Small islands join forces on debt relief ahead of climate talks

Pilgrims began trek to the Amarnath ice pillar from near Pahalgam.Official Vijay Kumar Bidhuri says there were 415,000 pilgrims. India deploys...

New Delhi: The number of bank accounts for the poor under the Prime Minister’s Jan Dhan Yojana have crossed the 55 crore mark with “most of these accounts belonging to people who had never even seen the door of a bank”, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on...

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A lightning flash that extended 515 miles from eastern Texas to near Kansas City, Missouri, in 2017 was recognized Thursday as a new world record. The flash — dubbed a "megaflash," or a single continuous long horizontal flash that can initiate up to hundreds...

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Last Updated:August 02, 2025, 13:07 ISTWith a little preparation, the rainy season doesn’t have to mean falling sick. From fever meds to fungal care, a monsoon wellness kit ensures you're ready for the season.Staying prepared with a basic wellness kit can go a long way.With the rains...

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Wednesday successfully launched NISAR (NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar), a sophisticated Earth observation satellite developed in collaboration with the American space agency NASA, from Sriharikota. The mission, over a decade in the making with a joint investment of more than USD 1.5...

There's a woman's name on the Declaration of Independence, and CBS News senior correspondent Norah O'Donnell admits she never knew it until researching her upcoming book.The discovery of Mary Katharine Goddard — the printer who risked treason charges to produce the founding document —...

Image used for representative purposes(AI image) NEW DELHI: Global trading company Jane Street is reportedly not assisting the Income Tax Department with their ongoing investigation, according to sources.Sources told ANI that the investigation faces significant challenges as the company's essential servers are situated outside India, with...