Mr Jaishankar also met David Cameron hours after he was appointed the foreign secretary. London: The free trade agreement (FTA) is very much the focus of the India-UK relationship today and India is hopeful of finding a “landing point” in the negotiations that works for both sides, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has said. At […]
The retirement age for Supreme Court judges is 65 years. New Delhi: Judges must retire so the succeeding generations point out errors of the past and rejig legal principles for society to evolve, Chief Justice DY Chandrachud said on Saturday. Sharing his perspective on the retirement age of judges at the Hindustan Times Leadership Summit […]
Aquifers play a crucial role in mitigating agricultural losses caused by drought. New Delhi: Some areas in the Indo-Gangetic basin in India have already passed the groundwater depletion tipping point and its entire northwestern region is predicted to experience critically low groundwater availability by 2025, according to a new report by the United Nations. Titled […]
Mr Singh said Pakistan is using drones to ferry narcotics material into J&K. Jammu: A major inter-state drug racket has been busted, leading to the arrest of eight people and seizure of nearly Rs 5 crore in cash and illegal substances, Jammu and Kashmir Director General of Police Dilbag Singh said on Thursday. Addressing a […]
About two-thirds of those crossing into El Paso currently are single men. The surge of migrants crossing the US border from Mexico has pushed the city of El Paso, Texas, to “a breaking point,” with more than 2,000 people per day seeking asylum, exceeding shelter capacity and straining resources, its mayor said Saturday. “The city […]
Aditya L1 will observe the solar corona from a remote location After successfully landing Chandrayaan-3 near the south pole of the Moon, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is all set to launch its first space-based solar mission Aditya L1, on September 2, at 11:50 a.m. from the Sriharikota space centre. Aditya L1 will observe […]
ISRO shared the Pragyan rover video on social media platform X. New Delhi: The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Saturday released a video showing the Pragyan rover roaming around Shiv Shakti point, the touchdown site of lander Vikram, on the lunar surface. Taking to social media platform X, formerly called Twitter, ISRO said, “Pragyan […]
Bengaluru: The spot on the Moon where Chandrayaan-3’s lander Vikram touched down will be known as ‘Shiv Shakti Point’, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced today while addressing the scientists of ISRO in Bengaluru. PM Modi’s big announcement came at the ISRO Telemetry Tracking and Command Network (ISTRAC) in Bengaluru where he arrived today to greet […]
The 40-year-old royal also shared insight into his public housing campaign The Prince of Wales has admitted that “it’s hard sometimes” for the public to see the point of the Royal Family. Prince William in an interview with The Sunday Times talked about his plans to end homelessness in the United Kingdom. He shed light […]
Moscow, Russia: Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday at Moscow’s Red Square Victory Day parade that the world was at a “turning point” and claimed a “war” had been unleashed against Russia. “Today civilisation is again at a decisive turning point,” Putin said at the parade, which included elderly veterans and soldiers from Russia’s […]
