Proceedings in the Lok Sabha were disrupted on Monday after Leader of Opposition (LoP) Rahul Gandhi was not allowed to quote from the unpublished memoir of former Army chief General M M Naravane, with the government saying it is against parliamentary rules. In Four Stars of Destiny, Gen Naravane, who was the Army chief from…
Scientists in Antarctica have inaugurated the world’s first global repository of mountain ice cores, aiming to preserve vital records of Earth’s atmospheric history as glaciers rapidly melt due to global warming.The frozen sanctuary was opened on Wednesday at the Concordia research station on the Antarctic Plateau by the Ice Memory Foundation, a consortium of European…
File photo: Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman India has sharply increased its spending on climate action over the past six years, with allocations rising from around 3.7 per cent of GDP to nearly 5.6 per cent, Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Saturday.Speaking at the ‘Degrees of Instability: Climate Security in a Warming World’…
(As West Bengal gears up for the Assembly polls, every Tuesday, The Indian Express’s Kolkata bureau chief Ravik Bhattacharya decodes the electoral trends, political signals, and campaign moves shaping the contest.) With the West Bengal Assembly elections round the corner, the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC)’s chairperson and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee seems to have declared…
For generations, they have lived quietly at the edge of ponds, paddy fields, and village lore—small, croaking creatures whose voices rise just before the skies open. To meteorologists, frogs are bioindicators. To farmers staring at cracked earth and empty canals, they are something more.In villages across India, when the monsoon fails and prayers go unanswered,…
Abhishek Sharma with his father Rajkumar Sharma and mother Manju Sharma (Special arrangement) TimesofIndia.com in Colombo: Before the 2018 U-19 World Cup, Abhishek Sharma pleaded with his father, Rajkumar Sharma, to get a passport and come to New Zealand to watch him play. Rajkumar Sharma refused, saying he would travel abroad only if Abhishek played…
The Centre has given the green light to a series of highway projects worth over Rs 11,000 crore spanning Maharashtra, Gujarat and Telangana, according to official statements.The approvals were granted by the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) and cover road widening, rehabilitation and new four-lane stretches aimed at boosting freight movement and regional connectivity….
4 min readMumbaiFeb 4, 2026 11:46 AM IST First published on: Feb 3, 2026 at 08:33 AM IST As claims and counterclaims fly thick and fast over a possible merger between the two NCP factions following the death of former Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, the issue has assumed a larger political dimension, with Chief…
Chile wildfires (Picture credit: PTI) SANTIAGO: Wildfires burning out of control in southern Chile have killed at least 15 people and forced more than 50,000 to evacuate, the government said Sunday.Security minister Luis Cordero gave the tolls for 14 blazes burning for two days now in the Nuble and Biobio regions about 500 kilometers (300…
Lorcan Tucker vs Oman (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena) Ireland delivered a dominant all-round performance to crush Oman by 96 runs in their Group B match, powered by a stunning innings from captain Lorcan Tucker and a disciplined bowling display.Sent in to bat, Ireland had a shaky start, losing early wickets and slipping to 47 for 3…