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Team from Nagpur ensured Silkyara tunnel workers didn't suffocate

As multiple agencies raced against time to rescue the 41 workers who were trapped inside Uttarakhand's Silkyara tunnel, a team from Nagpur-based Western Coal Fields monitored the level of carbon......

Netanyahu's office shares list of 13 Israeli hostages released by Hamas

The Israeli Prime Minister's Office shared a list of all 13 hostages, who returned home to their loved ones after being taken hostage by Hamas during the October 7 terror attacks. IMAGE: People......

TMC leader shot dead, assailant lynched

A local Trinamool Congress leader was shot dead at Joynagar in West Bengal's South 24 Parganas district on Monday morning, which led to the lynching of an alleged assailant by a mob, police said.......

Is Ajit Doval Failing India On Security?

It is when one looks away from the immediate song and dance and at the granular detail of what has been going on since 2014 that one realises what the quality and competence of thinking and......

Govt says radio collar not a cause of cheetah deaths

The environment ministry on Sunday said five out of the 20 adult cheetahs brought from Namibia and South Africa died due to natural causes and media reports attributing the deaths to factors like......

BharatPe: 'Why should I resign?'

'At the first board meeting I chaired, I sensed that corporate governance is an issue in this company.''I started taking steps that may have aggrieved a few.''This has now become a mission I intend......

Rajan slams plans to allow India Inc to set up banks

The RBI working group's proposal to allow corporate houses to set up banks is a "bombshell" and at this juncture, it is more important to stick to the tried and tested limits on involvement of......

'Do you have to endanger your sovereignty for peanuts of foreign money?'

'Is this the only way for India to become a $5 trillion economy?''When you have unused foreign exchange here, why borrow more dollars?' Kindly note the image has been posted only for......

AI offers special fares to Jet's stranded int'l passengers

Passengers holding confirmed RT tickets on Jet Airways will be allowed to avail special stranded passenger fares from the destinations common with Air India. Coming to the rescue of the stranded......

'I wish farmers had the power to blackmail'

'What is bank recapitalisation? When the rich take loans and do not return and the government returns that money to the banks.''What is restructuring 5:25 scheme? The government says don't return......

Germany seeks forgiveness 50 years after Munich Games attacks

IMAGE: Wreath are placed during a ceremony, commemorating the 50th anniversary of the attack on the Israeli team at the 1972 Munich Olympics in which eleven Israelis, a German policeman and five......

Day 7: What's hot at the Beijing Winter Olympics

Relentless Niskanen takes gold for Finland in men's 15 km classic IMAGE: Niskanen of Finland celebrates after winning gold. Photograph: Marko Djurica/Reuters Iivo Niskanen put on a brilliant......

Day 1: What's hot at the Beijing Winter Olympics

IMAGE: Norway’s Therese Johaug celebrates after winning gold. Photograph: Marko Djurica/Reuters Norway nabbed the first gold medal of the Winter Games on Saturday as the politics......

PICS: Tokyo Paralympic Games opening ceremony

IMAGE: Fireworks explode during the opening ceremony of the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games at the Olympic Stadium in Tokyo on Tuesday. Photograph: Carmen Mandato/Getty Images The opening ceremony of......

Israelis killed at Munich Games remembered in opening ceremony

On September 5, 1972, members of the Israeli Olympic team were taken hostage at the poorly secured athletes’ village by Palestinian gunmen from the Black September group. Within 24 hours, 11......

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