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Parandur Airport Project Scrapped by TVK-Led Tamil Nadu Government After Farmer Opposition
The Tamil Nadu government led by the Tamizhaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) formally abandoned the proposed Parandur greenfield airport project in August 2026, ending a…
Scientists Deploy Underwear as Soil Health Indicators in Swiss Citizen Science Project
Scientists Deploy Underwear as Soil Health Indicators in Swiss Citizen Science Project In an unconventional experiment that combined scientific rigor with participatory research, more…
Human Presence Reshapes Wildlife Movement as Strongly as Built Infrastructure, Global Tracking Study Finds
A sweeping multi-continent study tracking more than 4,500 individual animals across diverse ecosystems has documented a finding that challenges conventional assumptions about what constitutes…
Detroit Despairs as 'Insanity' of Trump's Canada Trade War Punishes City
Every day, roughly $1 billion worth of goods crosses the Detroit River, the waterway that separates Detroit, Michigan, from Windsor, Ontario. The flow of…
UK Petrol Prices Hit Highest Level Since 2022 as Bank Holiday Getaway Approaches
Motorists across the United Kingdom are facing the highest average petrol prices in nearly four years, with the cost of filling up climbing sharply…
What could Meta's US settlement mean around the world – and what now for other claims against firm?
Meta's agreement to settle a prominent United States lawsuit has set off ripples across the global legal landscape, with legal observers, regulators, and plaintiffs…
Sensex Flash Crash: 2,200-Point Plunge in Five Minutes Highlights Risks of India's Closing Auction Session
Mumbai's benchmark Sensex experienced one of its most dramatic intraday collapses on Thursday, shedding more than 2,200 points in a five-minute window during the…
Kerala Bus Overturns at Petrol Pump After Driver Swerves to Avoid Two-Wheeler, 20 Injured
A tourist bus carrying wedding guests overturned at a fuel station in Kakkoor, Kerala, on Wednesday after the driver attempted to evade an oncoming…
Sonal Dinusha Scripts History vs India, Breaks Root's All-Time Sweeping Record
Sonal Dinusha produced a record-breaking batting display that will be remembered as one of the defining moments of the series, remaining unbeaten on 133…
Tamil Nadu Notifies Three New Elephant Corridors to Enable Trans-Cauvery Migration
The Tamil Nadu government has formally notified three new elephant corridors in the Hosur Forest Division, a move conservationists are calling a significant step…
Kerala Home Minister Directs Crime Branch to Investigate Claims Fugitive Sukumara Kurup Alive in Brunei
Kerala Home Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has ordered a formal investigation into unverified reports that Sukumara Kurup, one of India's most long-standing fugitives and the…
Bengaluru Police Inspector Killed in Madhya Pradesh Road Accident While Pursuing Cybercrime Lead
Bengaluru A police inspector from Bengaluru died in a road accident in Madhya Pradesh on Monday while traveling as part of a team pursuing…
Nepal Flash Floods: Software Engineer From Andhra Pradesh's Kuppam Missing, Family Appeals for Government Assistance
A software engineer from Kuppam in Andhra Pradesh's Chittoor district has been reported missing following devastating flash floods in Nepal, with his family publicly…
Meta Executive Sandhya Devanathan Departs for OpenAI Amid Scrutiny of Social Media Giant in India
Sandhya Devanathan, a senior Meta executive overseeing the company's India operations, is leaving to join OpenAI in a role covering Southeast Asia and Australia,…
In taking Syria off state sponsor of terrorism list, US is putting its faith in al-Qaida alumni – that presents risks and opportunities
The United States announced yesterday that Syria has been removed from its list of state sponsors of terrorism, a decision that has sparked intense…
Six Months Into US-Iran Conflict, International Legal Experts Press for War Crimes Accountability Mechanisms
International law experts are urging the creation of accountability frameworks as the armed confrontation between the United States and Iran reaches its six‑month mark,…
DRC Begins Vaccinating Front-Line Healthcare Workers Against Ebola
The Democratic Republic of the Congo has launched a vaccination campaign targeting front-line healthcare workers against Ebola, marking a critical step in the country's…
New Israeli Roadblocks Entrench Siege of Homes in West Bank's Qusra
Residents of the Palestinian village of Qusra in the occupied West Bank are confronting the installation of three new metal gates encircling sections of…
Delhi-Meerut Expressway Crawls for Hours as Raksha Bandhan Traffic Hits NCR
The Delhi-Meerut Expressway became a near-stationary river of vehicles on Friday as the annual Raksha Bandhan travel rush pushed one of the National Capital…
Nepal Flood Surge Sweeps Bodies 200km Downstream, Three Recovered in Uttar Pradesh
A catastrophic flood surge triggered by a glacial collapse in Nepal's Himalayan region has carried human remains approximately 200 kilometers downstream into India, with…
Silent Reading Protest in Ahmedabad Disrupted by Hindu Nationalist Group, Multiple Injured
A silent reading protest in the Vastrapur area of Ahmedabad was disrupted on Tuesday by members of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP), leaving between…
Can India Build a Strategic Fuel System?
India is moving to expand its strategic reserves of crude oil, liquefied natural gas (LNG) and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), part of a long-debated…
India, Canada Reaffirm Trade Deal Deadline at Inaugural Finance Ministers' Dialogue
India and Canada have reaffirmed their shared goal of completing a bilateral trade agreement by the end of 2026, according to a joint statement…
Assam Initiates Plan to Streamline Agarwood Industry
The Assam government has announced a comprehensive plan to reform the agarwood sector, proposing measures aimed at simplifying regulatory processes, strengthening cultivation and processing…