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U.S. government admits negligence in helicopter-plane collision that killed 67 in Washington

The official response to the first lawsuit filed by one of the victims' families said that the government is liable in the crash partly because the air traffic controller violated procedures that night

18 Dec 2025 6:56 am
IFFK 2025: Actor-director Tannishtha Chatterjee on her film Full Plate, ongoing battle with cancer and her craft

Tannishtha Chatterjee talks about the story behind Full Plate and the struggle that went into finishing it

18 Dec 2025 5:48 am
Congress protests in Chhattisgarh against misuse of investigating agencies

Congress party staged protests outside the BJP office following the courts dismissal of the EDs charge sheet in the National Herald case.

18 Dec 2025 5:45 am
Why has the claimed dark matter discovery sparked debate, caution?

Physicists dont know what dark matter is made up of, but one hypothesis is its made of a new type of subatomic particle called WIMPs. According to physicists, WIMPs barely interact with normal matter and not at all with light. The trick to finding them then is the high-energy particles released when two WIMPs annihilate each other

18 Dec 2025 5:30 am
Delhi HC questions government over failure to regulate sale of old vehicles

A Bench of Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela asked the Delhi government to file a detailed response on the issue of regulating authorised dealers of registered vehicles

18 Dec 2025 5:13 am
Smart water meters to be installedin 1 lakh buildings early next year

Chennai Metrowater plans to install the meters in structures identified as intensive users, including commercial, partly commercial, industries and multi-storeyed buildings; individual houses measuring above 2,500 sq. ft. would also be covered

18 Dec 2025 5:13 am
18 Dec 2025 5:04 am
Indians cut off from internet in flights, Maran complains; Telecom Minister says norms in works

DMK MP Dayanidhi Maran complained of India being one of the few places globally cut off from in-flight WiFi; communications Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia said that norms in this regard were being worked out

18 Dec 2025 4:13 am
U.S. Senate confirms private astronaut, Musk ally Jared Isaacman as NASA chief

The vote on Mr. Isaacman, who Mr. Trump removed and then renamed as NASA administrator nominee this year, passed 67-30, two weeks after he told senators in his second hearing that NASA must pick up the pace in beating China back to the moon this decade.

18 Dec 2025 3:26 am
Delhi riots case: court acquits five accused of arson, rioting

The assertion on behalf of the accused that they had been falsely implicated in this case in order to solve this case cannot be completely brushed aside, the judge observed.

18 Dec 2025 2:56 am
Eyeing polls, Khaleda Zias self-exiled son Tarique Rahman plans return to Bangladesh after 17 years

The demand for Mr. Rahmans returnhas been strong especially as his mother, former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia, has been hospitalised for weeks because of worsening health condition.

18 Dec 2025 2:35 am
Farmers give 20-day ultimatum for closure of ethanol plant in Hanumangarh

Farmers in the region fear that the factory would create a livelihood crisis by making the agricultural land barren through groundwater contamination and air pollution.

18 Dec 2025 1:14 am
Carpooling app in the works to cut emissions: Sirsa

Overhaul of PUC centres under way, Sirsa says, accuses AAP of burning waste to spike air pollution; lodge FIR if you have evidence: Oppn. party

18 Dec 2025 1:09 am
Despite conflicts, we used the bureaucracys experience to implement policies: Shailaja

At the launch of the Tamil translation of her book, the former Kerala Health Ministerspoke of her association with then Health Secretary and their work to implement the e-Health Project in Kerala

18 Dec 2025 12:46 am
Indias Overseas Bill betrays migrant workers

The legislation, billed as a sleek upgrade to the 1983 Emigration Act, is a Trojan horse of deregulation dressed in the garb of efficiency

18 Dec 2025 12:23 am
No materials shown to prove pillar is not a deepathoon

The State is claiming that the stone pillar on the hill is not a deepathoon only to complicate the matter, says senior counsel appearing for the original petitioners in the Thirupparankundram case

18 Dec 2025 12:21 am
Two more Indians killed in Russia-Ukraine war zone, bodies arrive at Delhi airport

The deceased, Ajay Godara and Rakesh Kumar, had gone to Russia on student visa but were allegedly enlisted in the Russian Army after being misled by agents who promised them work as cleaners and helpers

18 Dec 2025 12:21 am
Can Indias national accounts make the grade?

IMFs C grade is a cause of concern, but if revisions are implemented rigorously and institutionalised as a regular cycle, the countrys statistical methods will match international best practice

18 Dec 2025 12:21 am
Positioning workers at the centre of Indias migration policies

India should forefront bilateral agreements with destination nations that focus on the rights, security, and welfare of migrant workers; the outcomes and effectiveness of such treaties should be rigorously evaluated

18 Dec 2025 12:20 am
Change for the worse: on replacing MGNREGA, the VB-G RAM G Bill

The move to alter MGNREGS beyond recognition must be dropped

18 Dec 2025 12:20 am
The story of We, the moving people

The Special Intensive Revision of the electoral rolls, Census 2027 and delimitation will sharpen the migrant imprint on Indian politics

18 Dec 2025 12:16 am
Rearguard action: on weather change and consistent action

India needs year-round action to tackle fallout of change in weather

18 Dec 2025 12:10 am
Provide proper facilities for the disabled and aged voters at Tamil Nadu, Puducherry polling stations: HC

Chief Justice Manindra Mohan Shrivastava and Justice G. Arul Murugan insist on implementing Election Commission of Indias 2023 instructions in letter and spirit

18 Dec 2025 12:09 am
The changing patterns of Indias student migration

The rapid expansion of Indian student migration points to contradictions between aspiration and outcome, and opportunity and exploitation

18 Dec 2025 12:08 am
A summit that rose beyond optics

The Telangana Rising Summit outlines the Congress governments Vision 2047

18 Dec 2025 12:07 am
Law and order cant be cited to flout court orders, says Justice G.R. Swaminathan

The HC judge was hearing two contempt of court cases, including one related to the Thirupparankundram deepam row

17 Dec 2025 11:45 pm
The Oscars will move to YouTube in 2029, leaving longtime home of ABC

Starting in 2029, YouTube will retain global rights to streaming the Oscars through 2033.

17 Dec 2025 11:42 pm
Woman officer charred to death in fire at LIC office in Madurai

Deputy Mayor T. Nagarajan, who rushed to the accident spot, said an electrical short-circuit could have caused the fire

17 Dec 2025 11:37 pm
Delhi air pollution: SC points to winter school break while hearing a plea to open primary classes, mid-day meal

The senior counsel said for the poor, who could not afford air-purifiers, staying at home, away from school, deprives them of education, a mid-day meal and no safety from pollution; for them, the intensity of pollution at home may be worse than in school.

17 Dec 2025 11:26 pm