Manish Poswal, Author at DD India

January 23, 2025 11:31 AM

PM Modi, Amit Shah pay homage to Balasaheb Thackeray on his birth anniversary

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, and several other leaders paid homage to Shiv Sena founder Balasaheb Thackeray on his birth anniversary on Thursday, remembering his contributions to public welfare, nationalism, and the pr...

January 23, 2025 12:22 PM

New wildfire near Los Angeles explodes to 9,400 acres, forces evacuations

A new wildfire that broke out north of Los Angeles on Wednesday rapidly spread to more than 9,400 acres (38 square km), fueled by strong winds and dry brush, forcing mandatory evacuation orders for more than 31,000 people. The Hughes fire about 50 m...

January 23, 2025 10:37 AM

Jalgaon train accident: Four Nepali nationals among 13 dead

The death toll in the Jalgaon rail accident in Maharashtra has risen to 13, including four Nepali nationals, officials said on Thursday. A report from the Office of the Collector and District Magistrate of Jalgaon said that the accident occurred aro...

January 23, 2025 9:49 AM

Delhi witnesses light rain amid poor air quality; flights delayed due to dense fog

Delhi woke up to light rain on Thursday morning, accompanied by 'poor' air quality and foggy conditions. The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) reported an overall Air Quality Index (AQI) of 262 at 6 a.m., indicating pollution levels that remain ...

January 22, 2025 6:10 PM

Centre seeks to accelerate ₹24,000 crore PM JANMAN initiative for tribal welfare

The Ministry of Tribal Affairs (MoTA) hosted a National Conference of District Magistrates at Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi on Tuesday, to accelerate the implementation of the Pradhan Mantri Janjati Adivasi Nyaya Maha Abhiyan (PM JANMAN). Launched on N...

January 22, 2025 5:54 PM

India’s soft power at its grandest

Mahakumbh is creating waves in India and abroad. Hindu devotees having connections to various branches of Sanatana thought, Shaiva, Vaishnava, Shaakta, those who follow the tenets of a particular Guru or Ashram and those who follow no one....all are ...

January 22, 2025 4:16 PM

What is fluoride and why is it added to the US water supply?

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., U.S. President Donald Trump's choice to head the Department of Health and Human Services, has said Trump will call for an end to adding fluoride to public water supplies. Trump has not announced a position but said it is possib...

January 22, 2025 3:09 PM

EPFO added 14.63 lakh net members in November 2024 amid growing employment

The Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) on Wednesday announced a net addition of 14.63 lakh members in November 2024, which represents an increase of 9.07 per cent over the corresponding figure for October. Further, the year-on-year analys...

January 22, 2025 3:04 PM

Nepal sharply hikes permit fee for Everest climbers

Nepal will increase the permit fees for climbing Mount Everest by more than 35%, making the world’s tallest peak more expensive for mountaineers for the first time in nearly a decade, officials said on Wednesday. Income from permit fees and other ...

January 22, 2025 1:22 PM

Google to invest fresh $1 bln in OpenAI rival Anthropic, FT reports

Google is making a fresh investment of more than $1 billion into AI startup Anthropic, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday. This comes after Reuters and other media reported earlier in January that Anthropic was nearing a $2 billion fundraise ...