A powerful Israeli airstrike targeted central Beirut early on Saturday, security sources said, shaking the Lebanese capital as Israel pressed its offensive against the Iran-backed Hezbollah group. At least four people were killed and 33 injured in the strike as Israeli warplanes hit an eight-storey residential building with five missiles located in the Basta region,…
Aboard the International Space Station, crew members are consuming soup prepared from their purified urine. Nasa astronauts Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams, who have been isolated in space since June, are sustaining themselves with recycled pee soup. The stranded astronauts on the ISS have expressed worries about their declining weight who are relying on soup…
Union Home Minister Amit Shah meets the team of ‘The Sabarmati Report’ film in New Delhi. (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: Home minister Amit Shah on Friday met the production team and cast of ‘The Sabarmati Report’ — a film based on the Godhra train burning incident of February 27, 2002 — and congratulated them “for…
ASHE 2024 Report: 79.5% of Enrolments in Andhra Pradesh’s Private Colleges, with Female Dominance in Vocational and Health Fields The state of Andhra Pradesh’s higher education system, as presented in the 12th edition of the Annual Status of Higher Education (ASHE) report, reflects a complex landscape marked by both substantial achievements and areas requiring further…
NEW DELHI: Chairperson of the JPC scrutinising the Waqf Bill, Jagdambika Pal, Thursday said the panel’s draft report is ready to be taken up for discussion in Parliament, even as opposition MPs in the committee demanded an extension of the Nov 29 deadline for more deliberations on the report.The joint parliamentary committee (JPC) has been…
Successive Israeli strikes pummelled Hezbollah’s south Beirut stronghold on Thursday as authorities said raids in eastern Lebanon killed 22 people, and Hezbollah claimed its deepest attack on Israel in more than a year of hostilities. Lebanon’s official National News Agency (NNA) reported at least 12 strikes, some of them “very violent”, on Beirut’s southern suburbs…
NEW DELHI: As much as 93% of Indian executives surveyed anticipate a rise in their cybersecurity budget next year, with 17% planning to raise their budgets by 15% or more, according to PwC India Digital Trust Insights 2025. Further, 42% of Indian business leaders are prioritising data protection and remediation in the aftermath of recent…
Nothing explains better that Canadians are going through a crisis than 25% of parents cutting back on their food intake to ensure their kids have enough to eat. Canadians are facing one of the worst crises over shelter, jobs and inflation. The extent of the pressure on Canadian households is revealed in a report by…
A general view of the Optus Stadium in Perth. (Getty Images) NEW DELHI: The much-anticipated Border-Gavaskar Trophy between India and Australia kicks off on Friday at the Optus Stadium in Perth. With both teams vying for crucial points to secure a spot in the ICC World Test Championship (WTC) final next year, the opening match…
A report analysing the actions and missteps of Bangladesh’s interim government has exposed Chief Advisor Muhammad Yunus-led regime, as it noted that “religious and ethnic minorities, and marginalised communities”, became the “victims of violence” during the first 100 days of the army-backed regime. The report by Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB), the Bangladesh branch of the…