MEA spokersperson called the PoK polls ‘farce’ and slammed Pakistan to pay heed to the atrocities committed by the Pak establishment NEW DELHI: The Ministry of External Affairs on Tuesday slammed the recently conducted so-called local elections in Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoK), calling them “a complete farce” and accusing Pakistani forces of using violence,…
For centuries, the Haenyeo, South Korea’s legendary “sea women”, have ventured into the cold waters surrounding Jeju Island armed with nothing more than a knife, a floating buoy and their ability to hold their breath. Many continue diving well into their 60s, 70s and even 80s, harvesting abalone, sea urchins, octopus and shellfish without scuba…
NEW DELHI: Planning a holiday is the least appreciated task associated with travel for Indians, with most planners spending more than 10 hours organising a single trip and receiving little recognition for the effort, according to a survey by travel platform Klook.The survey, conducted among 2,725 travellers across 10 markets, found that over six in…
Representative Image of microalgae cultivation powered by whisky industry byproducts (AI-generated image) A Scottish biotech company is trying to solve a problem at the heart of the global omega-3 supply chain: the fact that most omega-3 fatty acids used in pet food, aquaculture feed and human supplements still come from wild-caught fish, even though fish…
Madras HC orders Udhayanidhi Stalin’s release after arrest over ‘double meaning’ remark Madras HC directed Tamil Nadu Police to release DMK leader Udhayanidhi Stalin after questioning him over his alleged “double meaning” remark made during a Cauvery protest in Thanjavur. Several passengers and crew members were injured after Air India’s Phuket-Delhi flight encountered turbulence, causing…
NCP workers disrupted a press conference of Maharashtra Congress chief Harshvardhan Sapkal NEW DELHI: Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) workers disrupted a press conference held by Maharashtra Congress president Harshvardhan Sapkal on Tuesday, a day after the opposition party targeted NCP president and Maharashtra deputy chief minister Sunetra Pawar with the remark “gungi dudiya” (mute doll).A…
CM Yogi also accused the SP and the Congress of using the issue to defame UP. NEW DELHI: Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday said no sadhu or saint has been found involved in the alleged Ram Temple donation embezzlement case. CM Yogi said the finding was part of the preliminary report submitted…
File photo: Jharkhand chief minister Hemant Soren (picture credit: PTI) NEW DELHI: Jharkhand chief minister Hemant Soren on Tuesday broke his silence on the ongoing recruitment row, saying his government was examining the concerns of protesting job aspirants with “complete seriousness” and that decisions would be taken “at the appropriate time” after all aspects of…
For more than two decades, residents of the small Canadian town of St. Mary’s in Newfoundland and Labrador have lived with an overwhelming smell caused by an abandoned fish sauce factory. The site, once operated by the Atlantic Seafood Sauce Company, was left with more than 330,000 gallons (1.25 million litres) of fermenting fish sauce…
Could India get its own fire cloud? (Image: AP) In July 2026, firefighters in southwest France watched something the country had never recorded before: a burning forest near Bordeaux, which manifested as a churning, anvil-shaped cloud, dark with smoke and crackling with its own lightning. It was a pyrocumulonimbus, a “fire cloud”, born when a…