Canberra: A senior Australian government minister has urged Israel to abide by an order from the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to halt its military offensive in southern Gaza. On Friday, the ICJ, the top court of the UN, ordered Israel to immediately halt its military assault on the southern Gaza city of Rafah and open the...

Young climate activist Sanju Soman, among the top climate leaders of the country, is credited with building the first ‘model wetland village’ in his home state Kerala. He has also launched Sustera Foundation, an NGO with the aim of training youngsters in climate action, capacity building of local self-government institutions, and supporting climate entrepreneurs. Sanju was in...

Bhubaneswar: The Bakul Foundation library Friday hosted Rooting for Resilience, a transformative event here on its premises to create awareness about job opportunities available in climate sector, a segment expected to generate approximately 3.7 million jobs in the country by 2030. This event was a collaborative effort by the Bakul Foundation, Youth for Water, IYCN, ASAR and...

New Delhi: Actress Esha Gupta Saturday exercised her voting rights during the sixth phase of the Lok Sabha elections 2024. Esha took to her Instagram stories and shared a picture of herself posing with her mother and displaying their inked fingers. In the image, Esha added a “Vote” sticker and captioned it: “Cmon Delhi… Cast your vote...

Kolkata/ Bhubaneswar: A deep depression over the Bay of Bengal is likely to concentrate into a cyclonic storm by Saturday evening and make landfall May 26 night along the adjoining coasts of West Bengal and Bangladesh, the Met office said. The cyclone is likely to make landfall with a wind speed of 110-120 km per hour, gusting...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha recorded 21.30 per cent voter turnout till 11am in six Lok Sabha constituencies and 42 Assembly segments Saturday, officials said. Voting started at 7am in Sambalpur, Keonjhar, Dhenkanal, Cuttack, Bhubaneswar and Puri parliamentary constituencies along with 42 Assembly segments within the jurisdiction of these Lok Sabha seats. Odisha's Chief Electoral Officer NB Dhal said voting...

Mumbai: Hindi film star Sanjay Dutt remembered his father, the late iconic star Sunil Dutt, on his 19th death anniversary Saturday, expressing that he holds onto his memories and love. Sanjay took to Instagram and shared some pictures with his father, including a still from their 2003 film 'Munna Bhai M.B.B.S.'. The Torbaaz actor captioned the image:...

Sydney: More than 300 people were buried after a massive landslide hit a remote region in northern Papua New Guinea (PNG), local media reported. Aimos Akem, a member of parliament for the Lagaip open electorate in Enga province, confirmed to the PNG Post-Courier that the landslide buried more than 300 people and 1,182 houses in Maip Muritaka...

Mumbai: Hindi film divas Kareena Kapoor Khan and Malaika Arora wished their best friend, "sexy boy" Karan Johar, on his 51st birthday Saturday and said that there is no one like him. Kareena first shared a picture of Karan enjoying a sandwich and wrote: "On your birthday, I'm giving you two tickets to Legoland. You and me......

New Delhi: Voting commenced for 58 constituencies in six states and two Union territories, including all the seven seats in Delhi, in the sixth phase of the Lok Sabha elections Saturday. Besides the national capital, polling is underway in 14 constituencies in Uttar Pradesh, all 10 seats in Haryana, eight seats each in Bihar and West Bengal,...