A woman carrying Iran’s historic “Lion and Sun” flag leaps over fire during the Nowruz Fire Festival marking the Persian New Year, in West Vancouver, British Columbia. At 14:46 GMT on Friday, March 20, 2026, the earth does what it has done for billions of years. The sun crosses the celestial equator, day and night…
NEW DELHI: The govt has asked all entities across the oil and gas value chain to regularly furnish detailed operational information to the ministry’s Petroleum Planning and Analysis Cell (PPAC), with officials classifying the data as a matter of national security. With imports plummeting, the move signals the vulnerability of the sector, turning it into…
Mohammad Nazeer Paktyawal, a 41-year-old Afghan refugee and father of six, died less than a day after being taken into custody by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in North Texas.Paktyawal was detained on the morning of March 13 outside his home in Richardson, Texas, as he was preparing to take his children to school….
Dhurandhar 2: The Revenge has opened to packed theatres and a historic start, with the Ranveer Singh-starrer earning Rs. 96.78 crore on day one and Rs. 139.78 crore net including previews. Amid mixed word of mouth, Mahesh Babu and Jr NTR have praised the film’s scale, performances, and direction. Dhurandhar 2: The Revenge has opened…
NEW DELHI: India is among the top three countries globally with the highest number of children affected by excess weight, with about 41 million aged 5-19 living with high body mass index (BMI), including nearly 14 million with obesity, a new global report has found.The World Obesity Atlas 2026 shows India, along with China and…
US President Donald Trump made a remark about Pearl Harbor during a meeting with Japan’s prime minister Sanae Takaichi, drawing attention because of the sensitive history behind the reference.The comment came during a meeting at the White House. The MAGA chief joked about the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor while speaking with the visiting Japanese…
JAMMU: J&K Police have fitted GPS anklets on three alleged Jaish-e-Mohammad overground workers (OGWs) out on interim bail after court orders.Mool Raj, Layaket Ali and Maqbool had been in jail over a 2024 attack on an army convoy in Jammu’s Kathua that left five soldiers dead. The release and the anklets followed orders of the…
Thousands to Gather Across 900 Mosques for Eid ul Fitr 2026 Prayers in Dubai Dubai is preparing for one of its largest and most coordinated Eid ul Fitr 2026 prayer gatherings in recent years, with authorities announcing that more than 900 mosques across the emirate will host prayers, a ‘Muezzin Al Freej’ that reflects both…
Under construction building. ( Representational image) NEW DELHI: The National Building Code (NBC) will be replaced by a National Building Standard (NBS) by April-end, giving states and municipal bodies rights over matters such as development control norms, fire safety and administration. This would be done as land and buildings fall under their jurisdiction.The Cabinet Secretariat…
Streamer Tectone has been banned from YouTube for one week. The creator shared the news himself on X, where he explained that he cannot post videos or go live during this time. According to him, the ban was given because of “excessive swearing” in his content. This means he used too many bad words in…