NEW DELHI: The Central armed police forces (CAPFs) have planted nearly 6.7 crore saplings in the last five years as part of a countrywide plantation drive, the home ministry told the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday.Junior home minister Nityanand Rai, in reply to a written question, shared that the seven CAPFs — CRPF, BSF, CISF, ITBP,…
A viral video from Mumbai is drawing attention for all the right reasons. It captures a brief interaction between a woman and a young boy selling earrings on the roadside. What begins as a simple sale soon turns into a heartfelt conversation, with the child sharing why he spends his day working instead of simply…
Screenshot from a viral video of the location of the PAF trainee aircraft crash A training aircraft of the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) crashed in Pakistan’s Punjab province on Wednesday during a routine operational training mission, reports said. The aircraft crashed in Mianwali district following a reported technical malfunction in the engine. Both pilots ejected…
Texas has opened a sweeping probe into alleged abuse of the H-1B visa system, with nearly 30 firms accused of running “ghost offices” to secure foreign workers.Attorney General Ken Paxton on Thursday announced that his office has issued Civil Investigative Demands to multiple North Texas-based companies suspected of misusing the visa programme.According to the Attorney…
It is one of the great family mysteries: two children can grow up in the same house, with the same parents, same rules and same meals, yet end up with completely different personalities. One sibling may be outgoing and confident, while the other is quiet and thoughtful. One may love risk, the other may prefer…
D4vd is back in court, and the latest update has shocked many people. Prosecutors said they have around 40 terabytes of evidence in the case against him. This is a huge amount of data collected from his phone, cloud accounts, and other devices. They told the court that this evidence includes many files, photos, and…
BEHRAMPORE/SHAMSHERGANJ: Around midnight on the eve of polling in Murshidabad, cops visited the homes of many voters struck off under SIR, warning them not to go near booths on Thursday. On poll day, many defied those warnings and turned up to protest their exclusion.Clutching his voter ID, Aadhaar and documents, Behrampore toto driver Imtiaz Khan…
Days after Meta CTO Andrew Bosworth admitted that morale at the company was near ‘the worst it’s ever been’, the company has reversed course on one of its most controversial employee policies. As reported by Business Insider, according to an internal memo obtained by Business Insider, Meta will no longer force engineers to join its…
NEW DELHI: National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) has for the first time tracked the cases of cruelty against animals and compiled the data, noting registration of 9,039 cases and arrest of 10,312 persons in the country in 2024.Maharashtra recorded highest number (2,356) of such cases followed by Madhya Pradesh (1,346), Uttar Pradesh (1,121), Gujarat (526)…
Why are these 3Fs so important? How do they add to pressure on India’s growth story? We decode: (AI image) Fuel, fertilisers, and forex – the 3Fs that India is focusing on. But why? The US-Iran war has put the global economy at risk, and India is not immune. In fact, in the current context…