Nearly 9,000 citizens of Tuvalu—around 82% of the Pacific island nation’s population—have applied for Australia’s new climate visa, according to official figures. The program, launched under the 2024 Falepili Union agreement, is the first of its kind globally,...

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DEHRADUN: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has warned of a fresh spell of heavy to extremely heavy rainfall across the hill states of north India, triggered by the interaction of the monsoon trough with an active western disturbance. According to the IMD, the...

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KABUL: A powerful 6.0-magnitude earthquake struck eastern Afghanistan late Sunday night, killing at least 20 people and injuring more than 115, officials confirmed. The US Geological Survey (USGS) said the quake hit at 11:47 pm local time (1917 GMT) at a shallow depth...

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NEW DELHI: Both the automobile industry and the government have admitted that E20 ethanol-blended petrol reduces vehicle mileage by 2%–6%, leaving consumers with the double burden of paying higher fuel prices while getting fewer kilometres out of their tanks. Take the...

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NEW DELHI: India and Japan on Friday signed an implementing arrangement for Chandrayaan-5, a joint lunar exploration mission aimed at studying water deposits on the Moon’s south pole. The agreement between the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and the Japan...

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MUMBAI: What seemed like a chilling extortion plot by the Lawrence Bishnoi gang turned out to be an inside job. A Goregaon-based businessman, 58, who believed his family was under threat from the dreaded gang, was shocked to learn that the caller was none other than...

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