Pakistan was the seventh most-affected country in the world for civilian casualties resulting from explosive weapons in 2024, recording 790 civilian casualties, including 210 deaths, according to a new report that highlights the alarming state of civilian safety in the country. Although the total number of civilian casualties in 2024 represented a nine per cent…
India, the world’s fifth largest economy, also has the seventh highest gold reserves globally. (AI image) Today is Akshaya Tritiya and buying gold is considered auspicious. But did you know that gold is considered a safe haven asset – not just by individuals but also central banks. Which explains why central banks around the world…
NEW DELHI: An 18-year-old NEET aspirant Ankush Meena was found hanging in his PG room in Kota on Tuesday. The student, Ankush Meena, had been preparing for NEET-UG in Kota for over a year and a half and lived in his PG room in Pratap Nagar.Circle inspector at Dadabari police Station Menge Lal Yadav said…
Times of India Sports Awards NEW DELHI: Lucknow will play host to India’s top sports champions at the Times of India Sports Awards (TOISA) on February 22, 2025.Honouring top Indian athletes and their indomitable spirit, TOISA returns to the glorious city of Nawabs to shine the spotlight on the champions who brought pride to the…
LUCKNOW: Resident of Vikasnagar, Amritanshi Pandey has topped the 7th batch of BSc nursing undergraduate course from the College of Nursing, Command Hospital, Central Command, Lucknow. She was commissioned as lieutenant alongside 39 fellow cadets on Saturday into military nursing service, following a passing out parade at Officer Training College drill square of AMC Centre…
When Aleksandr G. Lukashenko last ran for president of Belarus, the former Soviet republic he has led since 1994, he faced an unusual phenomenon: rival candidates who actually tried to win. His eventual victory in that election, in 2020, widely regarded as fraudulent, was met with nationwide protests, a subsequent brutal crackdown supported by Russia…
SpaceX’s mega rocket Starship launches for a test flight from Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas (AP photo) SpaceX‘s latest Starship rocket test flight on Thursday ended with the spacecraft’s destruction, despite a successful booster catch at the launch pad. The company reported that the spacecraft’s six engines appeared to fail sequentially, with communication lost approximately…
The seventh test flight of SpaceX’s Starship rocket failed on Thursday as the vehicle’s upper stage suffered a catastrophic malfunction, disappearing as it headed upward to space. SpaceX was able to achieve some success by repeating the feat of catching the gargantuan Super Heavy booster back at the launchpad. But data indicated that some of…
A volcano in southwestern Iceland, dormant for eight centuries before roaring back to life, has now erupted for the seventh time since December, sending molten lava flowing towards the Blue Lagoon spa, a popular tourist attraction. Molten lava has been spilling onto roads, cutting off access and creeping dangerously close to nearby homes. The fiery…