Earlier this month, the United States withdrew itself from over 60 major international organisations and agreements saying these no longer served American interests. The most high-profile of these exits related to environment and climate-related treaties and groups like the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), International Renewable Energy...

A young man and a woman jumped from the second floor of a pizza shop in Shahjahanpur district after they were allegedly accosted by members of a Hindu organisation on Saturday evening, police sources said. Both sustained serious injuries and have been admitted to a private hospital where they are receiving treatment. Police sources said...

Bangladesh cricket team (Photo by Kerry Marshall/Getty Images) Former Bangladesh Cricket Board general secretary Suyed Ashraful Haque has criticised the decision taken by the Bangladesh government and the BCB to pull out of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup, calling it an unnecessary and damaging move. Speaking to ANI on Saturday, Haque said it was...

“The Union government has implemented the National Education Policy (NEP-2020) undemocratically, without consulting state governments. It is moving towards the complete centralisation of education,” said Prof. Sukhadeo Thorat, educationist and Chairman of the Commission for State Education Policy (SEP). Inaugurating a seminar ‘Towards People’s Policy on Education 2026’ — an alternative to NEP 2020, organised...

All-round bowling by Delhi Capitals ends Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s winning run, giving a big boost to their own playoff hopes. It doesn’t take much for tables to turn in T20 cricket. An ordinary batting performance, followed by some shoddy fielding, brought the previously unvanquished Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) crashing back to earth while Delhi Capitals,...

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, urging that the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test be kept out of admissions to allied health courses, arguing that the decision to extend NEET to these programmes is illogical, unjust and an intrusion into states’ constitutional powers. In his letter, sent...

US president Donald Trump on Saturday praised “brave” British soldiers as warriors, a day after British Prime Minister Keir Starmer described his earlier remarks about NATO troops in Afghanistan as “insulting and appalling.”“The GREAT and very BRAVE soldiers of the United Kingdom will always be with the United States of America! In Afghanistan, 457 died,...

The Department of Civil Supplies seized approximately 1.7 tonnes of rice intended for distribution under the Public Distribution System (PDS) from a van at Sethuvandai village near Katpadi in Vellore on Saturday. Police said that based on orders of Collector V.R. Subbulaxmi, special teams comprising police personnel and Civil Supplies officials were formed to prevent PDS...

President Donald Trump walks down the stairs of Air Force One upon his arrival at Joint Base Andrews, Md., Thursday, Jan. 22, 2026, after returning from the World Economic Forum in Davos.(AP Photo/Luis M. Alvarez) US President Donald Trump on Saturday said the brave soldiers of the United Kingdom will always be with the United...

A major accident was narrowly averted in Manali after a car skidded on ice and plunged into a field, an incident captured on a CCTV camera in Nasogi village and now widely shared on social media. The video shows a car parked outside a hotel suddenly drifting forward after slipping into neutral while the driver...