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India’s ambitious effort to restore the cheetah to its grasslands has reached another milestone. Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav on Friday announced the birth of a fourth cub to South African cheetah Gamini at Kuno National Park, pushing the country’s total cheetah population to 39. The development, confirmed through intensive monitoring by field and veterinary…
File photo: Army chief Upendra Dwivedi (Picture credit: ANI) NEW DELHI: Army chief General Upendra Dwivedi on Wednesday said Operation Sindoor is still ongoing, with the armed forces closely monitoring every move of the enemy, underlining India’s continued operational alertness following recent military action.Speaking at an investiture ceremony at the South Western Command in Jaipur,…
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel is closely monitoring escalating unrest in Iran and that he wishes peace and prosperity for the people of Iran. Describing the ongoing situation as “yoke of tyranny”, he said that Israel and the world respect the courage of protestors.In a video released by his office of the weekly…
NEW DELHI: The ministry of external affairs (MEA) on Friday said it is “closely monitoring” developments following a shooting in Minneapolis involving an US immigration and customs enforcement (ICE) agent, expressing concern in view of the large Indian community in the United States.“We are closely monitoring the developments in and around Minneapolis shooting. We are…
Currently, most instruments used in India for air pollution monitoring are imported NEW DELHI: Taking in what it called an important step towards environmental governance and reducing dependence on foreign certification systems, India has set up the world’s second National Environmental Standard Laboratory (NESL) here at the CSIR-National Physical Laboratory (NPL) that will develop testing…
Donald Trump & his national security team monitors strike (Image/X@WhiteHouse) The White House has released images showing US President Donald Trump and his national security team monitoring Operation Absolute Resolve, the US military mission in Venezuela that culminated in the capture of President Nicolás Maduro. The photographs, taken at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida, show…
File photo: Chief Justice of India Surya Kant CHANDIGARH: In a significant push for modernising the country’s prison ecosystem, CJI Surya Kant has advocated bold, tech-integrated reforms, ranging from digital-skills training to UK-style inmate-monitoring systems, aimed at transforming prisons from punitive spaces into “engines of reintegration”.Highlighting the need to align prison training with the “economy…
With the launch of Sentinel-6B, a new environmental monitoring satellite developed as part of a multibillion-dollar worldwide program, NASA has made a major advancement in its long-term climate monitoring mission. Launched in mid-November atop a SpaceX rocket, the satellite is expected to provide highly precise data on sea-level rise and atmospheric conditions, letting scientists follow…
Representative image (AI-generated) NEW DELHI: The government on Monday said that over the past five years, more than two lakh private companies have been closed in India.According to data provided by Minister of State for Corporate Affairs Harsh Malhotra in a written reply to the Lok Sabha, a total of 2,04,268 private companies were shut…
Scenes around the explosion area (AP) The United States on Monday said it is closely tracking developments following the car explosion near Delhi’s Red Fort Metro Station, which killed at least eight people and injured several others.“We are aware of the explosion near Red Fort in Delhi. We are closely monitoring the situation and stand…
