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18-year-old Sheetal Devi scales new heights

India, Dec. 31 -- Sheetal Devi, the 18-year-old who in September became the first armless woman to win gold at the World Para Archery Championship, has become the first para-athlete from the country t... Read More


30-yr-old tied to pole, assaulted in Kerala: police

Palakkad (Kerala), Dec. 31 -- A 30-year-old man was allegedly assaulted after being tied to an electric pole in a public place over a financial feud in Thenari village of Palakkad district in Kerala, ... Read More


Bihar IAS officer held for graft reinstated in Board of Revenue

PATNA, Dec. 31 -- Controversial 1997-batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer Sanjeev Hans, who was in judicial custody after being accused in a multicrore corruption case, was posted as an a... Read More


Endangered deer population rises in Valley

Srinagar, Dec. 31 -- The population of the Jammu and Kashmir's royal stag, also known as Hangul, a critically endangered species of red deer endemic to the Kashmir Valley, has logged a significant gro... Read More


Artificial intelligence, innovation and a lot of second guessing

India, Dec. 31 -- Things moved fast in 2025. From artificial intelligence (AI) companies insisting - albeit, fallaciously - that AI agents can replace humans in the workplace, to a true arrival of ult... Read More


A World Less Predictable

India, Dec. 31 -- India's foreign policy firmament faced some of its strongest challenges in recent years in 2025, ranging from a four-day conflict with Pakistan to a rapid downturn in India-US relati... Read More


When Trump stunned the world with tariffs

India, Dec. 31 -- In April, US President Donald Trump stunned the world as he declared a US economic emergency and announced tariffs of at least 10% across all countries, with rates even higher for 60... Read More


in gaza, an Uneasy ceasefire holds

India, Dec. 31 -- More than two months after Israel and Hamas agreed to a ceasefire halting two years of devastating warfare in Gaza, most fighting has stopped. On October 9, Israel and Hamas signed a... Read More


Asim Munir appointed Field Marshal in Pak

India, Dec. 31 -- Following the military defeat in Operation Sindoor (May 7-10) against India, Pakistan surprised the world by promoting chief of army staff Asim Munir to the rank of field-marshal on ... Read More


Nobel peace prize for Venezuela Oppn leader

India, Dec. 31 -- Opposition leader Maria Corina Machado, 58, was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for her efforts to bring democracy to Venezuela and for challenging president Nicolas Maduro's autocrati... Read More