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India, EU agree to step up tech collab

India, July 16 -- India and the European Union (EU) on Wednesday agreed to upgrade the Trade and Technology Council (TTC) and to step up cooperation on semiconductors, high-performance computing, quan... Read More


Farmers confront the vagaries of a patchy monsoon

New Delhi, July 16 -- Nashik onion farmer Karbhari Jadhav lost nearly a quarter of his crop after unseasonal rains lashed Maharashtra in April. Yet, the 48-year-old is more optimistic than he was a ye... Read More


Illegal immigration to US drops by 69% from FY2023 peak

Washington, July 16 -- Illegal immigration from India to the United States has dropped sharply, with US border authorities recording 20,614 encounters with Indian migrants through May of FY2026, down ... Read More


azadpur to get 15-foot bronze Vajpayee statue

New Delhi, July 16 -- The Delhi Public Works Department (PWD) has floated a tender to install a 15-foot-tall bronze statue of former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee at the Azadpur roundabout, as p... Read More


Noida blaze: Narrow lanes hampered firefighting ops

NOIDA, July 16 -- As smoke billowed out of the multi-storey building in Mamura village, Noida, on Wednesday morning, firefighters grappled with the challenge posed by the narrow lanes of the locality.... Read More


Man dies while cleaning sewer in Noida village

Noida, July 16 -- A 28-year-old sanitation worker died on Tuesday after entering a sewer line during a cleaning operation being carried out by Noida Authority in Gejha village of Sector 93, police sai... Read More


PM to flag off country's first hydrogen train

New Delhi, July 16 -- India's first hydrogen-powered train will be flagged off by Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his visit to Haryana, Chandigarh and Punjab on Friday. The PM will first visit Jin... Read More


Geetanjali Shree's writer's block

India, July 16 -- The fridge in Geetanjali Shree's apartment in East Delhi's Patparganj is empty. In the bedroom cupboard, hangers hang empty. For more than two decades, this was the home the author s... Read More


traffic cop mowed down by speeding car

NEW DELHI, July 16 -- A 36-year-old Delhi Traffic Police head constable died on duty after a speeding car allegedly hit him on GT Karnal Road, at Singhu village cut near Delhi-Haryana border on Wednes... Read More


17-year-old kills self with father's rifle in tilak ngr

NEW DELHI, July 16 -- A 17-year-old boy died after reportedly shooting himself with his father's licensed rifle at his rented home in west Delhi's Tilak Nagar on Tuesday evening, police said. He was d... Read More