Union Home Minister Amit Shah has set a strict 20-day review cycle for the Yamuna river’s rejuvenation NEW DELHI: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday mandated strict 20-day review cycles to clean the Yamuna river, along with installing 59 new sewage treatment plants (STP) by 2027.Chairing a high-level review meeting on the Yamuna rejuvenation…
AI-generated image used for representation NEW DELHI: “Andhera chhatega, suraj niklega, kamal khilega.”When Atal Bihari Vajpayee uttered those words after the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was reduced to just two seats in the 1984 Lok Sabha elections, it was more an expression of faith than a prophecy.More than four decades later, the BJP has emerged…
SAO PAULO: Brazilian officials on Thursday announced a sharp drop in deforestation rates, pushing back on one of the arguments that the Trump administration used last week to justify additional tariffs on the South American country.In May, Amazon deforestation was 61.4% lower than in the same month in 2025, according to officials from the National…
NEW DELHI: Home minister Amit Shah on Thursday said the entire northeast region, barring one or two states, may be out of purview of the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act by next year.Speaking at the signing of a tripartite memorandum of understanding (MoU) among the Centre, Govt of Assam and Govt of Nagaland for oil…
There is new money, old money, and then the kind of money that could make someone the world’s first trillionaire!With SpaceX set to make its long-awaited Wall Street debut on Friday in what is expected to be the biggest IPO in history, that possibility may no longer seem far-fetched. If the listing goes as planned,…
WASHINGTON: El Niño, Nature’s chaotic climate agent, has formed in a warmed-up Pacific Ocean and is expected to grow to historic strength, meteorologists announced on Thursday.Experts said the El Niño, a natural warming cycle, would further heat a globe already warming from fossil fuel pollution, and likely turbocharge extreme weather across the planet. Meteorologists forecast…
NEW DELHI: Air India Thursday listed the steps it has taken to bolster safety and said it has gone “beyond regulatory compliance” in risk-based audit planning. “Air India has taken a series of proactive measures following the AI171 accident to further strengthen operational resilience and organisational effectiveness. These initiatives are not related to safety or…
Commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal on Thursday said countries around the world are increasingly protecting their domestic industries, including in sectors such as steel, but India continues to navigate global trade challenges through dialogue, cooperation and trade partnerships.Speaking at the India Global Innovation Connect, he said such measures are part of global trade realities…
Iran has said that the country will treat all of Elon Musk’s business holdings in the Middle East, including SpaceX’s Starlink satellite internet service and social media platform X, as legitimate military targets, a report has said. According to the state media outlet Fars (via CNBC), Tehran is expanding its military target list to include…
India’s agriculture sector has undergone a significant transformation over the past 12 years, driven by higher public investment, record foodgrain production, expanded irrigation, improved access to credit and a stronger safety net for farmers, according to a government paper released this month.The report, titled Empowering India’s Annadatas, outlines how agricultural policy has evolved from a…