Africa’s top public health agency has declared an Ebola outbreak in the eastern Ituri province of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), with 246 cases and 80 deaths reported so far, mainly in the gold-mining towns of Mongwalu and Rwampara.The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said preliminary laboratory tests conducted at…
Some foods travel through memory rather than trends, and gulab jamun is one of them. This syrup-soaked sweet is deeply tied to celebrations across the subcontinent, but it is also widely found in countries with large South Asian communities and, more broadly, on Indian restaurant menus. Its appeal is obvious: soft, rich, fragrant, and unapologetically…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi waves during a community programme, in The Hague, Netherlands. NEW DELHI: Addressing the Indian diaspora in The Hague, Netherlands, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday highlighted the significance of today’s date, recalling that on this day in 2014, the BJP-led NDA secured a decisive mandate to form a stable, full-majority government…
SRINAGAR: A police officer allegedly shot his wife dead and then shot himself in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kupwara district, officials said on Saturday.The officer identified as Deep Singh, a probationary sub-inspector (PSI) of the Jammu and Kashmir Police posted at a Special Operations Group (SOG) camp in the Kandi area of north Kashmir.According to officials,…
NEW DELHI: Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov briefly halted a press conference in New Delhi after a journalist speaking on the phone repeatedly interrupted the briefing, prompting a sharp warning from the senior diplomat.Distracted by the ongoing phone conversation, Lavrov initially asked the journalist to leave the conference room. However, when the call continued, he…
Berkshire schools on alert after 1 death and 2 Meningitis cases confirmed / Image: File Health authorities in England are investigating a meningitis outbreak linked to schools and colleges in the Reading and Oxfordshire area after one student died and two other young people were hospitalised.The student who died attended Henley College, while the two…
FRAMEWORK TO REMOVE CHINA’S SHADOW FROM INDIAN DRONES (Representative image) In 1999, a hitherto unknown town of Kargil became the focal point of India’s attention. The ill-intended Pakistan army led by General Pervez Musharaf encroached erstwhile J&K’s Kargil, now in UT of Ladakh, to completely cut-off the region from the rest of India by severing…
Actor Ravi Mohan has finally opened up about the emotional struggles surrounding his ongoing separation from wife Aarti. The actor’s divorce case is currently pending before the Chennai High Court. Over the past few months, Ravi Mohan’s name has been widely discussed online because of his close friendship with singer and therapist Keneeshaa Francis. Many…
Indian men’s doubles pair Satwik-Chirag (Image: ANI) Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty stormed into their first final of the 2026 season after battling past Malaysia’s Goh Sze Fei and Nur Izzuddin in a thrilling semifinal at the Thailand Open Super 500 in Bangkok on Saturday.The world No. 4 Indian pair, who entered the tournament as…
Pakistan is eyeing to step up its defence budget by around PKR 100 billion in the next fiscal year, as the government works on a new budget under an International Monetary Fund (IMF)-backed reform programme that also projects a strong rise in revenues.Citing a report by IMF staff, the Dawn newspaper said that defence spending…