Anjali Rai, Author at DD India

November 12, 2025 4:43 PM

Maha govt announces incentive scheme for sugar factories

The Maharashtra government on Wednesday announced an incentive scheme to encourage quality performance among cooperative and private sugar factories in the state. Six factories — three cooperative and three private — will be selected annually for...

November 12, 2025 4:14 PM

India Showcases Pharmaceutical and Medical Technology Expertise at Qatar Medicare 2025

The Embassy of India in Doha, in collaboration with the Indian Pharmacists Association Qatar (IPhAQ) and the Indian Business and Professionals Council (IBPC) Qatar, is presenting India's healthcare expertise at the Qatar Medicare Exhibition 2025. Hel...

November 12, 2025 1:31 PM

Scientists find brain chemical tied to trauma and depression: Study

Researchers identified SGK1 as a key chemical connecting childhood trauma to depression and suicidal behaviour. High SGK1 levels were found in the brains of suicide victims and in people with genetic variants linked to early adversity. Drugs that bl...

November 12, 2025 12:24 PM

Afghanistan economic recovery buckles as nine in 10 families go hungry or into debt, UNDP says

Afghanistan's economic recovery is buckling as nine in 10 households are forced to skip meals, sell belongings or take on debt to survive, the United Nations said on Wednesday, warning that mass returns are exacerbating the country's worst crisis sin...

November 12, 2025 12:14 PM

Turkey says 20 troops killed in Georgia plane crash

Turkey's defence ministry said on Wednesday that 20 soldiers were killed in the crash of its military aircraft in Georgia a day earlier, as inspectors continued to seek clues what caused the NATO member's cargo plane to go down. The C-130 plane took...

November 12, 2025 12:06 PM

Thailand demands apology from Cambodia over landmine incident

Thailand has demanded an apology from Cambodia after accusing it of laying fresh landmines that have injured Thai soldiers, a foreign ministry official said on Wednesday, a day after Bangkok suspended a ceasefire pact brokered by U.S. President Donal...

November 12, 2025 11:48 AM

Typhoon Fung-wong brings floods to Taiwan, thousands evacuated

Taiwan evacuated more than 8,300 people ahead of Wednesday's arrival of a much weakened Typhoon Fung-wong that brought record downpours to the mountainous east coast and unleashed floods that rose neck-high in places. Businesses and schools were shu...

November 12, 2025 12:40 PM

Australia and Indonesia announce new security treaty

Australia and Indonesia have agreed on a new security treaty that commits them to consult each other if either country is threatened, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said in Sydney on Wednesday with Indonesia's President Prabowo Subianto. ...

November 12, 2025 10:30 AM

Protesters force their way into COP30 summit venue, clash with security

Dozens of Indigenous protesters forced their way into the COP30 climate summit venue on Tuesday and clashed with security guards at the entrance to demand climate action and forest protection. Shouting angrily, protesters demanded access to the U.N....

November 12, 2025 10:17 AM

Heavy rain forecast in four southern TN districts, thunderstorms in isolated areas

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast heavy rainfall in isolated places across four southern districts of Tamil Nadu -- Tirunelveli, Ramanathapuram, Thoothukudi, and Kanyakumari -- on Wednesday. The department attributed the weather...