Bhopal: In a major crackdown on drug trafficking, Ayodhya Nagar police have arrested a man who was allegedly using his job as a Blinkit delivery agent to smuggle and sell ganja. The accused was apprehended with 5 kg of the substance and a motorcycle, with an estimated combined value of around ?1.5 lakh. Delivery job…
Tokyo/ New Delhi, Aug 29 (UNI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Japan to attend the 15th annual bilateral meeting with Japanese counterpart Shigeru Ishiba, which is expected to deepen economic and strategic ties. He expressed that he is looking forward to engaging with PM Ishiba as it will provide an opportunity to deepen existing…
New York, Aug 29 (UNI) Defending champion Coco Gauff battled through a difficult first set before settling into her rhythm to overcome Croatia’s Donna Vekic 7-6(5), 6-2 and advance to the third round of the 2025 US Open today IST. Playing at Arthur Ashe Stadium, the 20-year-old American struggled with her serve early, committing seven…
Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 29 (UNI) Kerala has set its sights on eliminating rabies deaths by 2030, even as the state continues to vaccinate nearly nine lakh animal-bite victims every year but still loses more than 20 lives annually, almost 40 per cent of them children. To address this persistent public health challenge, the Kerala University of…
Chandigarh, August 29 (UNI) Punjab is battling one of its worst floods in 37 years, with vast tracts of farmland, villages and security posts under water. Heavy discharge from Ranjit Sagar and Pong dams have left at least seven districts badly affected, submerging nearly 150 villages along the state’s border belt. Officials estimate that around…
New York, Aug 29 (UNI) Third seed Alexander Zverev moved into the third round of the US Open today IST after defeating Britain’s Jacob Fearnley 6-4, 6-4, 6-4 in Louis Armstrong Stadium. The German, still in search of his maiden Grand Slam title, produced a controlled display, breaking Fearnley in the opening game of the…
Beirut, Aug 29 (UNI) Two Lebanese soldiers were killed, and two other army personnel injured on Thursday night as they were inspecting an Israeli drone after it fell in the southern Lebanese town of Naqoura, according to a statement by the Lebanese army. The National News Agency (NNA) reported that the Israeli drone fell while…
Warsaw, Aug 29 (UNI) A Polish F-16 fighter jet crashed on Thursday during rehearsals for the Radom international air show, killing the pilot, according to government spokesman. The accident occurred in the afternoon, in which the fighter jet descended before striking the runway and exploded. Polish government spokesman Adam Szlapka confirmed via social media that…
Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 29 (UNI) With forest encroachment emerging as a major yet under-discussed trigger for human–wildlife conflict in Kerala, a high-level regional conference on ‘Human–Wildlife Conflict and Coexistence: Legal and Policy Perspectives’ will begin at the Kerala Legislative Assembly complex here on August 30. The two-day deliberation, jointly organised by the National Legal Services Authority…
Washington, Aug 29 (UNI) The Trump administration has approved the sale of 3,350 Extended Range Attack Munition (ERAM) missiles to Ukraine, providing a potentially powerful tool to Kyiv as it continues to face a relentless assault by Russia. The announcement of the proposed USD 825 million sale Thursday comes as diplomatic efforts to end the…
