Recent allegations of embezzlement of offerings and donations at the Ram Janmabhoomi Temple in Ayodhya have brought its management into focus. The Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust was formed on February 5, 2020, when the Union Cabinet cleared the way for its establishment after the Supreme Court verdict in the Ayodhya dispute. It has…
Several parts of Europe saw temperatures touch 40°C on Sunday (June 28), with France alone reporting 1,000 excess deaths during an unprecedented heatwave which began on June 20. The ongoing heatwave has affected more than 150 million people, disrupting power generation, damaging infrastructure and overwhelming healthcare systems. A rapid attribution study by World Weather Attribution…
4 min readSrinagarJun 29, 2026 06:34 PM IST Ten months after reopening the case in the murder of Kashmiri pandit nurse Sarla Bhat, the State Investigation Agency (SIA) on Monday (June 29) filed the chargesheet in the case. The agency has charged five operatives of the banned Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) for murder, including…
On this day 186 years ago, Samuel Morse received US Patent No. 1647A for his “American Electro-Magnetic Telegraph”. Morse’s groundbreaking invention paved the way for rapid long-distance communication across the oceans. Today, modern fibre-optic cables handle more than 95% of all international data traffic. Though the history of how the ocean floor was wired is…
A Union government scheme will freeze jet fuel prices for airlines in an attempt to shield them from the West Asia energy crisis. Public sector oil marketing companies (OMCs) have set the price of aviation turbine fuel (ATF) under the Rs 10,000-crore price stabilisation fund scheme at Rs 115 per litre, or Rs 1.15 lakh…
3 min readNew DelhiMay 31, 2026 03:30 PM IST On Sunday (May 31), an astronomical event known as a “micromoon” will be visible in the night sky, and it will also be a “blue moon”. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) stated that just after sunset, a full moon will appear “slightly smaller and…
As Bihar approaches a decade of alcohol prohibition, codeine cough syrups have surged as a cheap substitute, with seizures and addiction cases rising, especially among youngsters and in rural areas. The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) this week seized 7,500 bottles of codeine-based cough syrup from outside the Rajendranagar Terminal Railway Station in Patna. The…
The Viksit Bharat-Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) Act, 2025, is set to come into force from July 1, replacing the two-decade-old Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA). Ahead of the nationwide rollout, the Union government has released a draft of the rules that will govern the implementation of the new rural…
4 min readNew Delhi, ThiruvananthapuramMay 27, 2026 12:11 PM IST Pinarayi Vijayan ED raid: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday (May 27) conducted searches at 10 locations linked to former Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, his family members and senior executives of Cochin Minerals and Rutile Limited (CMRL) as part of its money laundering probe…
At the recent US-China summit in Beijing, Xi Jinping said the two countries should avoid falling into the ‘Thucydides Trap’. The Chinese President’s use of the term, referring to an ancient rivalry, has drawn considerable attention across the world, and strategy experts believe he used it not so much as prediction of war but as…
