[ad_1] NEW DELHI: India has improved its global rank to ninth in terms of forest area as compared to 10th in the previous assessment, and maintained its third position in terms of annual net gain, showed the latest Global Forest Resource Assessment (GFRA) report.Released every five years by UN’s Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), the…
[ad_1] KOTTAYAM: The wheels of a helicopter carrying President Droupadi Murmu to Sabarimala got stuck in a depression on a helipad at Rajiv Gandhi Indoor Stadium in Pramadam, Pathanamthitta, when it landed on Wednesday morning. The helipad was reportedly concreted late Tuesday night.A video of the chopper being pushed by police and fire services personnel…
[ad_1] NEW DELHI: India may soon adopt stricter rules for power banks on board aircraft following recent instances worldwide, including one in the country, of lithium-ion batteries catching fire.On Sunday, a passenger’s power bank caught fire on a Dimapur-bound IndiGo flight when the aircraft was taxiing at Delhi airport. Now, Directorate General of Civil Aviation…
[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Representatives from Ladakh on Wednesday resumed dialogue with the Centre after a five-month hiatus, reiterating their general demands like statehood, Sixth Schedule status, and constitutional safeguards for their land, culture and language besides seeking the release of detainees of Sept 24 violence, including activist Sonam Wangchuk, reports Bharti Jain.Sources in the Centre…
[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Behind the cold steel bars, a surprisingly plush interior awaits one of India’s most wanted fugitives. Photographs presented by India to Belgium to secure Mehul Choksi’s extradition reveal a dwelling place that’s more akin to a boutique hotel room than a jail cell. The gleaming bathroom and tiled area are a far…
[ad_1] NEW DELHI: A staggered pan-India special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls will get underway within four-five days, with each phase likely to be spread over three months, on the lines of the one completed in Bihar. The last intensive revision of the roll was undertaken over two decades ago.Sources indicated that the nationwide…
[ad_1] SRINAGAR: Congress skipped alliance MLAs’ meeting convened by National Conference (NC) chief Farooq Abdullah in Srinagar Wednesday to discuss key legislative issues on the eve of the J&K assembly session.“The way NC has treated us has shaken our trust in the alliance. After a long meeting today, we have written to the party high…
[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Concerned over the growing threat from AI-generated synthetic content and deepfakes, govt is considering amendments to the IT law to fix greater accountability on top social media platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, Google, YouTube and X against potential misinformation while also looking to mandate labelling and prominent markers for easier identification by…
[ad_1] Union agriculture minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan (PTI) NEW DELHI: Seeking government’s intervention at multilateral forum to protect India’s sovereign rights over its genetic resources, a group of scientists/experts on Wednesday wrote to Union agriculture minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan urging him to mobilise the Global South to jointly demand a “fair and equitable” share of…
[ad_1] NEW DELHI: A 26-year-old woman in Dehradun died after doctors allegedly left a bandage inside her abdomen during childbirth at a private hospital, officials said on Wednesday.A four-member committee headed by Chief Medical Officer Manoj Sharma has been constituted to probe the case. The inquiry was ordered after the woman’s husband, Prajjwal Pal, filed…