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If you ever feel hopeless, Madhavan has a powerful lesson to learn from women who brought a dead river back to lifeActor R. Madhavan recently shared a video on his Instagram story highlighting the revival of the Naganathi river in Tamil Nadu, which had r...
Meet Noor Wali Mehsud, the man at the center of the Pakistan–Afghanistan ‘Dama Dam Mast Qalandar’ warPakistan has declared "open war" with Afghanistan following airstrikes that killed over 130 Taliban fighters, retaliating for alleged cross...
Independence Day 2025: Tryst with growth — India’s economic journey from Nehru to nowIndia's economic journey since 1947 is a story of transformation. It began with Nehru's socialist vision. Reforms in 1991 led to rapid grow...
Amit Shah on Pahalgam attack, Manipur crisis, China threat and Modi’s governance philosophyUnion Home Minister Amit Shah highlighted the Modi government's achievements over 11 years, emphasizing a zero-tolerance policy on terroris...
Mount Polley mine faces legal hurdle as First Nation fights to prevent another environmental crisisThe British Columbia Supreme Court has postponed the Mount Polley Mining Corporation's dam expansion case. The hearing will resume on June ...
Andhra's last Congress CM returns from 'exile' with BJP ticket to contest Rajampet Lok Sabha seatNallari Kiran Kumar Reddy assumed office after the tragic death of Dr. YS Rajasekhar Reddy in a helicopter crash in 2019. Later, he establi...
In corrupt Libya, longtime warnings of the collapse of the Derna dams went unheededTwo dams in northeastern Libya that were meant to protect nearly 90,000 people from floods broke, causing widespread destruction and loss o...
Under PM Narendra Modi, farm income has halved, agricultural cost has doubled, says Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh BaghelDuring the Congress-led UPA regime (between 2004 and 2014) MSP on paddy was increased by 131 percent, while the Modi government has increas...
Ukraine rushes drinking water to flooded areas as officials wrestle with impact of major dam breachAuthorities have rushed supplies of drinking water to flooded areas from a collapsed dam in southern Ukraine as officials considered resett...
Collapse of major dam in southern Ukraine triggers emergency as Moscow and Kyiv blame each otherThe potentially far-reaching environmental and social consequences of the disaster quickly became clear as homes, streets and businesses fl...
Internal blast probably breached Ukraine dam, experts say (cautiously)Ukrainian officials blamed Russia for the failure, noting that Moscow's military forces - which have repeatedly struck Ukrainian infrastruc...
Factbox: What is the Kakhovka dam in Ukraine?The southern command of Ukraine's Armed Forces said on Tuesday that the Kakhovka dam in the Russian-controlled parts of Ukraine's Kherson r...
‘Harvey Weinstein thought he was God’s gift, Don Juan.’ Ken Auletta’s new book reveals stark reality of unhinged movie mogulHarvey the Ripper, as Auletta calls him, created a culture of fear at Miramax.
MacKenzie Scott's leap into philanthropy began 3 yrs ago & has already exceeded $12 bn in grants. This is how she did itA privileged child, she left a Connecticut boarding school after her family declared bankruptcy.
Why is China facing record floods?Water levels reached historic highs in 53 rivers during China's summer last year, according to China's ministry of water resources, as auth...
Inside IIT Madras’ deep-tech startup incubatorWith 240 startups valued at Rs 10,500 crore incubated over eight years, IIT Madras is India’s hi-tech haven.
Controversial Arunachal project gets government's nodThe standing committee in its 50th meeting on September 7 decided that additional environmental studies, which would take 3-4 years, should...
Why India is worried about China's dam projects on the Brahmaputra riverChina said it was building a dam on a tributary of the Yarlung Zangbo, as Brahmaputra is known in Tibet. This will be its ‘most expensive h...
40% rise in farmer suicides in Maharashtra: DataFarmer suicides shot up by over 40% when the impact of these twin calamities kicked in compared to the same span last year, state governmen...
Rs 20,000 crore spent in 28 years, Ganga still a flowing messThe first Ganga Action Plan was announced in 1986, but activists claim the stretch flowing through Varanasi is in worse shape today than it...