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IIT-Delhi reconstitutes committee to probe MSc student's suicide, protest enters 4th day

New Delhi, Aug. 27 -- The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi has reconstituted the external probe panel set up to examine the circumstances surrounding the death of a student, with retired De... Read More


AI can augment reasoning but cannot substitute judicial conscience: CJI Surya Kant

New Delhi, Aug. 27 -- Chief Justice of India Surya Kant on Wednesday said the judiciary's governing principle is that artificial intelligence may augment judicial reasoning, but it cannot substitute j... Read More


Gr Noida: Woman held after guard abuse video

Greater Noida, Aug. 27 -- A woman was arrested on Thursday after a purported video showing her allegedly abusing, threatening and attempting to assault private security guards at a housing society in ... Read More


Stray dog attacks 3-yr-old

New Delhi, Aug. 27 -- A three-year-old girl was attacked and allegedly bitten by a stray dog in Delhi's Shalimar Bagh on August 25, with CCTV footage showing the canine lunging at her near a parked ca... Read More


India sends more relief supplies to flood-hit Nepal

New Delhi, Aug. 27 -- India on Thursday sent a second tranche of relief supplies in a military transport aircraft to flood-ravaged Nepal. New Delhi on Wednesday dispatched 10 tonnes of HADR (Humanitar... Read More


Why Nepal is so vulnerable to disasters: Melting glaciers, unstable lakes and shifting tectonic plates

Kathmandu, Aug. 27 -- Nepal's devastating flash floods on August 26 were the result of several factors that make the Himalayan nation particularly vulnerable to natural disasters. The country's exposu... Read More


Not earthquake, but 'glacier collapse' caused Nepal flash floods: US Monitor

Washington, Aug. 27 -- The Nepal flash floods were triggered by a glacial collapse and not by a 4.4 magnitude earthquake as reported earlier, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said. The USGS said additi... Read More


Relocate Hathras gang-rape victim's family in Ghaziabad or Noida within 3 months: Allahabad HC directs UP govt

Lucknow, Aug. 26 -- Expressing strong displeasure over the Uttar Pradesh government's non-compliance of its earlier directions, the Allahabad High Court has directed it to rehabilitate and relocate th... Read More


Sukesh Chandrasekhar convicted for impersonating Supreme Court judge to secure bail

New Delhi, Aug. 26 -- A Delhi court has convicted conman Sukesh Chandrasekhar for impersonating a sitting Supreme Court judge and attempting to influence a judicial officer into granting him bail. Chi... Read More


DRDO successfully tests combat parachute system at 22,000 feet in Ladakh

New Delhi, Aug. 26 -- The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) on Wednesday successfully conducted a high-altitude trial of its indigenous Military Combat Parachute System (MCPS) at th... Read More