A 17-year-old girl, Jiya Rai, with autism spectrum disorder, became the first female para-swimmer to successfully swim solo across the Catalina Channel near Los Angeles, USA....
In just two days, US President Donald Trump on Tuesday again praised Pakistani leadership for the second time, calling Pakistan's Army General Asim Munir "a very important guy."...
A Qantas flight to South Africa was forced to turn back to Sydney due to a technical fault, the airline said on Wednesday. ...
Former South Korean Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha was formally appointed as South Korea's ambassador to the United States on Wednesday, becoming Seoul's first female envoy to Washington, according to the foreign ministry. ...
The death toll in the 6.9-magnitude earthquake that struck Cebu province in the central Philippines climbed to 69, the Philippines' Office of Civil Defence (OCD) said on Wednesday. ...
External Affairs Minister (EAM) S. Jaishankar on Wednesday extended wishes to Chinese Politburo Member and Foreign Minister Wang Yi and the people of China on the occasion of the country’s founding day, expressing hope to continue work towards stabilising and rebuilding India-China ties. ...
With the Election Commission of India (ECI)'s Special Intensive Revision (SIR) likely to take place in West Bengal immediately at the end of this month, the office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) has a new Additional CEO and Joint CEO. ...
In a landmark move aimed at protecting Chennai’s last surviving natural wetland, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has ordered an immediate freeze on all planning permissions and construction approvals in and around the Pallikaranai Marsh. ...
The Father of the Nation, Mahatma Gandhi, who secured India its political freedom, was far ahead of his time when he said, ‘Sanitation is more important than independence’. For Gandhi, a truly free India was not just politically independent but also socially awakened, where hygiene and dignity walk...
As the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) gears up to mark its centenary year from Vijayadashami 2025 to 2026, Jamal Siddiqui, National President of the BJP Minority Morcha, has written to President Droupadi Murmu, requesting that Dr. Keshav Baliram Hedgewar, the founder of the RSS, be posthumously awarded t...
