Airspace to cyberspace: How India fought swarms of drones, wave of misinformation during conflict
New Delhi: During the four-day intense military confrontation, the Indian armed forces intercepted and neutralised swarms of Pakistani drones to push back aerial incursions, while teams of cyber warriors on ground countered digital intrusions and a wave of misinformation. In fact, even before India decimated nine terror camps in Pakistan-Occupied-Kashmir and Pakistan under Operation Sindoor […]
Senior designation: SC removes point-based assessment of lawyers
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued a new set of guidelines for grant of senior designation to advocates as it did away with the existing point-based assessment by the top court and high courts. A bench of Justices Abhay S Oka, Ujjal Bhuyan and S V N Bhatti said its experience in the […]
Steroids, protein powders behind alarming rise in hip damage among urban youth: Experts
New Delhi: Group of orthopaedic experts have raised a serious public health concern, stating the misuse of steroids and unregulated protein powders is severely damaging the hips of young gym-going individuals in their 20s. This warning came during the ‘Delhi Hip 360’ conference held in the national capital, where orthopaedic specialists highlighted the alarming rise […]
Operation Sindoor: IC 814 mastermind Yusuf Azhar killed on May 7 strike in Bahawalpur
New Delhi: Yusuf Azhar, one of the five terrorists killed when India struck the Jaish-e-Mohammed’s headquarters in Bahawalpur, was terror group chief Masood Azhar’s brother-in-law and one of the masterminds of the IC-814 hijacking in 1999, officials said. Yusuf, who was in his late 50s, had sneaked into India the year before hijacking in 1998 […]
CM Omar says escalation won’t benefit anyone
Urges Pakistan to focus on de-escalation Jammu: Warning Pakistan that continued escalation from across the border would only hurt them, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah called Thursday’s aerial strikes on Jammu one of the “most serious assaults” on the city since the 1971 war. He said that Pakistan should focus on de-escalation amid […]
Security beefed up across Delhi as armed conflict with Pakistan intensifies
New Delhi: Security was heightened across the national capital on Thursday with additional forces, including paramilitary personnel, being deployed at key installations. The security beef-up comes amid an armed conflict between India and Pakistan. The Pakistani military last night tried to target Awantipura, Srinagar, Jammu, Pathankot, Amritsar, Kapurthala, Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Adampur, Bhatinda, Chandigarh, Nal, Phalodi, […]
Operation Sindoor: World leaders call on India, Pak to exercise restraint, hope hostilities ‘end very quickly’
Washington/Moscow: World leaders, including UN chief Antonio Guterres and US President Donald Trump, on Wednesday called on India and Pakistan to exercise restraint and hoped that the hostilities would end “very quickly”. In retaliation against the Pahalgam terror attack, Indian armed forces early Wednesday carried out missile strikes on nine terror targets in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir […]
India’s human development continues to make progress, ranks 130 out of 193 countries
New Delhi: India continues its steady rise on the Human Development Index (HDI), ranking 130 out of 193 countries in the 2025 Human Development Report (HDR) released on Tuesday by the UN Development Programme. Between 2022 and 2023, India improved its HDI ranking from 133 to 130, and its HDI value increased from 0.676 in […]
‘Very disturbing’ courts not pronouncing verdicts after reserving orders: SC
Announces to lay down mandatory guidelines New Delhi: Frowning upon the Jharkhand High Court for not pronouncing verdicts after reserving them for years, the Supreme Court on Monday sought reports within a month from all high courts on cases where judgements have been reserved on or before January 31. A bench of Justices Surya Kant […]
Pahalgam attack- Intel agencies had flagged potential targeting of tourists in Srinagar’s outskirts: Officials
New Delhi/Srinagar: Days before the deadly terror attack in Pahalgam, intelligence agencies had flagged the potential targeting of tourists especially those staying in hotels on the outskirts of Srinagar in the foothills of the Zabarwan range, officials in the know said Saturday. This prompted a heightened security presence in these areas with top police brass […]
