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Mumbai, April 10 Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Friday directed officials to expedite the construction of the international memorial of Anna Bhau Sathe in Mumbai's Ghatkopar area, for which a provision of ₹332.62 crore has been approved.Chairing the 16th meeting of the Slum...

Beijing, April 9 China's Defence Ministry on Thursday denied reports that Chinese firms had provided satellite imagery and semiconductor chip manufacturing equipment to the Iranian military during the US-Israeli war against Iran.The Defence Ministry spokesperson, Zhang Xiaogang, stated that...

Jammu, April 9 – The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has raised serious concerns about the deteriorating condition of lakes in Jammu and Kashmir, revealing that over 74% of the 697 natural lakes in the region – specifically 518 lakes – have either disappeared or significantly shrunk since...

New Delhi, April 7 – Union Housing and Urban Affairs Minister Manohar Lal announced on Tuesday the regularisation of 1,511 “unauthorised colonies” on an “as is, where is” basis, providing a major relief to over 45 lakh migrant residents living in Delhi’s unauthorised colonies. This removes the...

New Delhi, April 7 The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has begun conducting aerial surveys to map and identify unauthorized colonies in Delhi under an integrated framework, which aims to regularize such areas on an "as is where is" basis and grant legal status to its residents.According...

New Delhi, April 7 – The Centre announced a new policy on Tuesday to regularize properties based on "as is where is" criteria in 1,511 unauthorized colonies in the national capital, requiring all buildings to obtain approval from the Delhi Municipal Corporation.This move will provide...

Amaravati, April 5 Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu said the state government will launch a 100-day special action plan on water conservation from Tadipatri in Anantapur district on Monday.The program, titled 'Water Security – Responsibility of Irrigation Associations', will...

Washington, April 5: Chinese firms are using artificial intelligence and open-source data to track US military movements during the Iran war, raising fresh concerns in Washington about emerging battlefield surveillance risks, a media report said.A growing number of Chinese private companies...

Seoul, April 2 – North Korea appears to be accelerating the construction of its third 5,000-tonne Choe Hyun-class destroyer, a South Korean lawmaker said on Thursday, as Pyongyang has been seeking to strengthen its naval power.North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has ordered the construction of...

Chandigarh, March 31 Haryana is fully prepared for the 2026-27 Rabi procurement season, which will begin on April 1 and continue until May 15, said Rajesh Nagar, Minister of State for Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs, on Tuesday.All markets in the state have been equipped with the...

Washington, March 12 More than 40 US senators have demanded answers from the Pentagon over the bombing of a girls’ school in Iran that reportedly killed at least 168 people, most of them children, during the opening phase of the Trump administration’s war against Iran.In a letter to Defence...

New Delhi, March 10 The Forest Survey of India (FSI), which is responsible for assessing and monitoring the country's forest cover, has not issued fortnightly alerts to states on deforestation activities since last October, according to official data.The last alert was issued in October 2025...

New Delhi, March 5 – Union Home Minister Amit Shah formally launched four digital tools and unveiled the mascots – "Pragati" (female) and "Vikas" (male) – for the upcoming Census-2027 on Thursday.The Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) developed advanced digital platforms to...

New Delhi, March 5 Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday formally launched four digital tools that will drive India's first fully digital census, with the first phase starting April 1.Shah launched the Houselisting Block Creator (HLBC) web application for digital mapping using satellite...

Islamabad, March 4 Pakistan targeted the famous Bagram airbase in Afghanistan as its operation was aimed at the Afghan Taliban over their alleged failure to stop terrorist attacks from their territory, media reports said on Wednesday.Pakistan launched Operation Ghazab lil Haq (Righteous Fury)...

Tehran, March 3 – The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) confirmed on Tuesday that entrance buildings at Iran's Natanz nuclear facility had sustained partial damage, following analysis of satellite images taken over the past two days that appear to show the impact of the ongoing...

New Delhi, March 3 An international group that works on disaster intelligence from space announced on Tuesday the launch of its deforestation monitoring solution, driven by a technology designed to provide law enforcement agencies and government officials with "near real-time visibility" into...

The White Knight Corps, based in Jammu, stated today that seven notorious terrorists were eliminated in a 326-day joint operation at high altitude in the Chatroo area of the Kishtwar district. According to a report by Akashvani Jammu, the White Knight Corps, in a post on X, described the...

Mumbai, February 18 Senior clinical scientist Soumya Swaminathan emphasized on Wednesday the urgent need for much better data on illnesses and deaths related to heat, warning that current figures only represent "the tip of the iceberg."Speaking at the Mumbai Climate Week, Swaminathan — former...

New Delhi, February 18 India must adopt AI-enabled systems responsibly, with institutionalized human control and clearly defined functions, which may be assisted and recommended by AI, Lt Gen Vipul Singhal, DCOAS (IS&T), said on Wednesday.With India emerging as a major military power with a...