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Ecologist Madhav Gadgil gets UN's top green honour

NEW DELHI: Veteran ecologist, Madhav Gadgil has been named one of the six 'Champions of the Earth' for 2024 by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).

1 held as crude bombs hurled at Ggm nightclub; none hurt

A 29-year-old man on Tuesday morning hurled crude bombs outside a nightclub in Gurugram's Sector 29 market, police officers said, adding that the accused has been arrested.

I WAS OFFERED SOME TERRIBLE FILMS: DINO

Actor Dino Morea, who rang in his 49th birthday on Monday, talks about his long absence from Hindi films and his newfound perspective on life

Idiotic claims: Jay-Z responds to allegations of raping a minor after being named in the Diddy case

Rapper and businessman Jay-Z, who is also pop sensation Beyonce's husband, has been added to a civil lawsuit accusing both him and rapper Sean 'Diddy' Combs of allegedly raping a 13-year-old girl in 2000.

Mera kasoor thodi hai: Diljit on black marketing of concert tickets

Actor-singer Diljit Dosanjh has responded to the criticism against him over his concert tickets being sold in black. During his recent performance in Indore, he addressed the issue and later, also took to Instagram to share a clip of the same on Sunday.

‘ANIMAL PARK TO GO ON FLOORS IN 2027’

At the ongoing Red Sea Film Festival, actor Ranbir Kapoor recounted learnings from his debut film and spoke about his future projects in the pipeline, among other things

King hints Bollywood debut: Want to create original music for Hindi films

Having topped charts with his singles Tu Aake Dekh Le and Maan Meri Jaan as well as marking a surprise collab with musician Nick Jonas last year, King has a new landmark on his mind - Bollywood.

Treesa and Gayatri aim to impress at World Tour Finals

NEW DELHI: It had been a far from ideal year for Treesa Jolly and P Gayatri Gopichand.

Shami shines for Bengal

Mohammed Shami guided Bengal to the quarter-finals of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy by smashing a 17-ball-32 and bowling 13 dot balls in his four overs that paved way for his team's thrilling three-run win against Chandigarh on Monday.

SCHEFFLER WINS SEASON'S NINTH TITLE AT HERO WORLD CHALLENGE

ALBANY (THE BAHAMAS): The Scottie Scheffler juggernaut continues to roll, and records and rivals continue to get steamrolled.

Ding hits back with positional masterclass, levels match 6-6

Day after blundering to lose, the world champion levels match with flawless Game 12 vs Gukesh

SA on top of WTC table, pressure on India to win series

South Africa defeated Sri Lanka by 109 runs in Gqeberha (formerly Port Elizabeth) to win the two-match series 2-0 on Monday and as a result moved up to No. 1 on the ICC World Test Championship table with 63.33 percentage points.

WTC's imperfections laid bare by SA's late charge

MUMBAI: The screams and singing from the South Africa team celebrations echoed across St George's Park at Gqeberha (formerly Port Elizabeth) after their series-clinching Test win against Sri Lanka on Monday.

Near Adelaide, at Tea Tree Gully: The place where you can find Head's heart

ADELAIDE: For some time now, Indian players and fans have been asking themselves the same question over and over again because Travis Head finds a way and shows the will to scupper India's hopes over and over again: \"Where has this guy come from?\"

Air India places order to buy 100 more Airbus aircraft

THESE AIRCRAFT ARE IN ADDITION TO THE ORDERS OF 470 AIRCRAFT THAT THE AIRLINE PLACED LAST YEAR

Car sales slide 14% in Nov on low demand

Retail sales of passenger vehicles fell 13.72% year-on-year in November, reflecting subdued post-festive demand and lingering inventory challenges, according to data released by the Federation of Automobile Dealers Associations (FADA) on Monday.

Malhotra to lead next leg of RBI's war on inflation

The appointment comes months after the govt appointed 3 new members to MPC

Israel now 'more optimistic' on prospects of Gaza deal: Saar

TEL AVIV: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is set to take to the witness stand on Tuesday for the first time in his trial on corruption allegations, a pivotal point in the drawn-out proceedings that comes as the leader wages war in Gaza and faces an international arrest warrant for war crimes charges.

Hasina slams Yunus regime, calls him 'mastermind' behind July-Aug turmoil

Bangladesh's deposed premier Sheikh Hasina has launched a fierce attack on the interim administration, accusing its chief adviser Muhammad Yunus of running a \"fascist regime\" that allows terrorists and fundamentalists to act without restraint.

Syria's Assad exit shows Russia, Iran and Hamas made a bad bet

JERUSALEM: A great many actors had a hand in the fall of Syria's dictator, Bashar al-Assad: Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), the Islamist group that led the offensive; Turkey, which nurtured and supported HTS; the myriad Syrian groups and people who gave a hated tyrant a final push.

NVIDIA HIT WITH CHINA PROBE IN GLOBAL TECH WAR ESCALATION

BEIJING: China has opened a probe into Nvidia Corp. over suspicions that the US chip-maker broke anti-monopoly laws around a 2020 deal, taking aim at the AI heavyweight as Washington ramps up sanctions.

Prez Putin's call to grant Assad asylum in Russia: Kremlin

MOSCOW: The Kremlin said on Monday President Vladimir Putin had made the decision to grant asylum in Russia to Bashar al-Assad, who was ousted as Syria's president by a lightning rebel offensive.

Prez banned from foreign travel

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol has been banned from leaving the country over a failed attempt at imposing martial law, a justice ministry official said on Monday, amid growing calls for him to step down and a deepening leadership crisis.

Speech that doesn't befit a judge's office

When they're sworn in, high court judges take an oath to bear true faith and allegiance to the Constitution of India.

Arab Spring in Syria marks a power shift

The collapse of the Assad regime has far-reaching consequences. There is genuine fear that Syria could become a safe haven for extremist groups

On the road to Damascus

Assad's fall and the rise of Islamists in Syria is a momentous event for West Asia

Why children in schools take to physical Violence

What made a 12-year-old strangle his classmate over a minor incident in New Delhi? In another city, a class monitor, in his enthusiasm to maintain discipline in the classroom, kicked a student in the groin who succumbed to his injuries on the way to the hospital.

Can ICJ deliver climate justice to Global South?

After the battle at the 29th Conference of the Parties (COP29) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the International Court of Justice (ICJ) at The Hague has now become the battleground for the developing and the developed worlds to face off on the climate issue.

Govt raises POSHAN scheme material cost

The education ministry has increased the material cost under the Pradhan Mantri Poshan Shakti Nirman (PM POSHAN) scheme, which provides hot-cooked meals to around 117 million students in government and government-aided schools across India.

4 killed, 20 injured as bus hits pedestrians

THE BUS DRIVER REPORTEDLY LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND DASHED INTO PEDESTRIANS AS WELL AS SOME VEHICLES: POLICE