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The Shehbaz Sharif government has formally appointed Field Marshal Asim Munir as Pakistan's first-ever Chief of Defence Forces (CDF), a newly created and powerful military position in a nuclear-armed country.

India's aviation regulator on Friday withdrew, with immediate effect, one part of its new Flight Duty Time Limitations rules - which said 'no leave shall be substituted for weekly rest' - in an attempt to resolve the crisis that has affected IndiGo.

The foreigner joked that Indians loved to drink tea/coffee all the time and may have developed an immunity to caffeine due to their high consumption.

The chaos that impacted hundreds of IndiGo's flights is set to burn a deeper hole into the passenger pockets. Flight fares have soared multifold, with the budget carrier now cancelling all their domestic flights till midnight.

The limited-edition, Faberge egg pendant was recovered Thursday night after it exited the suspect's gastrointestinal tract naturally without medical intervention.

TikTok will block under-16s in Australia on the day the law comes into effect, it said, meaning they will no longer be able to hold or create an account.

Despite being one of the most influential political families in Maharashtra, the wedding is strictly private.

The popular zero-calorie sweetener stevia claims to have minimal impact on blood sugar levels. Find out whether it's safe for diabetics.

Amid continuing poor air quality in the national capital, doctors on Friday noted that air pollution can not only harm your lungs or lead to cardiac illness but can also heighten anxiety and trigger panic-like symptoms.

The initiative of the three European envoys to write an article in an Indian daily maligning Putin and Russia just before the Russian president's visit served no real purpose. It was diplomatically unwarranted.

In the middle of complex geopolitics and Western pressure, a non-Western vehicle signalled an independent Indian foreign-policy posture.

IndiGo on Friday cancelled till midnight all its domestic flights departing from the Delhi airport as the airline continues to grapple with significant operational disruptions.

The Taliban -- who follow a strict interpretation of Islam -- did not change the abortion laws when they returned to power in 2021.

RBI Governor Sanjay Malhotra on Friday characterised India's current macroeconomic moment as a are goldilocks period, that currently marks high economic growth and exceptionally low inflation.

Russia's state-run nuclear corporation has said it has delivered the first consignment of nuclear fuel for initial loading of the third reactor at the Kudankulam nuclear power plant in Tamil Nadu.

IndiGo crisis: In the last four days, major hubs - Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad and others - have seen cancellations running into the hundreds.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Friday revised the inflation outlook for the current financial year, FY26, projecting CPI inflation at 2 per cent, marking a reduction of 0.6 per cent from its earlier projection.

According to the latest passenger advisory, all IndiGo domestic flights departing from the Delhi airport are cancelled till midnight today.

IndiGo has cancelled hundreds of flights across India this week after failing to make sufficient changes to its roster planning to accommodate new government norms.

This facility will be India's first commercial-scale integrated ingot-wafer manufacturing unit, producing the essential building blocks for solar cells and modules.

US President Donald Trump's administration on Thursday cut to 18 months from five years the period of time work permits are valid for refugees, asylum seekers and other migrants.

PM Modi received President Putin at the Palam Airport as the two leaders travelled together in a Toyota Fortuner to 7 Lok Kalyan Marg.

India and the Soviet Union shared friendly and cooperative relations during the Cold War, but the collapse of the USSR in 1991 and the emergence of a unipolar world left India in the lurch.

Congress leader Shashi Tharoor has schooled the opposition over disruptions in parliament, putting his differences with his party colleagues out in the open yet again.

A woman and three others have been arrested for allegedly killing her husband, whose partially burnt body was found on a highway in Maharashtra's Thane district, police said on Friday.

Traffic restrictions and diversions are in place in several parts of the national capital, including central Delhi, on Friday in view of Russian President Vladimir Putin's visit, the Delhi Police said.

In the high-frequency churn of President Donald Trump's first term, Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth's repeated missteps would have fuelled guessing games about his imminent firing.

All IndiGo domestic flights departing Delhi have been cancelled till midnight, the airport said in a brief post on X Friday morning, only for sources in the national aviation regulator, the DGCA, to say flights had only been cancelled till 3 pm.

The Tezpur University student fraternity began its protest on September 21, 2025, after the administration was accused of disrespecting public mourning for singer Zubeen Garg.

A neurologist explains how there is no proven cure and treatment related to a majority of the genetic disorders, which makes prevention, awareness and early genetic screening all the more crucial.

The repo rate is the interest rate at which commercial banks borrow money from the RBI by pledging government securities.

A doctor from Bengaluru, who is named as the second main accused in a shocking organ transplant racket in Andhra Pradesh, surrendered before the court in the state's Annamayya district on Thursday night.

A team of negotiators from the Trump administration led by Deputy US Trade Representative Rick Switzer plans to travel to India next week to continue talks on a trade agreement, according to a US official.

The government is closely monitoring IndiGo's operational recovery and passenger support measures until full stability is achieved, according to the Ministry of Civil Aviation.

HSSC CET 2025 Group C Result Out: According to the qualifying criteria, general category candidates must secure at least 50% marks, while reserved category candidates need a minimum of 40% marks for selection.

Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Priyanka Chaturvedi on Friday moved a notice under Rule 180 in Rajya Sabha, requesting the Civil Aviation Minister Ram Mohan Naidu to make a statement on the disruption of IndiGo airlines' operations.

Tense moments gripped a college in Karnataka yesterday after some students turned up in saffron shawls to protest their classmates' attending classes in burqas.

Recent studies and Ayurveda both suggest that methi water can transform blood sugar levels and aid your weight loss journey.

The move, which left users unhappy, also affected those subscribed to the $200-per-month Pro tier, who quickly expressed their frustration on social media platforms.

Hot air evaporates a lot more water, so crops, forests and landscapes in some areas dry out, which makes them more susceptible to wildfire. Each Celsius degree of warming can cause a sixfold increase in wildfire over parts of the western US.

In 2025, flight cancellation trends varied significantly among Indian carriers. Alliance Air reported the highest cancellation rates consistently, peaking at 6.13% in June and remaining above 4% for most months, except August when it dropped to 0.69%

Russian President Vladimir Putin must have ordered the Novichok nerve agent attack on Russian double agent Sergei Skripal in 2018, in a eckless display of power that led to the death of an innocent woman, a UK public inquiry concluded on Thursday.

Data analytics has moved from the margins to the centre of business operations. Hospitals, banks, logistics companies, retailers, and public institutions all rely on data.

NDTV witnessed the situation on the ground where thousands of suitcases were seen lying at the Delhi airport terminal.

Russian President Vladimir Putin challenged heavy US pressure on India not to buy Russian fuel if the US could do so as he began a two-day state visit, where he was embraced on arrival by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Russian President Vladimir Putin is in India on a state visit aimed at bolstering bilateral and economic ties between New Delhi and Moscow.

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Thursday refuted BJP leader R Ashoka's accusation regarding a judge's alleged remark about 63 per cent corruption in the state

Six female students were booked for protesting against a burqa-niqab ban in an educational institution in Mumbai's Goregoan area, a police official said on Thursday.

The Cold Moon, the last supermoon of 2025, lit up the night sky as the Moon reached its closest orbit to Earth.

Three elephants, including a calf, were found dead under mysterious circumstances in a privately owned forest in Vellore district on Thursday, triggering a joint Tamil Nadu-Andhra Pradesh investigation.