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Chhendipada: In a bizarre incident, a member of a Forest Department squad deployed near a village in Anugola district to drive away wild elephants had to climb a mango tree to save his life when a herd of marauding jumbos chased him, officials and residents...

Mumbai: As many as 31 students have been hospitalised after they fell ill following the consumption of lunch served at a school in Maharashtra's Chandrapur Tuesday, officials said. Students at Shri Ambru Naik Secondary Ashram School in Nagarala, located in the Jiwati Tehsil of Maharashtra's...

Washington: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has met US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and invited him to the economic and financial partnership meeting in Delhi later this year. Sitharaman met Bessent in Asheville, North Carolina, on the sidelines of the G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Lok Bhavan here has become the first Governor House in the country to receive the Indian Green Building Council (IGBC) Platinum certification under its Green Campus Rating System, marking a significant step towards sustainable and environment-friendly infrastructure, an official statement said Tuesday. Governor...

Kyiv/New York: An Indian national has been killed in a wave of intensified Russian attacks on Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelensky announced Tuesday. He said on X that the Indian was among 12 killed in drone and missile strikes on several targets across Ukraine in five...

London: Former British prime minister Keir Starmer Tuesday announced plans to step down as a member of Parliament from London to focus on "international affairs". Starmer, who resigned as Labour leader and PM to be succeeded at 10 Downing Street by Andy Burnham last month, had previously...

Mumbai: India's current account deficit widened to USD 4.2 billion, or 0.5 per cent of GDP, in the first quarter of the fiscal year from USD 3.4 billion a year ago, as the merchandise trade deficit rose sharply amid the West Asia conflict. According to...

New Delhi: In a historic milestone for the Indian Air Force, Air Vice Marshal Shakti Sharma has become the first woman officer (non-medical) in the country's armed forces to attain the rank of air vice marshal or equivalent, officials said Tuesday. She assumed the appointment...

Los Angeles: Hollywood actress Gal Gadot has hinted that she would not likely return as Wonder Woman if ever there’s a third movie in the franchise. The actress also defended her choice of working in a film fully mounted using AI. The actress recently appeared...

New Delhi: Centre Tuesday further tightened the stock holding limit for sugar dealers, cutting it from 4,000 quintals to 2,000 quintals, effective from September 15 to November 30, as it looked to rein in high retail prices of the sweetener. The stock holding limit of...