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Global hunger falls but conflict and climate threaten progress, UN says

The number of hungry people around the world fell for a third straight year in 2024, retreating from a COVID-era spike, even as conflict and climate shocks deepened malnutrition across much of Africa and western Asia, a U.N. report said on Monday. Around 673 million people, or 8.2% of the world’s population, experienced hunger in […]

IMD predicts heavy rainfall in Rajasthan, MP and northeast; AQI improves in Delhi after downpour

Several parts of India are expected to receive heavy to very heavy rainfall over the next few days. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast continued intense precipitation over eastern Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh between July 29 and 31, with isolated locations in western MP likely to experience extremely heavy rain on Tuesday. States in […]

India’s digital payments index rises sharply to 493.22, says RBI

Signalling India’s accelerating digital payments revolution, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Monday announced that its Digital Payments Index (RBI-DPI) surged to 493.22 in March 2025, up from 465.33 in September 2024. The RBI-DPI, introduced in January 2021 with March 2018 as the base period set at 100, is designed to track the extent […]

Kremlin says it ‘noted’ Trump’s statement on shorter deadline for a ceasefire in Ukraine

The Kremlin said on Tuesday that it had “taken note” of a statement by U.S. President Donald Trump that he was shortening his deadline for Moscow to sign up to a ceasefire in Ukraine or face sanctions. Trump set a new deadline on Monday of 10 or 12 days for Russia to make progress toward […]

EU proposes curbs on Israel research funding over Gaza crisis

The European Union’s executive body recommended on Monday curbing Israeli access to its flagship research funding programme after calls from EU countries to increase pressure on Israel to alleviate the humanitarian crisis in Gaza. Multiple EU countries said last week that Israel was not living up to its commitments under an agreement with the European […]

Indian markets rebound as Sensex surges 447 points, Nifty above 24,800

The Indian stock market closed on a positive note on Tuesday, reversing a multi-session losing streak as investor sentiment received a boost from broad-based buying despite subdued corporate earnings for the first quarter. The Sensex climbed 446.93 points, or 0.55 per cent, to close at 81,337.95. The index had opened in the red at 80,620.25, […]

Portugal battles three large wildfires in sweltering summer heat

More than 1,300 firefighters backed up by a dozen waterbombing planes battled three big wildfires in central and northern Portugal on Tuesday, with authorities putting most of the country on red alert for fires after weeks of hot weather. In the Arouca area, some 300 km (185 miles) north of Lisbon – where the largest […]

Five years of NEP 2020: India charts next phase of reform with ₹4,000-crore push, global tie-ups

Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Tuesday inaugurated the Akhil Bharatiya Shiksha Samagam (ABSS) 2025 at Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi, marking five years since the launch of the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020. As part of the celebrations, Pradhan launched educational initiatives and infrastructure projects worth over ₹4,000 crore, including new and upgraded campuses […]

India sees renewed surge in oil and gas exploration, focus on Andaman deepwater region: Hardeep Puri

India is witnessing a significant resurgence in oil and gas exploration activity, particularly in offshore and frontier regions, with the Andaman-Nicobar basin emerging as a new focal point of national and global interest. In a written reply to Rajya Sabha on Tuesday, Union Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Hardeep Singh Puri attributed the momentum to […]

Roving Periscope: Trump ‘takes over’ the UK—before he will meet King Charles in Sept

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: He behaved like the King of Scotland, made Sir Keir Starmer a mere ‘extra’ in his own land, and called the London Mayor “nasty person” in the presence of the UK Prime Minister, the media reported on Tuesday about US President Donald Trump’s ongoing tour to the homeland of his […]
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