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A chemical plant in China’s eastern Shandong province wa shit by a powerful blast on Tuesday around noon (local time), with dark smoke billowing from the location, state broadcaster CCTV reported, quoted by the Associated Press.The incident occurred at Gaomi Youdao Chemical Co., situated within an industrial park in Weifang city. The facility is known…

Punjab Kings’ head coach Ricky Ponting greets team co-owner Preity Zinta. (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: Despite Punjab Kings sealing a top-two finish in the IPL 2025 playoffs with a dominant seven-wicket win over Mumbai Indians, head coach Ricky Ponting insists the team has “achieved nothing yet.” The former Australian captain urged caution and focus, stating…

NEW DELHI: Congress leader Jairam Ramesh shared excerpts from Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru’s will on his 61st death anniversary on Tuesday. In the will which was written 10 years before he died, Nehru expressed his last wish of how his ashes be scattered.Sharing the excerpts, Ramesh said, “For Nehru, India was both one and many…

Full scale model of AMCA at Aero India (Image Credit: PIB) Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday approved the Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft (AMCA) Programme Execution Model, as efforts towards enhancing indigenous defence capabilities and fostering a robust domestic aerospace industrial ecosystem.The programme will be implemented by the Aeronautical Development Agency (ADA) in collaboration with…

A newer COVID-19 subvariant, NB.1.8.1, has been making headlines as it shows signs of spreading more widely. Like other recent strains, it’s a descendant of the Omicron family, and early data suggests it may be more transmissible but not necessarily more severe.NB.1.8.1 is a new strain of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which causes COVID-19. It’s been…

Market analysts anticipate continued upward momentum in Indian markets. (AI image) Stock market today: Nifty50 and BSE Sensex, the Indian equity benchmark indices, opened in red on Tuesday. While Nifty50 went below 25,000, BSE Sensex was trading below 81,800. At 9:16 AM, Nifty50 was at 24,889.55, down 112 points or 0.45%. BSE Sensex was at…

Mumbai Indians’ Rohit Sharma walks back after his dismissal as Punjab Kings’ players celebrate. (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: Mumbai Indians’ hopes of securing a top-two finish in the IPL 2025 were dashed on Monday after a 7-wicket loss to Punjab Kings in their final league game at Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur. Among the biggest…

NEW DELHI: AIMIM MP Asaduddin Owaisi reacted to Pakistani PM Shehbaz Sharif gifting fake image of ‘Operation Bunyan’ to Asim Munir and said that it “requires brains to copy”. He advised against taking Pakistan’s claims seriously, “not even with a pinch of salt”.Speaking to Indian diaspora in Kuwait, he said, ” Yesterday, the Pakistani Army…

Punjab Kings head coach Ricky Ponting (IPL Photo) NEW DELHI: After Punjab Kings clinched a top-two finish in the Indian Premier League standings for the first time in 11 years, head coach Ricky Ponting was full of admiration for skipper Shreyas Iyer, crediting him for the team’s remarkable turnaround and calling him “a man with…

RAJKOT/VADODARA: PM Modi Monday launched a scathing attack on Pakistani govt and its Army for using terrorism for their vested interests and asked people of the neighbouring country to choose between living in peace and facing India’s bullets.“Pakistan ko atank ki bimari se mukt karne ke liye Pakistan ki avaam ko aage aana hoga, naujavanon…