Waste management of plastics in Nepal has turned out to be the most pressing environmental issue for the nation. With increasing rates of plastic production and usage, as well as insufficient recycling infrastructure in rapidly growing urban areas like Pokhara and Kathmandu, the level of pollution has become very high in Nepal. Therefore, in order…
NEW DELHI: US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Monday said India did not raise concerns over Pakistan’s reported role as a mediator in the ongoing US-Iran conflict, even though New Delhi remains concerned about terrorist groups operating from Pakistani territory.Responding to a question in Delhi on whether the Indian side expressed concerns regarding Pakistan…
King Charles (Image: Wikipedia) There are some quotes that feel less like statements and more like quiet confessions. They do not arrive with dramatic language or grand declarations. Instead, they sound like thoughts that have lived inside someone for a long time before finally being spoken aloud. This reflection from King Charles belongs to that…
Supreme Court (Image credit: ANI) The Supreme Court on Monday expressed disappointment over the National Testing Agency’s handling of repeated paper leak incidents, observing that the agency appeared to have failed to learn from previous controversies despite multiple directions issued by the court.Hearing petitions seeking reforms in the examination system, the apex court sought responses…
Photo credit: ANI GUWAHATI: Assam government on Monday tabled a Bill on the Uniform Civil Code, seeking to ban polygamy and make registration of live-in relationships compulsory. Parliamentary Affairs Minister Atul Bora tabled ‘The Uniform Civil Code, Assam, 2026 Bill’ in the assembly on behalf of Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma.The opposition parties, including Congress,…
CJI Surya Kant (PTI photo) NEW DELHI: Reacting to PIL filed by a lawyer against Cockroach Janta Party, Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant on Monday said ‘don’t take it so sentimentally.’The plea filed in the Supreme Court alleged that a distorted and malicious narrative was being pushed to malign the judiciary despite the…
Inside crowded convention halls, hotel conference rooms and late-night Zoom classes, one man has quietly become one of the most powerful figures in American competitive spelling. Scott Remer charges families up to $180 an hour to prepare children for the Scripps National Spelling Bee and is widely believed to be the country’s only full-time elite…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday restrained potential witnesses and the accused in the Twisha Sharma death case from making statements to the media, while clarifying that it had not expressed any opinion on the merits of the allegations surrounding the actor-model’s death in Bhopal.Disposing of the suo motu proceedings initiated over alleged institutional…
In a quiet field in northern Luxembourg, something glinted beneath the soil that did not belong to the present. At first, it looked like just another odd fragment of metal, easily overlooked in a landscape already layered with history. But what lay beneath the ground near Holzthum village soon began to suggest a far older…
NEW DELHI: India and the US focused on scaling up energy, defence and critical minerals cooperation, while seeking an early conclusion of the interim trade pact, as external affairs minister S Jaishankar and his US counterpart Marco Rubio sought to revitalise ties – after a year of strife – in their first bilateral in India,…