MPs questioned why the government did not warn owners of non-E20 vehicles about possible mileage loss. NEW DELHI: Members of the parliamentary committee on transport Thursday asked top government officials on why no effort was made to inform owners of non-E20 compliant vehicles about potential mileage loss due to use of 20% ethanol blended petrol…
Russian court sentences anti-war politician Lev Shlosberg to 11 years. Photo credit: AP Russian opposition leader Lev Shlosberg was sentenced to 11 years and one month in a penal colony on Monday for speaking out against the war in Ukraine. The case comes amid a wider Kremlin crackdown on dissent ahead of next month’s parliamentary…
Activist Sonam Wangchuk ended his hunger strike past midnight after 26 days at Medanta hospital in Gurgaon. Visuals showed Wangchuk sipping from a cup. “I’m grateful and happy to break my fast. Thank you,” he is heard saying. He also posted a message on social media, “Just now in the presence of Union Ministers J…
Two people have died in fires that broke out simultaneously Sunday on the island of Salamis near Athens, the local fire department said. (Photo: @CGTNOfficial) Two wildfires that broke out minutes apart on the Greek island of Salamina on Sunday killed two people and prompted the evacuation of about 500 people by sea, as crews…
Going to Myanmar wasn’t just another trip for Arnold Putra, it was a trajectory where he took each step with caution. For years, he had been visiting the country but this time, he decided to spend some time with student groups. He bought them pints of beer to enjoy along and at the time he…
Ahead of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s funeral, Iran is laying the groundwork to avoid a repeat of deadly crowd disasters that marred previous burials of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini and Qasem Soleimani. Khamenei will be buried on July 9 after five days of ceremonies across Iran and Iraq. The body will lie in state for three days…
1.1) Since the Treaty’s signing, Pakistan has consistently used its dispute resolution provisions as a strategic tool to delay and effectively obstruct development rather than genuine dispute resolution.Virtually every significant hydropower project India has proposed on the Western rivers – even those explicitly permitted under the Treaty’s terms – has faced formal Pakistani objection, technical…
NEW DELHI: The Army on Saturday said contact had been established with terrorists in the Gambhir Muglan area of Rajouri during a joint intelligence-based operation with Jammu and Kashmir Police and the CRPF.In a post on X, the Army’s 16 Corps said the encounter began at around 11:30 am after security forces launched the operation…
When we talk about safaris, the mental picture is a familiar tiger or elephant emerging from tall grass or deer crossing a forest road. But the truth is most Indians are not aware that wild encounters are not always four-legged, they can also be crawling or slithering sometimes. Across Indian rainforests, mangroves and coastal landscapes,…
The bench asked the SEC to come out with an election schedule by Friday. NEW DELHI: Supreme Court Tuesday sought Maharashtra State Election Commission’s response by Friday on issuance of a notification to conduct polls in Aug-Sept for remaining 20 zila parishads and 211 nagar panchayats and brushed aside SEC’s ongoing SIR exercise as the…