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Just hours after Mojtaba Khamenei was named Iran’s new supreme leader, Iran launched fresh missile and drone strikes targeting Israel and parts of the Gulf region, escalating tensions across...
Israel is currently conducting simultaneous targeted strikes against military targets in Tehran and Beirut. In a social media post, the Israel Defence Forces (IDF)...
Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz has reviewed the military’s operational readiness amid rising tensions with Iran. He held talks with Army Chief Eyal Zamir...
Gita Jayanti is being celebrated today. The day commemorates the moment when Lord Krishna delivered the timeless teachings of the Bhagavad Gita to Arjuna...
Higher Learning
NASA has revealed that global sea levels have risen faster than anticipated in 2024. The US space agency reported that the rate of sea...
Nation
Prime Minister Narendra Modi strongly condemned the ghastly terrorist attack carried out today at Bondi Beach, Australia, targeting people celebrating the first day of the Jewish festival of Hanukkah....
In Mumbai, the state administration has made elaborate arrangements at Chaitya Bhoomi, Shivaji Park (Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Maidan), and Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar’s residence ‘Rajgruha’...
The Passing Out Parade of the 149th course of the National Defence Academy was held this morning at the Khetrapal Parade Ground in Khadakwasla,...
Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) in NCR and adjoining areas has inspected 321 road stretches across Delhi by using 26 Flying Squads to...
States
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will today flag off India’s first Vande Bharat Sleeper Train between Howrah and Guwahati (Kamakhya) at Malda town railway station....
In Manipur, security forces continued search and cordon operations in sensitive areas to bring normalcy in the State. According to Manipur Police Control Room,...
In Goa, 25 people have been killed in a blaze at a nightclub in North Goa’s Arpora following a cylinder blast late last night....
Delhi Police has arrested 16 gangsters and notorious criminals in the national capital and its adjoining areas. In order to curb organised crime across...
In an interaction with the media, after reviewing the State Disaster Management at Chennai today, Deputy Chief Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin said that there was...
Assam Diary
The Assam Legislative Assembly today passed the Assam Prohibition of Polygamy Bill, 2025, aimed at reinforcing marital accountability and protecting women. The legislation establishes one of the strictest legal...
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has said that the state cabinet has approved a bill to ban polygamy. The Bill prohibits any individual...
A suspected blast damaged a section of railway track between Kokrajhar and Salakati stations in the Alipurduar Division of Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) in...
Tirupati: The Assam govt has allocated 10.5 acres of land to Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) to construct a replica temple of Lord Venkateswara in...
Field News
United Kingdom Prime Minister Keir Starmer has firmly ruled out British involvement in any US-led blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, reiterating that London...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today congratulated Péter Magyar and the Tisza Party on their resounding election victory. In a social media post, Mr Modi...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has appointed his military secretary, Major General Roman Gofman, as the next Director of the Israeli Institute for Intelligence...
The US military will start a maritime blockade of Iranian ports today, following President Donald Trump’s orders to block the Strait of Hormuz. According...
US President Donald Trump today said the US Navy would immediately begin a blockade to prevent ships from entering or leaving the Strait of...
World
In Haiti, 30 people were killed in a stampede at a popular tourist site during an annual Orthodox Easter gathering. Officials said the incident...
The Union Ministry of Road Transport and Highways said that all user fee payments at National Highway fee plazas across the country are being...
External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar began a two-day visit to the United Arab Emirates, holding high-level talks in Abu Dhabi amid ongoing tensions...
India’s Ambassador to the US, Vinay Mohan Kwatra, has said that India’s economic growth journey is a huge opportunity for its international partners. He...
The Iraqi parliament today elected Kurdish politician Nizar Amedi as the country’s new president, following parliamentary elections held in November last year. Amedi is...
Business and Commerce
Crude oil prices steadied today after a sharp surge in the previous session amid escalating tensions in West Asia. According to media reports, US...
Benchmark domestic equity indices, the Sensex and the Nifty, ended new year’s first trading session on a flat note. The indices opened in positive...
Saudi Arabia has lowered the official selling price of its Arab Light crude for Asian buyers in January to sixty cents a barrel above...
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has defended the H-1B visa programme, saying that the US economy has benefited immensely from Indian immigrants. He made the...
Books and Magazines
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Karnataka-based writer, activist and lawyer Banu Mushtaq’s short story collection ‘Heart Lamp’ has been shortlisted for the International Booker Prize 2025. The work has...
The New Delhi World Book Fair 2025 will commence today at Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi. This year, the fair’s theme is ‘We the...
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Sports
In the Asian Wrestling Championships, India’s Sujeet Kalkal and Abhimanyou Mandwal won gold medals in the men’s 65kg and 70kg freestyle categories, respectively in...
In Men’s Cricket, hosts India take on New Zealand in the decisive third and final ODI of the series at Holkar Stadium in Indore...
Union Minister for Sports Mansukh Mandaviya, along with former Brazilian footballer Gilberto D’silva, unveiled the FIFA World Cup 2026 trophy as it began its...
India is all set to start their 2026 season today, as they face New Zealand in the first match of the three-match ODI series...
Argentine footballer Lionel Messi will arrive in New Delhi today for the fourth and final leg of his GOAT India Tour. The main events...
Entertainment & Arts
US President Donald Trump has said that Iran had ambitions to dominate the entire West Asian region and destroy Israel, but claimed that those...
The Government of Nagaland has announced the United Kingdom as the country partner for the upcoming Hornbill Festival 2025, to be held from 1...
The four-day National Tribal Film Festival and Carnival began in Manipur’s capital Imphal yesterday as part of Janjatiya Gaurav Varsh celebrations. The festival is...
Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini said that the state government has decided to develop a film city in two phases to promote the...
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Science and technology
Deakin University of Australia and Telangana government sign MoU to advance artificial intelligence.
Deakin University of Australia and the Government of Telangana, through its AI innovation hub Aikam, signed a strategic Memorandum of Understanding in Hyderabad to...
India’s installed power generation capacity has surpassed 500 GW level with renewables having more than 50% share, an official statement said on Wednesday. The...
India’s electronics sector reached a major milestone in 2024-25, with production touching ₹11.3 lakh crore, a six-fold increase from ₹1.9 lakh crore in 2014-15....
Three scientists from the United States have won the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics for groundbreaking experiments that showcased quantum physics in action using...
Health
Russia and China have vetoed a UN Security Council resolution on reopening the Strait of Hormuz, a vital maritime chokepoint through which a fifth...
Ukraine and Qatar have signed a defence cooperation agreement during Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s visit to Doha, as both countries discussed regional tensions and...
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney today said that the ongoing conflict in the Middle East was a failure of the international order and that...
US President Donald Trump warned Tehran that America will hit them harder. He wrote in a post on Truth Social that Iran just stated...
In view of deteriorating air quality in the national capital, the Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) invoked stage three of the Graded Response...
Education and Books
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n a significant step towards promoting ease of schooling and aligning with the government’s digital transformation goals, the Ministry of Education has urged schools...
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis paid tribute to a prolific writer, Shri S.L.Bhyrappa, today. On the social Media post, Mr Fadnvis wrote that he...
Unmesh, one of Asia’s biggest literary festivals, is beginning in Patna today. The third edition of this festival is being organised by the Sahitya...