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Urban India’s water emergency will not be fixed by better crisis management alone. Over the coming decades, hundreds of millions more people will live and work in Indian cities, driving a sharp increase in the urban water demand. And unless we change how we design, finance, and govern water systems, we will simply scale up…
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K.C. Venugopal moves Adjournment Motion in LS over alleged Ram Mandir donation theft case Congress MP K.C. Venugopal moved an Adjournment Motion notice in the Lok Sabha to discuss what he described as “shocking revelations” of massive financial fraud and embezzlement of public donations at the Ram Mandir in Ayodhya. In his notice, Mr. Venugopal…
When urban cooperative banks (UCBs) — built on community trust — enter the public discourse, unfortunately, the first image to surface is that of Madhavpura Mercantile Cooperative Bank (MMCB) and Punjab and Maharashtra Cooperative (PMC) Bank. Poor governance, political interference, dual regulation, concentrated lending, weak capital structure and technology deficiency sum up for the failure…
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Improvement in legal literacy, strengthening of awareness activities, and lesser hesitation in reporting sexual crime against children have led to better reporting of POCSO cases. The number of cases reported under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act in Kerala continues to rise, underscoring the vulnerability of children despite the presence of various…
People, including emergency personnel, gather outside Debsirin Nonthaburi School, the site of a shooting incident, in Bang Kruai district in Nonthaburi province on the outskirts of Bangkok, Thailand, August 7, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters At least 10 students were wounded in a school shooting in a province just north of the Thai capital Bangkok…
Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saree. File | Photo Credit: AP More than 10 civilians, including a 4-year-old child, were injured in Saudi Arabia on Thursday (August 6, 2026) after a series of attacks by Yemen’s Houthi rebels, according to the Saudi military. West Asia LIVE: Houthi missile attacks kill 58 Saudi-backed Yemeni government forces, says…
Representative image. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphotos There were fatalities at a school shooting in Thailand north of the capital Bangkok, a Thai police official said on Friday (August 7, 2026). Pasakorn Chaitawiwong, the head of the Plai Bang subdistrict police in Nonthaburi province, said the number of deaths was not yet known. The police…
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Beijing’s innovation model brings together universities, start-ups, industry and the state to turn research into commercially viable technologies by bridging the ‘valley of death’; the ecosystem is driving China’s push in AI and humanoid robotics through state-backed funding, talent and industrial clusters Source link
Saudi military says Houthi attacks left 11 civilians, including child, injured near Yemen border More than 10 civilians, including a 4-year-old child, were injured in Saudi Arabia on Thursday after a series of attacks by Yemen’s Houthi rebels, according to the Saudi military. The attacks, which took place in the southern region of Najran, near…
People’s Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti. File | Photo Credit: PTI The J&K police on Thursday (August 6, 2026) lodged a First Information Report (FIR) against the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) leaders and workers, two days after the party took out multiple street protests over the abrogation of Article 370 in Srinagar. The PDP…