3/4th of India’s population at ‘high’ to ‘very high’ heat risk: CEEW study
New Delhi: About 57 per cent of Indian districts, home to 76 per cent of India’s total population, are currently at ‘high’ to ‘very high’ heat risk, according to a new study. According to the study published on Tuesday by Delhi-based climate and energy think-tank Council on Energy Environment and Water (CEEW), the 10 states […]
India saw six more days of dangerous heat for pregnant women each year in 2020-24 period: Study
New Delhi: India recorded an average of six additional days of dangerously high temperatures for pregnant women each year over the last five years, according to a new study published on Monday. The study by Climate Central, an independent group of scientists and communicators based in the US, said the number of such days had […]
Border dwellers devastated by Pakistani shelling demand shelter
Khour (Akhnoor): Devastated by intense artillery shelling from across the Line of Control, several border residents of hamlets in the Khour-Pargwal sector of the Jammu district are pleading for government help after losing their homes, livestock, and livelihoods. With homes damaged and livestock lost, they are now urging the government to provide immediate shelter – […]
Public concerns need redressal with sincerity and urgency: CM Omar
Meets several delegations at his Raabita Office in Srinagar SRINAGAR: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Friday listened to grievances and issues of public at the Chief Minister’s Outreach Office, Raabita in Srinagar. The programme witnessed participation of several public delegations, representatives and individuals from diverse sectors who apprised the Chief Minister of various pressing problems and […]
Govt develops AI voice chatbot to improve access to disability-related information
New Delhi: The government on Thursday launched a voice and WhatsApp-based AI-enabled chatbot aimed at improving access to disability-related information. The chatbot, being developed in collaboration with Sarvam AI, is designed to assist persons with disabilities (PwDs) by providing easier access to information on government schemes and initiatives. With voice and messaging capabilities, the tool […]
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 […]