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Israel is bracing for a distressing moment as Hamas is set to return the bodies of four hostages, including three members of the Bibas family, on Thursday.Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu acknowledged the loss, calling it “a very difficult day for the State of Israel – a heartbreaking day, a day of grief. We are…
The Donald Trump administration on Wednesday (local time) asked Pentagon to cut down its budget by 8% annually or by $290 billion withing the next five years.Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth directed the Pentagon to draft deep budget reductions, according to The Washington Post, which cited a memo on the matter.The Pentagon’s 2025 budget stands at…
NEW DELHI: A high-level committee on disaster risk reduction headed by home minister Amit Shah has approved Rs 1,555 crore of additional central assistance to five states affected by floods, landslides and cyclonic storm during 2024.Andhra Pradesh is the major recipient with Rs 608 crore approved for it towards disaster mitigation and response. The central…
NEW DELHI: Automobiles are among the list of items identified by the commerce department for consultations with other departments and ministries ahead of negotiations for the proposed bilateral trade agreement with the US – an indication that govt is seeking feedback for a possible duty cut for bikes and cars such as Harley Davidson and…
MUMBAI: The first biopic on Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) founder Sir Syed Ahmed Khan (1817-1898) has been released by an OTT platform internationally, but national broadcaster Doordarshan has refused to telecast/stream it on Prasar Bharati (PB) OTT. The film ‘Sir Syed Ahmed Khan: The Messiah’ was unveiled by AMU vice-chancellor Naima Khatoon with much fanfare…
BENGALURU: India will not build a large rocket for its planned crewed mission to the Moon, but instead rely on multiple launches and satellite docking technology, as per Isro’s current plans for the mission targeted for 2040.“One option is to build a huge rocket and take a single module. But what will you do with…
HYDERABAD: A man who had filed a case against BRS chief K Chandrasekhar Rao and others, accusing them of being responsible for the collapse of some piers of the Medigadda barrage, was stabbed to death by two unidentified assailants in Bhupalapally town of Telangana’s Jayashankar-Bhupalapally district on Wednesday night, reports Shiv Kumar Pinna. Police said…
NEW DELHI: Catching heavyweights and hopefuls in the party off-guard, BJP Wednesday chose a first-time MLA from Shalimar Bagh, Rekha Gupta, as Delhi chief minister.The fourth woman to get the top job in Delhi after Sushma Swaraj (BJP), Sheila Dikshit (Congress) and Atishi (AAP), Gupta, 50, will steer BJP’s govt in the city, 27 years…
NEW DELHI: In the wake of the recent stampede at New Delhi railway station that led to 18 deaths, Delhi High Court on Wednesday asked the Indian Railways to address the sale of excess tickets beyond the number of passengers that can be accommodated in a coach.“If you fix the number of passengers to be…
Dehradun: In less than two months, the snow line in the glaciated landscape around Mt Everest rose by 490 feet, from 20,000 ft on Dec 11 last year to 19,510 ft on Jan 28, due to sublimation—a process in which strong winds, low humidity, and unseasonably warm temperatures cause snow to evaporate directly into the…