Home

Representative image (Picture credit: AP) In a sign of major escalation, Russia launched an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) from the Astrakhan region on Thursday morning against Ukraine, marking the first use of such a weapon in the 33-month-long war, according to Ukraine’s air force.The strike targeted enterprises and critical infrastructure in Dnipro, a central-eastern Ukrainian […]

Scandal-plagued Matt Gaetz, who was nominated by President-elect Donald Trump to be US attorney general, on Thursday pulled out of the confirmation process in an early setback for the incoming administration. Gaetz was one of Trump’s several eye-catching selections, including Fox News host Pete Hegseth as defense secretary, vaccine skeptic Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as […]

Even before the first votes are counted in Maharashtra, fissures have emerged within the ruling Mahayuti and the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) on who will head the next government with constituents in both camps laying claim over the chief minister’s post. After polling for the 288-member assembly ended on Wednesday evening, the ruling as […]

The Indian Cybercrime Coordination Centre (I4C) and Department of Telecommunication (DoT) have blocked at least 17,000 WhatsApp accounts used by cyber criminals from South East Asia, it was announced on Thursday. In a post on X social media platform, CyberDost, a cyber-safety handle maintained by the Ministry of Home Affairs, informed that it aims to […]

The International Criminal Court (ICC)’s move to issue arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and defence minister Yoav Gallant is a “dark moment” for the court, which acted “without authority” and set a “dangerous precedent”, Israel’s Ambassador to India Reuven Azar said on Thursday. In a statement, Mr Azar alleged the world court […]

IBPS PO Prelims 2024 Results: The Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) has announced the results of the IBPS PO Prelims 2024. Those who appeared for the Probationary Officer (PO) preliminary examination can check their results and scorecards by visiting the official website. The Prelims exam was conducted on October 19 and 20, 2024, and […]

Russia’s use of a new medium-range ballistic missile to strike Ukraine was a “worrying development,” the spokesman for UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Thursday. “This is yet another concerning and worrying development. All of this (is) going in the wrong direction,” said Stephane Dujarric, calling on all parties to de-escalate the conflict. He repeated UN […]

A draft text released early Thursday on a new climate finance package for the developing world was rejected by every single country signatory to the UN climate convention. The COP29 presidency, however, said the draft was far from final and invited countries to submit bridging proposals. The next version, due Thursday night, will be leaner […]

Delhi emerged as the most polluted city in India, recording an average PM2.5 level of 243.3 micrograms per cubic metre air, with pollution surging by 19.5 per cent in week-on-week increase, according to a report released on Thursday. According to the Air Quality Analysis Report by Respirer Living Sciences, which analysed PM2.5 levels across 281 […]

Actress Kasthuri was released from the Puzhal Central Prison here on Thursday, a day after she was granted conditional bail by a court in a case of alleged derogatory comment against Telugu speaking people. On her release from the prison, Kasthuri thanked all those who made her a ‘raging storm,’ an indirect reference to some […]

Union minister Nitin Gadkari on Thursday emphasised the need to embrace the philosophy of Buddha to promote peace and observed that the global situation seemed “on the verge of a world war”. Speaking at a function organised by the trust managing the UNESCO World Heritage Site at the Maha Bodhi Temple in Bihar’s Bodh Gaya, […]

Israel and its allies denounced the International Criminal Court’s decision to issue an arrest warrant Thursday for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, even as Turkey — and rights groups – welcomed the move. The court also issued warrants for Israel’s former defence minister as well as Hamas’s military chief Mohammed Deif. They were issued in […]