Artificial Intelligence (AI) is now being used to track and control forest fires in Odisha’s dense forest zones, Forest, Environment & Climate Change Minister Ganesh Ram Singh Khuntia informed the Assembly on Wednesday. He said GPS-based systems and AI-enabled monitoring tools have been deployed to identify fire points and alert ground teams in real time.
The Banakalagi ritual of Lord Jagannath and His Siblings will be performed at Puri Srimandir on Wednesday, leading to a five-hour halt in public darshan. Puri Srimandir The Banakalagi ritual of Lord Jagannath and His Siblings will be performed at PuriSrimandir on Wednesday, leading to a five-hour halt in public darshan. The ritual will commence
People wait in line to enter the U.S. governmental office building immigration court in New York City, U.S. | Photo Credit: Reuters U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration on Tuesday (December 2, 2025) said it paused all immigration applications, including green card and U.S. citizenship processing, filed by immigrants from 19 non-European countries, citing concerns over
President Donald Trump. File | Photo Credit: AP U.S. President Donald Trump raged on Tuesday (December 2, 2025) against Somali immigrants, saying they should be unwelcome in the United States as he highlighted the long woes of the African country. Mr. Trump’s heated remarks come as a scandal unfolds in the state of Minnesota, where
In August 2008, Bihar experienced one of the worst floods in nearly five decades when the Kosi River breached its embankment at Kusaha in Sunsari district of Nepal, killing more than 400 people and displacing thousands. A staggering 33 lakh people were affected at the peak of the flood in Bihar. Indeed, the Kosi River
Several statues have, everywhere, been the sources of discontent. The world had witnessed that immediately after the dissolution of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) In 1991. Statues of heroes of the old regime were toppled in parts of the constituent-states of the erstwhile USSR. Likewise, those of former President Saddam Hussein were brought
The Pakistan Cricket Board has lined up a three-match T20 International series in Sri Lanka before next year’s ICC World Cup. The PCB confirmed on Tuesday (December 2, 2025) that the national team will play the matches on January 7, 9 and 11 in Dambulla. Before going for the World Cup, Pakistan will also play
Hyderabad: The Telangana government has decided to rename Raj Bhavan as Lok Bhavan and Raj Niwas as Lok Niwas, following a recommendation from the Union Home Ministry aimed at moving away from colonial-era terminology. According to official sources, eight states have already implemented similar changes, and Telangana will now join that list. The Home Ministry
Bengaluru: Asserting that there are no differences between him and his deputy D K Shivakumar, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Tuesday said that they both are running the government unitedly, and will continue to do so in the future too. Reiterating that both of them will abide by the decision of the Congress high command
New Delhi: The Tamil Nadu government has urged the Supreme Court to lift its October 13 order directing a CBI probe into the Karur stampede in which 41 people were killed and permit an investigation by the SIT constituted by the Madras High Court. The local police and the Special Investigation Team are fully competent