New Delhi: India launched the MV Ganga Vilas luxury cruise from Varanasi on Friday, reported local Indian media. The ship, which is regarded as the longest river cruise in the world, will depart from Varanasi and travel 3,200km in 51 days, passing through 27 river
New Delhi: The Akal Takht and Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee have lodged a protest against the Indian Army’s proposal to purchase nearly 13,000 helmets for Sikh soldiers. Male adherents of Sikh faith are required to wear a turban. The Hindustan Times has reported that the bodies have
Joshinath: Uttarakhand’s Joshimath town sank by 5.4 centimeters between December 27 and January 8, images released by the Indian Space Research Organisation showed, reported PTI. The Himalayan town is facing crisis as hundreds of homes have developed cracks due to subsidence or sinking of the land
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday observed that the Delhi Police has made “no palpable progress” in its investigation of hate speech made at a Hindutva event in the national capital in 2021, Live Law reported. At the event organised by the Hindu Yuva Vahini
New Delhi: Shankar Mishra, the Air India passenger accused of urinating on a woman in a flight, on Friday denied the allegation before a Delhi court, PTI reported. “I am not the accused
London: The British and Japanese prime ministers signed what Downing Street called a "hugely significant" new defence deal that could see troops deployed to each others’ countries as the pair met in London. Rishi Sunak and Fumio Kishida signed the agreement at the Tower of London,
Washington: Aides to United States (US) President Joe Biden have discovered at least one more batch of classified documents in a location separate from a think tank office he used after serving as vice president, according to unnamed sources. Biden aides have been searching for additional
Islamabad: The World Economic Forum (WEF) sees Pakistan facing a huge threat of hunger and distress amid a prevalent cost-of-living crisis, warning that it may be further aggravated by extreme weather events and constrained supply. For the past 17 years, the WEF's Global Risks Report has
Kyiv: Russia’s war in Ukraine has wrought a devastating toll on civilians and shattered civilian life in much of the country, Human Rights Watch said in its World Report 2023. Russian forces have committed apparent war crimes and crimes against humanity, including torture, summary executions, and
Moscow: Russia said that it would send a rescue capsule on February 20 for three crew of the International Space Station (ISS) after a meteorite damaged the spacecraft that was due to return them to Earth. "The Soyuz MS-23 launch is on February 20, 2023, in