New Delhi: India’s long-pending revision of the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) may be announced soon, nearly 17 years after they were last updated in 2009. The development comes after Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur submitted its final technical...

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Lucknow: Natural disasters such as cloudbursts, landslides and flash floods have become more frequent in the Himalayan region in recent years due to climate change, unplanned construction, indiscriminate road cutting, hydropower projects and deforestation, Himalayan...

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NEW DELHI: US Ambassador to India Sergio Gor on Friday reiterated Washington’s position that India has committed to refraining from purchasing Russian oil, saying US President Donald Trump does not want any country procuring Russian crude as he seeks to bring an end...

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GLP-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1 RAs) are widely recognised for their role in weight loss and metabolic regulation. New evidence now indicates they may also help reduce persistent food cravings and “food noise,” supporting more sustainable and holistic lifestyle...

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At least 12 people were killed and 24 injured in Israeli airstrikes in Lebanon’s eastern Bekaa Valley on Friday, Lebanese authorities and security sources told AFP. Footage aired by local television showed a heavily damaged apartment building at one of the strike...

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NEW DELHI/MUMBAI: One of the three US-sanctioned, Iran-linked oil tankers seized by the Indian Coast Guard (ICG) on February 6 had spent eight days inside Pakistan’s maritime boundary with its tracking systems switched off, according to an FIR registered in Mumbai....

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