Deccan Chronicle

Whaling in Iceland has sparked years of protests from animal welfare campaigners and Hollywood celebrities.

BRICS has evolved into a key platform for emerging economies to advocate for greater representation in global governance, reform international financial institutions, strengthen trade and investment links, and advance sustainable development goals.

The feature will allow users to complete transactions by tapping their smartphone at a point-of-sale terminal without opening the UPI app

India has extended an invitation to Rahman to attend the BRICS Summit as the chairman of BIMSTEC, while a separate bilateral invitation had been in place since February.

Even as the department is set to observe the Forest Martyrs Day on Friday, September 11, it said that a Rs 4.095-crore proposal was being considered by the government to provide arms and ammunition to identified frontline staff to combat forest encroachments, smuggling, poaching of wildlife, and self-defence

Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma lamented that women have to take a back seat after marriage and child-birth while men succeed in their respective careers

National Statistics Office (NSO) released its district-level estimates based on a nation-wide enterprise survey for the first time, marking a significant step towards strengthening granular sub-state-level statistics in India

Apple adopted the passport-shaped design that Samsung unveiled less than two months ago with the Galaxy Z Fold 8

The cubs were born in early July to Toba, their mother, and Argos, their father; cubs received identification microchips and their first vaccinations

According to a police statement, Project Khushi is being implemented by Happiest Health, Titan Company Limited and Bangalore Indiranagar Rotary Trust to promote healthier lifestyle choices among Bengaluru City Police personnel

UK importers under CBAM will be able to seek carbon price relief corresponding to the effective carbon price borne by those goods under the CCTS

The agents left about 18,000 messages on DSEwiki, a German-language site for programmers that anyone can edit, much like Wikipedia

The state has a tradition of the ruling parties having a strong advantage in by-polls but the TVK faces a complex web of coalition friction, aggressive opposition, and critical legislative math as it enters the campaign trail

CBI had initiated an investigation in 2011 following a complaint alleging that Balkrishna was a Nepali national who had obtained an Indian passport using forged documents

The five-storey building in a congested bylane in Satya Niketan near Delhi University's South Campus collapsed this afternoon, leaving three students dead and many trapped under the debris, officials said

A Monash delegation met SCCL chairman and managing director Dr Buddaprakash Jyoti at Singareni Bhavan on Monday evening and briefed him on opportunities in exploration, extraction, processing and refining of critical minerals.

Women's rights activist Ranjeeta Priyadarshani, who has taken the issue of paid period leave at the national and international level over the past four years, launched the facility at a petrol station in Sultan Ganj area here to facilitate emergency menstrual support to the females when it is needed the most.

He said several major projects in Telanganas Krishna basin, including Bheema, Kalwakurthy, Nettampadu and Koilsagar, were facing severe water shortages, leaving their ayacuts dependent on inadequate supplies.

SRM University vice-chancellor Prof. C.H. Satish Kumar outlined the universitys plans to advance quantum technology initiatives across the campus.

Police said Miami Ayurvedic Thai Spa at Chinna Gantyada in Gajuwaka was found to be involved in suspicious activities indicating prostitution-related activity.

GRT managing director G.R. Ananth Ananthapadmanabhan said the acquisition fit the companys strategy of expanding its presence across India, noting that TBZ had 37 stores.

Special attention was sought to the inappropriate dispensing of systemic antibiotics in view of the growing concern over antimicrobial resistance.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi hails it is a Herculean feat

In absolute terms, the fiscal deficit, or gap between the government's expenditure and revenue, was Rs 4,55,144 crore in the April-July period of the 2026-27 fiscal year

Official estimates on Monday placed the overall death toll past 900, with over 4,200 people reported missing across both regions: Reports

Mr O'Brien was asked to appear at around 12 pm to face questioning in the case: Reports

Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange urged supporters to reach Mumbai gradually and avoid gathering openly at Azad Maidan amid heightened security.

We are witnessing continued resilience in the Indian growth performance, and that is the key message here. Resilience in the quarterly data is well backed by the high frequency data. The quarterly real GDP, after a slight lull towards the latter part of 2024-25, has picked up well and has weathered global uncertainties well, Nageswaran said

He stressed the importance of satvik ahara, preferably prepared by oneself: Reports

India continued search and rescue operations in Nepal as flash floods left hundreds dead and thousands missing, including Indian citizens.

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The flash floods, believed to have been triggered by an ice-rock avalanche near the Nepal-Tibet border, swept through northern and central Nepal last week, killing hundreds and leaving thousands missing

Issuing a sharp diplomatic rebuke, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) denounced the tribunal's legitimacy and reaffirmed India's absolute sovereignty over its national security and infrastructure decisions in the face of persistent provocations from Islamabad

Elangovan supported Congress leader Rajesh Kumar's remarks regarding prime ministerial candidate, questioning TVK's rationale in positioning its leader for the top post

The FIR was registered following a complaint by a member of the Valmiki community in Haldwani, who alleged that Gandhi gave a casteist spin to a religious ritual held at the Ramlila Ground, police said

Roji's Facebook post also came two days after his party leader Rahul Gandhi lashed out at the 'Manusmriti mindset' and urged girl students to 'smash patriarchy'

Rajendra Dawadi acted swiftly after warnings of rising floodwaters as school building was swept away minutes later

Designed to take a panoramic view of the vast reaches of space, the Roman Space Telescope will help unlock the secrets of the universe, US President Donald Trump said

Currently, SBI holds 3.23 per cent in NSE while SBI Capital Markets holds 4.33 per cent

While some members of the team returned to Bengaluru, Ravi and two others remained in Madhya Pradesh.

BJP using the Election Commission to hijack the polls and the special intensive revision (SIR) to loot votes: Mamata Banerjee

Warangal MP Kadiyam Kavya urged the Centre to intensify rescue efforts and assist Telangana residents injured, killed or missing in Nepal.

This years 57 day yatra, which began on July 3 along both the traditional Pahalgam route: Reports

The formation of one of the two lakes had been captured in aerial footage by a Chinese rescue team on Thursday.

According to Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister G Parameshwara, the notification issued by the Union Government declaring 1,449 villages across 10 districts in the Western Ghats as Ecologically Sensitive Areas (ESAs) has caused serious concern among lakhs of families in the State.

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Indias National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) has also highlighted that many regionsincluding J&Kare vulnerable to the same kind of glacial lake outburst floods (GLOFs) witnessed in Nepal. The NDMA has initiated earlywarning systems for highrisk glacial lakes, acknowledging that similar disasters have occurred in Kedarnath (2013), Chamoli (2021), Sikkim (2023) and Dharali (2025)

MEA Says Around 100 Indian-Origin People Of Other Nationalities Also Uncontactable

NORKA Roots Chief Executive Officer Rajesh Madhavan, in a statement on Friday, said that eight Keralites, including four who hold Australian citizenship, could not be contacted, and their details have been shared with the Ministry of External Affairs