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Among talks on defence cooperation, Ajit Doval is also expected to speak about the delivery of the remaining S-400 missile systems, that played an important role during the India-Pakistan conflict and operation Sindoor in May this year. File National Security Advisor Ajit Doval will hold meetings with senior Russian officials in Moscow on Wednesday (August 6, 2025), to discuss India-Russia defence and security cooperation, oil sanctions, and an upcoming Modi-Putin summit. Mr. Doval’s visit to Russia began even as U.S. President Donald Trump announced that he would announce “very substantial” increases to the 25% tariffs on Indian goods expected to…

United States health officials are urging travellers to remain vigilant as a mosquito-borne virus continues to circulate across parts of Asia, Africa, Europe, Latin America and the Indian Ocean.Since the beginning of 2025, there have been approximately 240,000 chikungunya virus infections and 90 deaths in 16 countries, according to the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC).In China, an outbreak has infected roughly 7,000 people since late June, with most cases concentrated in the city of Foshan, in Guangdong province, just north of Hong Kong. This marks the country’s largest chikungunya outbreak since the virus was first identified there…

Image for representational purposes only. A late Sunday evening outing on August 3, 2025 in a waterbody turned fatal for two of the five picnickers in the scenic Topock Gorge of the Colorado river. “The victims have been identified as Anoop Gankidi, 32 of Tempe, Arizona, and Venkata Mukkaala, 32 of Milpitas, California,” according to a statement released by Mohave County Sheriff’s Office.The Indian-origin men had hired a rental pontoon which was parked on the edge of the river at the time of the incident. “All five occupants of the boat had entered the water to cool off when three…

The Supreme Court on Tuesday came down heavily on the state of criminal investigation and prosecution in the country, lamenting that the justice system has come to rely on mere “optics” of arresting and jailing accused individuals, while neglecting institutional reforms, scientific investigation and witness protection mechanisms. Top court slams ‘optics’ of criminal justice system “We only send people to jail and feel there is an optics that criminal laws are working in the country… There is a colonial hangover in investigation and prosecution,” a bench of Justices Surya Kant and Joymalya Bagchi remarked during the hearing of a plea…

Armenia and Azerbaijan’s leaders met in the UAE last month, but no breakthrough in their decades-long conflict was reached.United States President Donald Trump will host the leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan for peace talks at the White House, a US official said.The official told the Reuters news agency on Tuesday that there is a possibility a framework for a peace agreement could be announced at Friday’s meeting in Washington, DC.The leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan met in Abu Dhabi, in the United Arab Emirates, for peace talks last month, but no breakthrough in the decades-old conflict was announced.[Al Jazeera]The two…

Are you tired of hearing about the controversy over Sydney Sweeney’s American Eagle jeans ad? A remarkable thing about this latest culture-war dust-up is just how much people seem to resent its sheer existence. The whole thing feels, on its face, ginned up and silly. A mall brand decided to advertise its jeans by showing them on a hot blonde starlet, and all of a sudden the outrage mill is generating takes about how the ads symbolize either the death of woke or eugenics dog whistles — really? That’s what we’re doing?Yet there’s a surprising staying power to the story,…

A new report from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has found that crime in the United States decreased in 2024, continuing a trend of improved public safety after a spike in murders during the COVID-19 pandemic.The report, released on Tuesday, estimates that 1,221,345 incidents of violent crime – including murder, rape, robbery and aggravated assault offences – took place in the US last year, down by 4.5 percent from 2023.Intentional homicides decreased by 14.9 percent. But at a rate of 5 for every 100,000 people, the murder rate in the US remains significantly higher than throughout most of the…

A photo of a starving child in Gaza has gone viral, with many in Israel claiming it depicts false information.

In this combo of three screenshots, houses being swept away in a flash flood at Dharali in Uttarkashi district of Uttarakhand.Uttarkashi cloudburst live: At least four people have been killed and several others remain missing after a cloudburst in Uttarkashi district of Uttarakhand triggered devastating flash floods in Dharali village on Tuesday. The region, which lies en route to the Gangotri pilgrimage site, witnessed large-scale destruction as gushing waters swept away homes, shops, hotels, and key infrastructure….Read MorePersonnel from the Army, State Disaster Response Force (SDRF), and local police managed to rescue 70 people by midnight, despite persistent rainfall and…

Kundalini by Sukanya Garg on display at Myth, Memory, Meaning | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Myth, Memory, Meaning showcases the works of four contemporary women artists — Ashu Gupta, Rakhee Shenoy, Smruthi Gargi Eswar, and Sukanya Garg. Much like the artists themselves, each of the works on display encapsulates a different style of creative expression. The media employed by these artists include the use of thread, gold leaf and paper as well as acrylic to design works that bid viewers to look deeper into each piece. While it may seem unusual, Delhi-based artist Sukanya Garg says the inspiration for her…