Spain pulls ambassador from India amid probe into concerts, €18K payment to singer, book events Spain’s foreign ministry is replacing its ambassador to India, Juan Antonio March, following a series of reports by Spanish outlet The Objective detailing cultural events and spending arranged without the ministry’s knowledge, according to the publication.The Objective reported that the…
An insect outbreak has left Siberia’s forests dead while also transforming the region into a tinderbox where wildfires are now spreading beyond human control. The trees burning across Krasnoyarsk this year were, in a lot of cases, already dead. Not from the fire or the drought, but because of a small moth.Dendrolimus sibiricus, the Siberian…
NEW DELHI: The Delhi State Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corporation (DSIIDC) left 81.42 acres of land in southwest Delhi’s Baprola unused for more than 17 years, resulting in unfruitful expenditure of Rs 29.45 crore, the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has pointed out.The CAG report, tabled by Chief Minister Rekha Gupta in the Delhi Assembly…
Rahul Gandhi addresses the gathering during the ‘Chhatron Ki Goonj’ program, in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh. NEW DELHI: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday described India’s youth as the country’s biggest strength, but said a lack of jobs, expensive education, paper leaks, poor access to credit and the growing use of AI were holding them back.Speaking…
The government said that the overwhelming majority of merchant transactions on UPI will continue to remain free. Will your UPI transactions soon be chargeable? That’s the question on the minds of users since a bill cleared Lok Sabha allowing banks to charge merchants with a fee. However, the government has clarified that Unified Payments Interface…
“Green Boots,” the climber India is bringing home. Image Credits: Wikimedia Commons The body of an Indian climber believed to have become the mountaineering world’s infamous “Green Boots” could finally be brought down from Mount Everest, three decades after he died while descending from the summit.India is preparing a high-altitude recovery mission to retrieve the…
File photo: Vinayak Damodar Savarkar NEW DELHI: A political row has erupted in Kerala over a school quiz question that described Hindutva ideologue Vinayak Damodar Savarkar as the freedom fighter who received the “most severe punishment” from the British, prompting general education minister N Samsudheen to order an inquiry.The “Freedom Quiz” was conducted on August…
BBC traced former Syrian intelligence chief Hussam Luka, accused of involvement in the 2015 “Children’s Massacre” and other abuses, to Moscow. Former Syrian intelligence chief Hussam Luka, one of the most powerful security officials under ousted president Bashar al-Assad, has been traced to Moscow after the BBC followed a trail of contacts found in his…
Chadha’s post on X after meeting NEW DELHI: AAP turncoat and now BJP leader Raghav Chadha on Saturday shared pictures of his meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, calling it as a “detailed and enriching interaction”.His remarks came in an X post featuring his first pictures with PM Modi since he joined the BJP months…
Mayawati slams Akhilesh over his PDA’s ‘pandit’ twist NEW DELHI: BSP supremo Mayawati on Saturday launched a sharp attack on the Samajwadi Party, accusing it of changing its political position for electoral gains after SP chief Akhilesh Yadav gave a new interpretation to the party’s PDA formula.BSP chief Mayawati alleged that the SP was now…
