An aerial view of damaged structures covered in thick mud and debris following the flash floods at Devighat in Nepal’s Nuwakot NEW DELHI: The Glacial Lake Outburst Flood (GLOF) disaster in Nepal Wednesday has renewed discussion on India’s own strategy and preparedness to mitigate such risk with the presence of approximately 200 high-risk glacial lakes…
FSSAI agrees to red hexagonal warning labels on junk food packages for high salt, sugar and fat content. NEW DELHI: Junk foods will soon carry warning labels highlighting high levels of salt, sugar and fat, with the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) telling Supreme Court on Friday that it has agreed to…
Ladakh LG welcomes President’s nod for High Court bench in UT, calls it historic step for easier access to justice. SRINAGAR: Ladakh’s Lieutenant Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena Friday hailed the decision to set up a bench of the High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh in the union territory.President Droupadi Murmu’s has given her…
Excavations for the second phase of the 2,000-year-old Buddhist site at Zehanpora in Baramulla to begin on Saturday ZEHANPORA (BARAMULLA): Excavations will begin Saturday on the second phase of Zehanpora, a Buddhist site in north Kashmir’s Baramulla. J&K chief secretary Atal Dullo will inaugurate the project.The presence of a 2,000-year-old Buddhist civilisation at the site…
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami revealed a series of initiatives aimed at empowering women NEW DELHI: Chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Raksha Bandhan announced a series of measures aimed at improving women’s safety, mobility and economic empowerment, including free travel in Roadways buses for women aged 60 years and above.The announcements were made…
NEW DELHI: Jammu and Kashmir National Conference’s estranged MP from Srinagar Aga Ruhullah Mehdi on Friday said he will resign from Parliament, accusing party chief Farooq Abdullah and the NC leadership of abandoning the fight for restoration of Article 370, despite securing a mandate on the issue in the 2024 Assembly elections.In a two-page letter…
UNCCD conference in Mongolia set the stage for enhanced global drought resilience with innovative initiatives. NEW DELHI: The seventeenth session of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) conference concluded in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, on Friday by presenting a new global architecture for drought resilience that will help countries bridge the gap between plans and…
NEW DELHI: Bharatiya Janata Party‘s Punjab unit disciplinary committee on Friday issued show-cause notices to three of its leaders for making statements about party’s internal affairs and organisational matters.The notices have been issued to former Sangrur district presidents Randeep Singh Deol, Maninder Singh Kapial and Jatinder Kalra.The disciplinary committee said that such conduct prima facie…
Home minister Amit Shah marked Raksha Bandhan by spending time with young girls battling Type 1 diabetes. NEW DELHI: Home minister Amit Shah celebrated Raksha Bandhan in Ahmedabad on Friday with local girls diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes.Sharing photographs of the girls — who hail from Gandhinagar, his Lok Sabha constituency — tying rakhi on…
Amit Malviya takes dig at Sonia Gandhi’s memoir NEW DELHI: BJP leader Amit Malviya on Friday took a dig at Congress leader Sonia Gandhi over Penguin Random House India’s decision to “fact-check her memoir”, questioning whether the exercise was meant to verify the author’s memories or address what he described as “the blurred line between…