Climate disasters killed 80,000, hit 1.3 billion in India since 1995: Report
New Delhi: India ranks ninth globally among countries most impacted by climate disasters over the past three decades, with nearly 430 extreme weather events killing more than 80,000 people, according to a new report. The Climate Risk Index (CRI) 2026 released by the environment think tank Germanwatch at COP30 in Belem, Brazil, on Tuesday said […]
India logged highest number of TB cases in 2024: WHO report
New Delhi: India accounted for the highest number of TB cases in 2024, followed by Indonesia, the Philippines, China, and Pakistan, said the WHO Global Tuberculosis Report 2025, as it called for increased funding to eradicate the disease. Geographically, most people who developed TB in 2024 were in the WHO regions of South-East Asia (34 […]
Delhi blast: Shiv Sena (UBT), Bajrang Dal stage anti-Pakistan protest in Jammu
Jammu: Activists affiliated with the Shiv Sena (UBT) and Rashtriya Bajrang Dal on Wednesday staged separate anti-Pakistan protests here and demanded stern action against the culprits behind the recent Delhi car bomb blast. The protests at Indira Chowk and outside the Jammu bus stand concluded peacefully, as the participants shouted slogans and burnt effigies of […]
Absconder held 26 years after rash driving case in Jammu
Jammu: A man, who had been absconding for 26 years in a case of rash driving allegedly resulting in the death of a person, was arrested by the Jammu police following his deportation from the United Kingdom to India, officials said on Wednesday. The accused, identified as Naveen Kousha, a resident of Ropar in Punjab, […]
Conspirators behind Delhi blast will not be spared: PM Modi
Thimphu: The conspirators behind the Delhi car blast will not be spared as the probe agencies investigating it will get to the bottom of the case to bring those responsible for it to justice, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Tuesday. In an address at an event at Changlimethang Stadium to mark the 70th birth […]
Hunt down every culprit involved in Delhi blast: HM Shah To Security Agencies
New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday instructed the security agencies to hunt down each and every culprit behind the Delhi blast that claimed 12 lives. He said everyone involved will face the full wrath of security agencies. Shah said this after chairing two subsequent security review meetings which were held in the […]