred in a parked car near the Red Fort on Monday evening, prompting authorities to rush five fire tenders to the spot, officials said.Videos shared from the spot showed panic as people rushed to safety.Also read: Blast near Red Fort – what we know so farAccording to the Delhi Fire Services, […]

India, China look to restart cultural, people exchanges | India News

NEW DELHI: With the resumption of direct flights between India and China, both countries are looking to resume the high-level mechanism for cultural and people-to-people exchanges early next year. The mechanism chaired by the foreign ministers has met twice so far – in 2018 and 2019 – and its resumption is key to advancing cooperation […]