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August 24, 2026 3:34 PM
Minister of State for External Affairs and Textiles Pabitra Margherita will undertake an official visit to Vietnam, Lao PDR and Palau from August 26 to September 2, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said on Monday. The visit will cover bilatera...
August 24, 2026 3:02 PM
A massive congregation of devotees gathered in Jharkhand's Deoghar on Monday for the fourth and final Monday of the holy month of Shravan, with more than three lakh pilgrims expected to offer holy water at the Baba Baidyanath temple, one of the 12 Jy...
August 24, 2026 2:53 PM
Vice President C. P. Radhakrishnan on Monday launched India’s first non-GMO, high-expansion popcorn maize hybrid seed at Musunuru in Andhra Pradesh’s Eluru district, describing the indigenous hybrid as a significant step towards strengthening sel...
August 24, 2026 2:30 PM
Indian Railways has launched a special cleanliness drive across its network to clean and disinfect drinking-water tanks and filtration systems, with the aim of ensuring the availability of safe and hygienic drinking water for passengers at railway st...
August 24, 2026 2:33 PM
Indian wicketkeeper-batter Rishabh Pant surpassed former captain MS Dhoni to become India's highest run-scorer as a designated wicketkeeper in away or neutral Tests. Pant achieved the milestone during India's second Test against Sri Lanka in Colombo...
August 24, 2026 1:57 PM
Air passenger service prices surged 31.94 per cent year-on-year in the first quarter of 2026-27, emerging as the sharpest price increase among the services tracked under India’s Service Producer Price Index (Service PPI) framework, according to pro...
August 24, 2026 1:55 PM
Iran has issued a warning that vessels violating its arrangements for transiting the Strait of Hormuz could face restrictions, including fines, detention, or confiscation, the Persian Gulf Strait Authority wrote in a post on X. The warning heightens...
August 24, 2026 1:56 PM
Chinese humanoid robots broke records set by humans, including beating Usain Bolt's 100-meter sprint world record, on the opening day of the Olympics-like World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing. More than 2,000 humanoid robots were participating in t...
August 24, 2026 1:40 PM
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Sunday (local time) said the Trump administration was entering the “endgame” in its campaign against Iran and announced what he described as an “economic D-Day” aimed at severing the Iranian regime’s e...
August 24, 2026 1:38 PM
India has called for diversified, adequate, predictable and sustained international finance for land restoration and drought resilience, with Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav highlighting the country's innovative financing mechanisms at the...
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