SAO PAULO: Brazilian officials on Thursday announced a sharp drop in deforestation rates, pushing back on one of the arguments that the Trump administration used last week to justify additional tariffs on the South American country.In May, Amazon deforestation was 61.4% lower than in the same month in 2025, according to officials from the National…
Ponda: Plans for IIT Goa’s permanent campus were stalled at six different sites—mostly due to local protests—and it appeared the saga would finally end with the selection of Farmagudi. However, new protests erupted on Sunday as a large group of locals gathered near the Katamgal Dada shrine on the plateau to raise slogans against the…
New Delhi: Three schoolchildren fell into an overflowing drain amid severe waterlogging in north Delhi’s Jagatpur on Thursday. They were immediately rescued by locals.CCTV footage of the incident, which shows the children in school uniform, later surfaced on social media.The 41-second clip, dated Aug 6 and timestamped around 12.47 pm, shows a road completely submerged…
IIT Roorkee student scores perfect 50 in TERI GO4Youth Online Olympiad 2026 NEW DELHI: The Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee (IIT Roorkee) has congratulated its student, Ravneet Singh, for being declared the “Top Performer – State/UT” for Uttarakhand in the TERI GO4Youth Online Olympiad 2026. The recognition was announced following his performance in the national-level…
Panaji: Archbishop of Goa and Daman, Filipe Neri Cardinal Ferrao has called for special prayers for timely and sufficient rain to be offered on June 21.The archbishop, in a circular, has said that June 21 should be observed across the archdiocese as a day of intensified prayers for rain in churches, chapels, institutions, homes, and…
India’s Tejaswin Shankar competes in the men’s decathlon 110m hurdles at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland, Friday, July 31, 2026. (AP Photo) Tejaswin Shankar became the first Indian to win a Commonwealth Games medal in the men’s decathlon after battling a long-standing knee injury to claim bronze in Glasgow on Friday.The national record holder…
New Delhi: A 36-year-old man died after allegedly falling into an open drain in outer Delhi’s Narela. Police are probing whether it was an accident or a foul play.The deceased was identified as Suraj Kumar, a resident of Narela who lived with his family. Early Friday morning, residents out for a walk noticed a body…
Tasmac officials say they have closed the shops as instructed by the management and they cannot do anything till further orders are issued Chennai: As promised in the TVK’s poll manifesto, Tasmac has shut down 717 shops across TN. It’s just that the outlets that have been shut are not the ones originally slated for…
At first glance, they look like craters caused by an earthquake but the GCC-maintained concrete tennis court, exhibiting huge cracks in all directions, is just two months old. The tennis court in Anna Nagar was built for about Rs 15 lakh just two months ago. The jagged cracks cause safety concerns for residents and have…
The countdown for ‘Jana Nayagan’ has become a box office event as advance bookings are receiving massive response across theatres. Fans have shown tremendous enthusiasm for Vijay’s last film after he took up full-time politics, and ticket demand on the first day of release was very high. Single screens and multiplexes are getting good bookings….
