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A dense layer of smog enveloped Delhi and surrounding regions of Noida, Ghaziabad, Gurugram and Faridabad on Wednesday morning. Delhi’s air quality index was in the ‘Severe’ category breaching the 400 mark, while that of Gurugram, Noida and Ghaziabad was in the ‘Poor’ category. Faridabad’s AQI, at 188, was ‘Moderate’. Visibility was poor as the […]

American forces on Tuesday carried out strikes against targets linked to an Iranian-backed militia in Syria in response to a rocket attack on Washington’s troops in the country, the US military said. The strikes targeted the group’s “weapons storage and logistics headquarters facility… in response to a rocket attack on US personnel,” the US Central […]

By-elections will be held on 31 assembly seats across 10 states and the Wayanad Lok Sabha seat of Kerala. Four of the assembly seats are reserved for Scheduled Castes and six for Scheduled Tribes. Elections will be held on seven seats in Rajasthan, six seats in West Bengal, five in Assam, four in Bihar, three […]

US President-elect Donald Trump announced that Elon Musk will lead the ‘Department of Government Efficiency’ alongside Vivek Ramaswamy. “Together, these two wonderful Americans will pave the way for my Administration to dismantle Government Bureaucracy, slash excess regulations, cut wasteful expenditures, and restructure Federal Agencies – Essential to the ‘Save America’ Movement,” Trump said. Donald Trump […]

Voting for the Jharkhand assembly elections phase 1 will be held today with 43 of the state’s 81 seats up for grabs. Polling is scheduled to begin around 7 am in 15 districts and will continue till 5 pm. While the ruling Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) has fielded 23 candidates, its allies Congress and Rashtriya […]

President-elect Donald Trump said on Tuesday he was nominating former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee as the next U.S. ambassador to Israel, tapping a staunchly pro-Israel conservative whose choice could signal future U.S. policy toward conflicts in the Middle East. An evangelical Christian, Huckabee has been a vocal supporter of Israel throughout his political career and […]

The US airman who admitted to leaking a trove of classified Pentagon documents was jailed for 15 years on Tuesday, US media reported. Jack Teixeira orchestrated the most damaging leak of classified information in a decade while serving as an IT specialist with the Massachusetts Air National Guard. He posted highly sensitive documents on the […]

Yemen’s Huthi rebels targeted two US destroyers with drones and missiles as they transited the Bab al-Mandab Strait, but the warships defeated the attacks, the Pentagon said Tuesday. The Huthis began striking ships in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden in November 2023, part of the region-wide fallout from Israel’s devastating war in Gaza, […]

Lebanon said Israeli strikes killed 33 people across the country on Tuesday, among them many who had been displaced by the intensified conflict between Israel and Hezbollah. The attacks targeted not only known Hezbollah strongholds such as the southern suburbs of Beirut, but also areas where the Iran-backed group has not traditionally had a presence. […]

Delhi’s air quality remained “very poor” for a 14th consecutive day on Tuesday, with an AQI reading of 334, as vehicular emission was the biggest contributor to the city’s pollution, accounting for 15.4 per cent. The Air Quality Index (AQI) has been in the “very poor” category since October 30, when it was recorded at […]

Archbishop of Canterbury resigns over Church abuse scandal The Archbishop of Canterbury has announced he will step down from his role following a damning report into a prolific child abuser associated with the Church of England. The review found that Justin Welby, 68, “could and should” have reported John Smyth’s abuse of boys and young […]

British writer Samantha Harvey won the Booker Prize for fiction on Tuesday (November 12, 2024) with “Orbital”, a short, wonder-filled novel set aboard the International Space Station. Ms. Harvey was awarded the 50,000-pound (₹64,000) prize for what she has called a “space pastoral” about six astronauts circling the Earth, which she began writing during COVID-19 […]