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The bitter truth: Sugar price go through the roof

India, Aug. 26 -- An unprecedented jump in retail prices of sugar is a reminder of how Govt inaction can quickly turn a price rise of an essential kitchen item into a national concern Sugar is not a ... Read More


Air turbulence more frequent and violent in warming planet

India, Aug. 26 -- Turbulence avoidance is an important topic for research, and there are enough studies on North Atlantic and North Pacific routes. The relatively bump-free air experiences in future w... Read More


AI: A doomsday scenario lurking in the future

India, Aug. 26 -- Global capital markets have committed an unprecedented volume of capital to AI infrastructure since 2023, intensifying through 2025-26 and drawing comparisons to railway mania and th... Read More


The Naxal war is over. The battle of ideas is not

India, Aug. 26 -- In April 2010, Dantewada in Chhattisgarh witnessed one of the deadliest Naxal attacks in Indian history, killing seventy-seven security personnel. The ambush involved IEDs, mortars, ... Read More


DGCA mulls year-round drug tests for pilots

India, Aug. 26 -- The Ministry of Civil Aviation is considering a proposal to subject all commercial pilots to random psychoactive substance testing throughout the year, as part of efforts to strength... Read More


Doval, Wang reopen border talks

India, Aug. 26 -- National Security Adviser Ajit Doval and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Tuesday opened a fresh round of high-level dialogue on the India-China boundary dispute, while also revie... Read More


Bihar students clash with police over BPSC exam

India, Aug. 26 -- Thousands of students fought a pitched battle with the Bihar police on Tuesday, hurling stones and braving water cannons and lathi-charge, upon being prevented from marching to the C... Read More


Lok Sabha Speaker issues notices to 20 rebel TMC MPs amid Supreme Court case

India, Aug. 26 -- Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla has issued notices to 20 rebel Trinamool Congress MPs on disqualification petitions filed against them, asking them to respond within seven days, hours aft... Read More


UN panel flags violence, discrimination against Dalits, tribal groups, Bengali-speaking Muslims in India

India, Aug. 26 -- A United Nations watchdog has said India must do more to protect tribal communities and disadvantaged castes from extrajudicial killings, torture and violence by law enforcement, and... Read More


15 newborns die in Islamabad hospital fire; one of 16 rescued

India, Aug. 26 -- At least 15 newborns died in a fire that broke out in the gynaecology ward of the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) on Wednesday, with only one of the 16 babies in the nu... Read More