Police officials carry the mortal remains of the Police constable who was killed in a terrorist attack SRINAGAR: A terrorist shot dead a J&K police head constable in Lal Chowk market of south Kashmir’s Anantnag town when it was bustling with shoppers around 12.30pm Wednesday. This marks the first attack in Kashmir since the Pahalgam…
Jaishankar with Chinese counterpart Wang Yi External affairs minister S Jaishankar underlined the significance of fair market access, trade balance and supply chain reliability in a meeting with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi, while welcoming recent measures to normalise Sino-Indian ties like the upgrading of the visa framework and resumption of direct flights, Kailash pilgrimage…
New York City has opened applications for a new kind of government job. Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced on Monday that the city is recruiting software engineers, product designers, product managers, user researchers, service designers and data experts to staff what he is calling Public Interest Technology Crews—PIT Crews, a pun the mayor committed to by…
Two new studies published in the journal Science are reshaping what scientists understood about how dogs became so physically varied and how closely their history has tracked our own. Comparing a village dog, a toy poodle, and a mastiff makes clear just how extreme the physical range within a single species can be. Roughly 700…
Hand reaching into a mosquito enclosure. Credit: Credit: Edwin Remsberg / University of Maryland Low-income urban neighbourhoods in Baltimore and Washington, DC, have higher mosquito numbers partly because of the types of trees growing on their streets and in empty lots, according to new research published in the Journal of Medical Entomology.The study, co-authored by…
File photo: Ousted Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro’s initial appearance to face US federal charges (Picture credit: Reuters) Ousted Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, will go on trial in the United States on June 1, 2027, over drug trafficking charges after a federal judge approved the schedule on Wednesday.Maduro, 63, and Flores,…
Argentina’s Lionel Messi reacts after losing to Spain in the World Cup final. (AP Photo) The mystery surrounding Lionel Messi‘s viral dressing-room speech before Argentina’s 2026 FIFA World Cup final has finally been addressed, with Alexis Mac Allister’s father dismissing speculation of an internal crisis and insisting the captain’s words were taken completely out of…
File photo: US President Donald Trump with Pakistani Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif and field marshal Asim Munir Pakistan has quietly approached the Trump administration for a $10 billion “exchange stabilization facility,” a financial lifeline that would shore up its fragile economy even as it seeks to capitalize on its renewed diplomatic importance in the Middle…
Shilpa Shinde and Vikas Gupta are set to come face-to-face once again as he makes a brief appearance on Lock Upp: Sach Ya Sazaa. Their long-running rivalry, which dates back to Bhabiji Ghar Par Hain! and intensified during Bigg Boss 11, is expected to add fresh drama to the reality show. The upcoming episodes of…
India’s favourite summer delicacy has just crossed a new milestone. A 12.5-tonne shipment of Dashehari and Langra mangoes from Uttar Pradesh has reached Dubai by sea after a 25-day journey, with nearly 90% of the fruit remaining market-ready. The successful shipment could pave the way for cheaper and larger exports of Indian mangoes.The journey was…
