File photo: A vendor protects artificial flowers from the rain at a roadside stall during heavy rainfall in Jammu JAMMU: District authorities in J&K’s Doda and Kishtwar on Wednesday ordered the closure of all govt and private schools in view of inclement weather. Meanwhile, the Amarnath pilgrimage continued only on the Baltal route, with a…

The figure and the tree together signify memory, resilience, and the ongoing relationship between people and place. The ocean has always been a symbol of life but now in many parts of the world it is also becoming a force for irreversible loss. Wondering how? Well, the sea has quietly erased an entire island from…

Russia is preparing to mobilise 500,000 personnel in the coming autumn, with plans to send some conscripts to the eastern front within weeks of training, a Ukrainian official said on Saturday.Andriy Kovalenko, head of Ukraine’s Center for Countering Disinformation, said the Russian military command intends to use the mobilised forces to address immediate personnel shortages…

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has taken his mixed martial arts training to new heights or rather new waters by sparring with former UFC bantamweight champion Merab Dvalishvili on a giant barge in the middle of Lake Tahoe. In a one-minute-plus video shared on Instagram, the pair traded blows in front of drones, videographers, and friends,…