India Pakistan share prisoner exchange lists India and Pakistan exchanged lists of civil prisoners and fishermen in each other’s custody on Wednesday, a biannual exercise carried out under the provisions of the Agreement on Consular Access signed between the two countries in 2008.The exchange took place simultaneously through diplomatic channels in New Delhi and Islamabad,…
NEW DELHI: Senior All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) leader SP Velumani on Wednesday asserted that there was “no split in the party, only differences of opinion”, signalling a possible reconciliation within the AIADMK after rival factions withdrew petitions filed against each other before the Tamil Nadu assembly speaker.“There is no split in the…
The World Health Organisation, the American Medical Association, and major endocrinology bodies globally classify obesity as a chronic disease associated with over 200 comorbid conditions including type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, sleep apnoea, and several cancers. It requires structured, long-term medical management, the same as any other chronic condition. The stigma attached to obesity is…
SRINAGAR: NC president Farooq Abdullah on Sunday met fasting climate activist Sonam Wangchuk’s wife Gitanjali J. Angmo, pledging support for her husband and the people of Ladakh.“May your husband get better. May he remain healthy and may his struggle be successful,” Farooq told Angmo at Delhi’s Safdarjung Hospital where he and other NC functionaries had…
Imagine an ocean so enormous it stretched across half the planet, wider than the Atlantic, older than the Himalayas, home to creatures we’ve only read about in history books. It was called the Tethys Ocean, and for hundreds of millions of years, it sat between the ancient landmasses that would eventually become Europe, Africa, and…
Apple has reached a preliminary agreement with Intel to manufacture some chips for its devices—a deal that would end years of estrangement between the two companies and mark one of the more consequential shifts in the semiconductor industry in recent memory, the Wall Street Journal reported.The two companies have been in intensive talks for over…
Collectively, OPEC nations account for roughly 36 per cent of global oil output. (AI image) In a significant move which may have implications for the world oil market, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has announced that it will pull out of OPEC and OPEC+ alliances. The move comes amid the ongoing Middle East crisis which…
Congress urges PM Modi to come to Parliament NEW DELHI: Congress leader Supriya Shrinate on Saturday launched a sharp attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, demanding that he apologise to the country instead of “forgiving” people, while accusing the Centre of using excessive force against students protesting over the alleged NEET-UG 2026 examination irregularities.In a…
Pakistan has a strange gift: just when the world begins to take it a bit seriously, it produces an ‘oops’ moment so spectacular that the script writes itself. One week it is pitching itself as a serious mediator between the United States and Iran; the next, a US senator is publicly asking whether it has…