‘Not bragging, just telling facts’: Trump makes fresh pitch for Nobel Peace Prize, citing ‘eight settled wars’
This is not the first time Trump has said he deserves the Nobel Peace Prize….
Two policemen killed in suicide blast in Pak’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | World News
Two policemen killed in suicide blast in Pak’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa PESHAWAR: At least two policemen, including a sub-inspector, were killed and three others injured in a suicide blast in northwest Pakistan‘s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Sunday night, an official said. SSP Masood Bangash said the suicide bomber attacked a police mobile van near the cattle market…
$20 million scam at 30,000 feet: Everest guides accused of poisoning trekkers for insurance payouts | World News
Nepal’s tourism industry is facing one of its most serious controversies in years after police uncovered a $20 million insurance fraud scheme linked to Mount Everest trekking routes. Authorities say a network of guides, trekking agencies, helicopter operators and medical personnel worked together to exploit international travellers by deliberately inducing illness and orchestrating unnecessary emergency…
Queen Elizabeth II opened London Zoo’s Lion Terraces in 1976; 40 years later, she returned to open a new home for endangered Asiatic lions | World News
Representative Image of key moments in ZSL history, from royal openings to animal exhibits ( AI Generrated Image) A royal visit to London Zoo in 2016 completed a circle that had begun 40 years earlier. According to the Zoological Society of London, Queen Elizabeth II opened the Lion Terraces at London Zoo in 1976, then…
A Romanian flea-market seller thought an old machine was a typewriter and let it go for €100; the buyer, a cryptography professor, recognized a World War II Enigma I and sold it at auction in 2017 for €45,000 | World News
A Romanian flea-market seller thought an old machine was a typewriter and let it go for €100; the buyer, a cryptography professor, recognized a World War II Enigma I and sold it at auction in 2017 for €45,000/Image: Reuters In 2017, a machine sold for €100 at a Romanian flea market turned out to be…
China expanded planted forests by about 35,000 sq km; 20 years of data show carbon uptake began declining within 15 years in 80% of areas | World News
Representative Image of the Yellow River Basin with expanding planted forests across dryland regions, viewed from above (AI Generated Image) China’s Yellow River Basin has gained roughly 35,000 square kilometres of planted forest over the past three decades, but a study of nearly 20 years of monitoring data suggests some of those forests begin losing…
Car plunges into sinkhole after OMR section caves in near Tidel Park in Chennai | Chennai News
CHENNAI: A car plunged into a sinkhole after a section of Old Mahabalipuram Road (OMR) caved in near Tidel Park on Thursday morning, disrupting traffic on the busy stretch. The two occupants escaped unhurt. The incident occurred close to an underground Metro construction site near Tidel Park.The white car was travelling along OMR near Thiruvanmiyur…
Gujarat plastic manufacturing units face raw material shock as crude prices surge | Ahmedabad News
Gujarat’s plastic manufacturing units are facing challenges after a steep rise in raw material costs, driven by higher crude oil prices linked to the Israel-Iran war. Ahmedabad: Gujarat’s plastic manufacturing units are facing challenges after a steep rise in raw material costs, driven by higher crude oil prices linked to the Israel-Iran war. Industry representatives…
2 mowed down by speeding SUV | Prayagraj News
Prayagraj: A driver and a cleaner of a DCM truck were mowed down by a speeding SUV near Athsarai overbridge road within the limits of Saini police station of Kaushambi district late on Tuesday night. The incident, according to police, took place when both were checking a technical snag in the vehicle and a speeding…
Long waiting lists on trains greet travellers as Puja rush peaks | Bhubaneswar News
Passengers wait at Bhubaneswar railway station Bhubaneswar: Ganjam resident Pintu Nahak, who works in Gujarat, is worried about whether he will be able to reach home for Dussehra, despite booking a train ticket a month in advance.“Last month, I booked a ticket from Bharuch in Gujarat to Berhampur for Oct 15, but it is yet…
Dharapuram bypoll: EVMs, VVPATs secured under two-tier armed cover, 24×7 CCTV surveillance | Coimbatore News
TIRUPUR: Electronic voting machines (EVMs) and voter verifiable paper audit trail (VVPAT) units used for the Dharapuram assembly byelection in Tirupur district have been placed in a strong room under two-tier armed security and round-the-clock CCTV surveillance, officials said.After the completion of polling on Oct 6, the EVMs and VVPAT units were brought to the…
