Massive explosion at Iranian port kills five, injures over 700

Massive explosion at Iranian port kills five, injures over 700

Sunday, 27 April 2025 | Press Trust of India | Muscat (Oman)

A massive explosion and fire rocked a port on Saturday in Southern Iran purportedly linked to a shipment of a chemical ingredient used to make missile propellant, killing five people and injuring more than 700 others. The blast at the Shahid Rajaei port happened as Iran and the United States met...

Manuscripts of Bhagvad Gita, Natyashastra added to UNESCO register

Manuscripts of Bhagvad Gita, Natyashastra added to UNESCO register

Saturday, 19 April 2025 | Pioneer News Service | New Delhi

Manuscripts of Bhagavad Gita and Bharat Muni’s Natyashastra are among 74 new documentary heritage collections that have been added to the UNESCO’s Memory of the World Register. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in a social media post on Friday, described the inscriptions as “a proud moment for every Indian across the world”. “The...

Poor potter gets I-T notice for Rs 14 crore deal

Poor potter gets I-T notice for Rs 14 crore deal

Friday, 18 April 2025 | Press Trust of India | Kota (Rajasthan)

A potter in Rajasthan with an annual income of Rs 95,000 was left utterly dumbfounded after he received two back-to-back income tax notices last month for business transactions worth Rs 13.55 crore in the 2020-2021 fiscal. It was later revealed that Vishnu Kumar Prajapat (32), a resident of Jhaliji Ka...

Rail or Road, India’s longest tunnel of limitless possibilities

Rail or Road, India’s longest tunnel of limitless possibilities

Thursday, 17 April 2025 | Deepak Kumar Jha | Dehradun/New Delhi

A major breakthrough in increasing the rail and road connectivity of Char Dham in Uttarakhand to the rest of India through the Himalayan terrain has been achieved, with a breakthrough in the Silkyara Bend-Barkot Road tunnel section with the completion of excavation from both sides. As many as 41 workers...

Above-normal rainfall this monsoon season, predicts IMD

Above-normal rainfall this monsoon season, predicts IMD

Wednesday, 16 April 2025 | Rajesh Kumar | New Delhi

In good news for Indian farmers and the Union Government on the agricultural front and, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Tuesday predicted an above-normal rainfall for India during the coming June-September monsoon season, which quantitatively could be around 105 per cent of the long period average (LPA). This prediction...

Delhi’s T2 to be closed for four months for renovation

Delhi’s T2 to be closed for four months for renovation

Tuesday, 15 April 2025 | Pioneer News Service | New Delhi

Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA)’s oldest terminal, Terminal 2  will be closed from Monday-Tuesday midnight for what is likely to be the last renovation of its 1986-era building for approximately four months to facilitate repair and upgrade work. During this period, all flights that were previously operated from T2,...

Russia attacked Indian firm godown in Kyiv: Ukraine

Russia attacked Indian firm godown in Kyiv: Ukraine

Monday, 14 April 2025 | Press Trust of India | New Delhi

A Russian missile struck a warehouse of an Indian pharmaceutical company in Kyiv, Ukraine has said and claimed that the attack was ‘intentional’. The accusation was made by Ukraine’s Embassy here which said that “while claiming ‘special friendship’ with India, Moscow deliberately targets Indian businesses — destroying medicines meant for children...

US orders immigrants to carry documents 24X7

US orders immigrants to carry documents 24X7

Sunday, 13 April 2025 | Pioneer News Service | New Delhi

All immigrants to the US, including Indians who hold H1-B visas and Green Cards, are now required to carry relevant documents on their person round the clock in the US.  The new rule came into force from April 11. This was announced by the Donald Trump administration as a US court...

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‘Delhi government likely to scrap streetscaping project’

27 April 2025 | Pioneer News Service | Delhi

Delhi Police busts examination racket, four held

27 April 2025 | Vaishnavi Mishra | Delhi

Clean parks to be constructed for slums children: CM

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Delhi Literature Festival to begin on May 2

27 April 2025 | Pioneer News Service | Delhi

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27 April 2025 | Pioneer News Service | Delhi

Delhi Police busts examination racket, four held

27 April 2025 | Vaishnavi Mishra | Delhi

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Beyond the Beaten Path, Into the Quiet

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