AHMEDABAD: The number of Indian nationals caught attempting to enter the United States illegally has fallen sharply, with US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) reporting a 62% decline in detentions over the past year — the steepest drop in four years. Between October...

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GAZA CITY/TEL AVIV: At least 30 people were killed and dozens injured in a new wave of Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip, Gaza’s civil defence agency said on Wednesday. The escalation came despite an existing US-brokered ceasefire, with Israeli Prime Minister...

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NEW DELHI: India and China have held talks on border management, with both sides agreeing to maintain regular communication, according to China’s defence ministry, as reported by Reuters on Wednesday. The two countries engaged in what Beijing described as “active and...

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KAKINADA/BHUBANESWAR: Cyclone Montha roared into India’s eastern coast on Tuesday night, slamming into Andhra Pradesh between Machilipatnam and Kalingapatnam near Kakinada with wind speeds exceeding 100 kmph and torrential rain. The season’s first major cyclone left a...

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NEW DELHI: Delhi’s ambitious cloud seeding experiment—intended to trigger artificial rain and ease the capital’s worsening air pollution—has been labelled by experts as a “costly, short-lived, and unsustainable” attempt. Despite spending over ₹3.2 crore for five...

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VASAI: In a major embarrassment for the Mira-Bhayander, Vasai-Virar (MBVV) Police, a mephedrone (MD) manufacturing unit worth Rs 14 crore was discovered barely 200 metres from the Pelhar police station in Nalasopara East. Following the revelation, Senior Inspector...

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