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By: Mallica JoshiNEW DELHI: How did Beijing go from being the ‘smog capital of the world’ to footnotes in research papers on tackling air pollution? China has lessons for India.In a series of posts on X, spokesperson of the Chinese embassy in India, Yu Jing laid out the path that Beijing followed to drastically improve…

According to market experts, the overall sentiment continues to be weak. (AI image) Stock market today: Indian equity benchmark indices, Nifty50 and BSE Sensex, opened in red in trade on Thursday. While Nifty50 was below 25,800, BSE Sensex was down around 150 points. At 9:16 AM, Nifty50 was trading at 25,784.80, down 34 points or…

US President Donald Trump on Wednesday (local time) addressed the nation, outlining what he described as major achievements on foreign policy, the economy, border security and domestic governance during his presidency. The 47th POTUS began his address by lashing out at his predecessor, Joe Biden for what he called the “worst” border crisis in US…

HYDERABAD: Officers with Telangana police’s intelligence wing said on Wednesday that Sydney terror accused Sajid Akram had been trying to get Australian citizenship for many years but, for reasons unknown to his family, did not succeed.‘“What we know is that Sajid renewed his Indian passport last in 2022 and did not visit Pakistan. Australian Security…

Director Aditya Dhar’s spy action thriller ‘Dhurandhar’, starring Ranveer Singh and Akshaye Khanna, continues its historic run at the box office despite registering its first noticeable drop in collections. Nearing the end of its second week in theatres, the film has already rewritten several records and stands among the biggest Hindi successes of 2025.Dhurandhar Movie…

A hero cop or Detective Senior Constable Cesar “Cess” Barraza shot dead Bondi Beach shooter Sajid Akram during last week’s deadly attack on Sydney’s Jewish community. He was wearing a standard detective uniform of shirt and tie. Barraza fired at the suspects from roughly 130 feet, or 40 metres, using only a handgun. His second…

US President Donald Trump is set to deliver a televised address to the nation Wednesday, outlining plans to strengthen America amid declining popularity over economic concerns. Trump previewed his speech to reporters, saying, “The message this evening is we inherited a mess, and we’ve done a great job, and we continue to, and our country…

NEW DELHI: After a nine-year gap, the central govt has launched a fresh National Mental Health Survey to assess the scale of mental illness across India, expanding its coverage to all states and UTs for the first time since the Covid-19 pandemic. National Mental Health Survey-2 (NMHS-2), being conducted by the National Institute of Mental…

Nagpur: Comptroller and Auditor General of India Sanjay Murthy on Wednesday flagged serious gaps in the direct benefit transfer (DBT) system, stating that thousands of crores of rupees were flowing into beneficiary accounts without mandatory checks due to weak data integration and siloed functioning within departments.“There are significant gaps in the level of checks to…

At the ‘Raja Saab’ song launch in Hyderabad, actress Nidhhi Agerwal experienced an intense moment when an enthusiastic crowd of fans overwhelmed her during her departure. Footage reveals her distress as she attempts to navigate through the throng, leaving many viewers outraged over the excessive adoration and the lack of proper crowd control by the…