File photo: A vendor protects artificial flowers from the rain at a roadside stall during heavy rainfall in Jammu JAMMU: District authorities in J&K’s Doda and Kishtwar on Wednesday ordered the closure of all govt and private schools in view of inclement weather. Meanwhile, the Amarnath pilgrimage continued only on the Baltal route, with a…
FIFA charges Argentina stars over World Cup final brawl FIFA has initiated disciplinary proceedings against several Argentina players, coaching staff and the Argentine Football Association (AFA) following incidents during and after the 2026 FIFA World Cup. The charges stem from the heated aftermath of Argentina’s 1-0 extra-time defeat to Spain in the World Cup final,…
Inflation has remained above the US Fed’s 2% target for more than five years. (AP photo) Kevin Warsh-led Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) decided to keep the interest rate unchanged in the 3.5-3.75% range. The US Federal Reserve announced the monetary policy review after deliberations on July 28 and July 29. “The Committee decided to…
FILE – In this April 11, 1970, photo made available by NASA, the Saturn V rocket carrying the crew of the Apollo 13 mission to the moon launches from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. (NASA via AP) In August 1972, in the gap between Apollo 16 and Apollo 17, the Sun let loose a…
NEW DELHI: In a move aimed at reducing the compliance burden and improving ease of doing business for vehicle manufacturers, the road transport ministry has proposed changes to the conformity of production (CoP) regime for emission compliance for new and existing vehicle models.Under the draft proposal, the CoP test for emission compliance of new models…
US Senator Richard Blumenthal. (Photo: X) US Senator Richard Blumenthal defended proposed legislation that would allow President Donald Trump to impose tariffs of up to 100 per cent on major buyers of Russian oil and gas, saying the measure is designed to target countries such as India and China rather than US allies.Speaking after the…
A gardening hack making the rounds online says a spice sitting in most kitchens, cayenne pepper, can drive rats out of your yard for good. There’s actually something to this. Cayenne gets its heat from a compound called capsaicin, and researchers have tested exactly how rats respond to it. Turns out they do eat less…
NEW DELHI: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi Wednesday demanded that home minister Amit Shah be sacked from the govt and a Supreme Court monitored probe be ordered into the use of lethal force against young protesters — raising the stakes in the battle of wits with the Modi govt over the police crackdown on students.Rahul said…
Apollo butterfly (Photo: Canva) In 1986, Czech conservationists achieved something that once seemed unlikely: they helped bring the Apollo butterfly back. For a while, the recovery looked like a real success story. The population grew beyond 2,000 individuals, showing that careful conservation action could give one of Europe’s rarest butterflies a second chance.But nature rarely…
Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, plans to donate one-third of his wealth to charity as part of his succession plan. Halima Dangote, his daughter and trustee of the Aliko Dangote Foundation, disclosed the plan in a Bloomberg interview published on Tuesday. The billionaire plans to dedicate 33 per cent of his estate to philanthropy.The billionaire’s…