Ajit Doval and Wang Yi after the meeting. Ahead of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to India next month, India and China held the 25th round of Special Representatives (SR) Dialogue on the Boundary Question, endorsing efforts to formalise the recent turnaround in the relationship on the back of border peace and discussing issues like…
PC: Intentional incisions on Neolithic Obsidian arrowheads from Central Anatolia: A techno-functional and iconographic approach For nearly nine thousand years, a set of Anatolian arrowheads has been quietly guarding a secret. Archaeologists working at Tepecik-Ciftlik, a Neolithic settlement in Cappadocia, central Turkey, have identified eleven newly recognised obsidian points bearing deliberate, hand-cut incisions, bringing the…
Yash’s ‘Toxic’ gets legal protection from Bengaluru court against circulation of false content ahead of August 26 release With ‘Toxic: A Fairytale For Grown-Ups’ set to hit theatres, its makers have taken a pre-emptive legal step to shield the film from misinformation. A day before release, the production secured an interim injunction from a Bengaluru…
Yan Xiaonan has spent more than a year away from the UFC. She returns on Saturday in Shanghai as the No. 4-ranked women’s strawweight, taking on No. 14 Denise Gomes in the co-main event.There is plenty around the fight for Yan to think about. She is 37, has been out of action since April 2025…
PC: New Zealand’s Forest and Bird In 1965, Geoff Harrow walked into the Kaikōura mountains following a story about an unusual seabird nesting somewhere high above the valleys. He did not find the colony on his first attempt. The next morning, on a steep deer track, a decomposing bird provided the clue he needed. It…
Today marks a turning point for Aries, as work conditions improve significantly, easing stress levels. Personal relationships deepen, proving valuable for future ventures. The home environment provides emotional warmth, strengthening ties with loved ones. Students will experience sharp mental clarity, enhancing their focus on studies and assignments, while career efforts attract attention. Positive shifts in…
New Delhi: Motorists may soon be able to approach local sub-divisional magistrates (SDMs), tehsildars and other gazetted officers to get pending traffic challans disposed of, with Delhi govt planning to empower nearly 700 officials across departments to help clear a backlog of more than four crore challans.The move is aimed at giving people more options…
Mumbai: The state govt has issued an order to immediately cancel the appointments of officials taken by ministers on loan from other departments or through verbal orders to work in their offices. It said if such officials do not return to their parent departments by Sept 10, their salaries will be cut and disciplinary action…
Grand Anicut Canal system in Tamil Nadu This year too, failure to open Mettur dam on the customary date, June 12, has impacted paddy cultivation in Cauvery delta districts and caused substantial drinking water shortage in districts. This is reportedly the 57th time in the 83-year history of the dam that water was not released…
Acting on specific intelligence, CGST officials conducted searches at a tin shed premises in Dommara Pochampally on the outskirts of Hyderabad and found 40 undeclared FFS machines being used to pack tobacco products Hyderabad: Hyderabad CGST zone officials have busted an alleged illegal pan masala and tobacco manufacturing unit in Medchal Malkajgiri district, uncovering 40…
