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Heavy rains once again brought parts of Mumbai to a standstill, disrupting transport, flooding roads and affecting daily life. Why does Mumbai continue to flood despite years of infrastructure upgrades, and how is climate change responsible? Source link
A preliminary SIT report has identified Avinash Shukla as the prime accused in the alleged theft of devotees’ offerings at the Ram Temple here, linking him to a suspected 40-day racket involving nearly 70 instances of pilferage from the donation-counting system, sources said on Wednesday. The interim findings of the three-member Special Investigation Team (SIT)…
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A truck carrying the coffin of the late Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei makes its way through mourners during a funeral procession in Najaf, Iraq, on July 8, 2026. | Photo Credit: AP Funeral processions for Iran’s late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei began on Wednesday (July 8, 2026) in the Iraqi city of…
The party started almost a year ago. On Instagram, a 71-year-old former military general posed wearing a white hoodie and a mild smile. To his followers, it made him look “ganteng”, “gemes” and “gemoy”. Handsome, cute. At election rallies and interviews over the next months, the General perfected his signature dance moves — an awkward…
Detailed probe will be conducted to ascertain reason behind debris slip: CM Satheesan Chief Minister V.D. Satheesan has said the government will carry out a detailed examination to know the reasons behind the Wayanad debris slip. He said it would also be examined whether the directives issued by the Central government while giving environment clearance…
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto during a visit to the Prambanan Temple in Indonesia. Photo: YT/@narendramodi via PTI Emphasising that cultural legacy connects people from different geographies, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday (July 8, 2026) thanked Indonesia and its people for preserving the “grand heritage” of the Prambanan Temple complex….
India has 5.2 crore people having credit cards, which is just 25% of the overall credit active population. Image for representation | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto Credit card penetration in the country has been low when compared to even developing countries despite a variety of tailwinds like improving delinquency levels, a top official at TransUnion…
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Rescuers scoured flooded parts of China for survivors on Wednesday (July 8, 2026) after storms killed 17 people and caused dozens of rivers to overflow and a reservoir dam to burst, with officials warning of more rain. Extreme weather has wreaked havoc on the country’s south and centre this week, with a super typhoon heading…
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“I think I’ve wanted to open my own gallery since I was an embryo,” laughs Sunaina Rajan, founder of the 1,600 square-feet Gallery Maxima, Mumbai’s newest contemporary art gallery. “I always knew I had to do it. It was just about waiting for the right time, and feeling prepared enough to make the leap.” At…
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Pesticide residues do not arrive as a single dose. They arrive in a vegetable, a glass of water, and the air of a home, often on the same day, and none of India’s three major monitoring systems is built to add them up. In 2008, in the Orissa village of Sindhikela, village residents used pesticides…