Tokyo, Dec. 26 -- Japan's draft defense budget was set at a record 9.04 trillion yen (about 58 billion U.S. dollars) for fiscal 2026, local media reported Friday. The figure exceeds the then record in... Read More
Srinagar, Dec. 26 -- After a biting sub-zero night, minimum temperatures recorded a marginal rise at several places in Kashmir on Friday, officials said. Srinagar recorded a low of 0.2degC, a sharp i... Read More
Kolkata, Dec. 26 -- With Kolkata and large parts of West Bengal experiencing an intense cold spell as temperatures in the last few days of the year, the mercury dipped to from 13 degrees Celsius on Ch... Read More
Hanoi, Dec. 26 -- Vietnam will implement a scoring-based evaluation system for civil servants starting in 2026, under a newly issued decree, local newspaper Tuoi Tre reported on Friday. According to ... Read More
Shimla, Dec. 26 -- The All India Congress Committee (AICC) on Thursday lashed out at Himachal Pradesh's seven BJP MPs for their "studied silence" over the union Government's decision to slash import d... Read More
Shimla, Dec. 26 -- Himachal Pradesh High Court has directed the Indian Army to ensure that casual paid labourers engaged by the Border Road Organisation are provided adequate winter clothing, basic am... Read More
Urumqi, Dec. 26 -- The 22.13-km Tianshan Shengli Tunnel, the world's longest expressway tunnel, officially opened to traffic on Friday. Traversing the central Tianshan Mountains in northwest China's ... Read More
New Delhi, Dec. 26 -- : After a short respite earlier this week, Delhi's air quality worsened again on Friday, slipping back into the 'poor' category as vehicle emissions and pollution drifting in fro... Read More
New Delhi, Dec. 26 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday paid a poignant tribute to the courage and sacrifice of the Sahibzades, the young sons of the tenth Sikh Guru, Sri Guru Gobind Singh Ji, ma... Read More
Srinagar, Dec. 26 -- Kashmir's moderate separatist leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq has removed his designation as Chairman of the All Parties Hurriyat Conference from his X profile. Mirwaiz, who is also t... Read More