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China's Commerce Ministry has protested a decision by the European Union to investigate exports of Chinese electric vehicles, saying it is a protectionist action aimed at distorting the supply chain

A Chevron Corp. liquefied natural gas plant has reported a production outage as workers escalated a strike action against its Australian operations that threaten global supply

The rapid depreciation of the Argentine currency and one of the world’s highest inflation rates has made it difficult for Argentines to make ends meet

Indian Army along with the local police continued their operation against a group of two-three terrorists hiding at the spot, officials said on Thursday. According to the Indian Army, the security forces including Army and Jammu and Kashmir Police are being provided support by small quadcopters and larger drones to keep an eye on the entire area. The Chinar Corps Commander Lt Gen Rajeev Ghai and Rashtriya Rifles' Victor Force commander Maj Gen Balbir Singh have already visited the encounter site to boost the morale of troops in operations, officials said. An Indian Army Colonel commanding a Rashtriya Rifles Unit along with a Major and a Deputy Superintendent of Police were killed in a gunfight with terrorists in Kokernag area of Kashmir's Anantnag district on Wednesday. The killed officers have been identified as Colonel Manpreet Singh, Major Ashish Dhonak & DSP Humayun Bhat. «An Indian Army Colonel commanding a Rashtriya Rifles Unit along with a Major have lost their lives in an encounter in Anantnag with terrorists in Kashmir. The off-vet was commanding 19 RR,» Indian Army officials said. Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha expressed his grief over the death of the officers in the encounter. «Paid tributes to JKP's DySP Humayun Bhat, who laid down his life in an anti-terror operation in Anantnag.

NICE, France—Nawel Moumen, a 13-year-old French Muslim, was taken aside last spring by the dean of her middle school. The robe-like dress she had on was inappropriate, Moumen recalled the dean saying, because he considered it a religious garment. He warned her she would face detention if she wore it again.

A man in Uttar Pradesh's Hardoi has gone viral after visuals of his underground two-storeyed house emerged on social media. Built over a span of 12 years, the architectural marvel has 11 rooms, a mosque, stairs, a gallery, and a drawing room. The unique structure has also drawn praise from businessman Anand Mahindra who dubbed Irfan – also known as Pappu Baba – a ‘sculptor’.

Household incomes fell in a third of all states nationwide last year, while just five saw median income levels improve, according US Census Bureau data. 

Bollywood veteran Rio Kapadia has passed away. The actor, who appeared in several Bollywood classics such as ‘Dil Chahta Hai’, ‘Chakde India’ etc, was 66 at the time of his death. The news of his demise was confirmed by his friend Faisal Malik in an interview with India Today. However, the cause of his death has not been confirmed yet. The actor’s last rites will take place at Shiv Dham Shamshan Bhumi in Goregaon. The news of his death has left his fans in shock, as the ‘Made In Heaven’ actor was fairly hale and hearty, as well as active on social media till recently. In June, the actor uploaded a picture of himself enjoying a vacation in Europe on his Instagram handle, and wrote, “Back again to the final leg of the European trip! Back to Paris.

Karnataka on Thursday announced four-fifths of the state as drought hit – categorising most of them as severe – as Chief Minister Siddaramaiah began the first year of his second innings battling a severe scarcity of water. The declaration for the next six months has been done in accordance with the Centre’s guidelines on the subject, and the state would soon submit a memorandum to the union government seeking assistance, Siddaramaiah told the media. Karnataka has 236 taluks across 31 districts, and the government has declared 195 of them drought-hit, including 161 of them as severely drought-hit. A detailed order by the government said, Karnataka received 56% less rainfall than normal in June and 73% less in August, which was also the lowest in 125 years. Only in July did the state receive 29% excess rainfall than normal.

NASA is set to release on Thursday the findings of a long-awaited study on unexplained flying objects in Earth's skies. The US space agency announced last year it was reviewing evidence regarding unidentified anomalous phenomena, or UAPs — which has replaced the term "UFO" in official parlance. The subject has long fascinated the public but was shunned by mainstream science. An independent team of 16 researchers shared their preliminary observations in May, finding that existing data and eyewitness reports are insufficient to draw firm conclusions, while calling for more systematic collection of high-quality data. It's unlikely Thursday's report will change that bottom line — but it could eventually usher in the start of a new mission for the agency. While NASA's probes and rovers scour the solar system for any fossils of ancient microbes, and its astronomers look for signs of intelligent civilizations on distant planets, its historic posture has been to «debunk» sightings on our home planet. There have been more than 800 «events» collected over 27 years, of which two to five per cent are thought to be possibly anomalous, the report's authors said during the May meeting. These are defined as «anything that is not readily understandable by the operator or the sensor,» or «something that is doing something weird,» said team member Nadia Drake. The US government has begun taking the issue of UAPs more seriously in recent years, in part due to concerns that they are related to foreign surveillance. NASA's work, which relies on unclassified material, is separate from a Pentagon investigation, though the two are coordinating on matters of how to apply scientific tools and methods. In July, a former US intelligence officer made

Narendra Modi on Thursday elaborately spoke about the controversy surrounding the Sanatana Dharma remark made by Tamil Nadu minister Udhayanidhi Stalin. Addressing a massive gathering at Bina in poll-bound Madhya Pradesh, PM Modi said that the INDIA alliance has a “hidden agenda" to attack and end the Sanatana Dharma culture. Unleashing a no holds barred attack on the Opposition bloc — the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) — PM Narendra Modi called it an “INDI alliance" that “does not have a leader".

Congress on Thursday hit back at Prime Minister Narendra Modi after he dubbed the INDIA bloc parties as «ghamandia», accusing him of using a government function to abuse the opposition. «The PM is back to doing what he does best-insult.

The Queensland government will struggle to build three new hospitals and upgrade 11 of them on time and on budget over the next four years, according to a new analysis of the infrastructure pipeline.

Catching up with the wave of regulatory attention to artificial intelligence (AI), Brazil gets its work plan to discuss, analyze and, if necessary, amend the bill on AI regulation. 

Sanatan Dharma.He was speaking after laying the foundation stone of a Rs 49,000 crore-worth petrochemicals complex at Bina refinery in Sagar district of Madhya Pradesh along with 10 industrial projects in the state. «The 'ghamandia' (INDIA) alliance (leaders) met in Mumbai recently. They neither have any policies or issues nor a leader.

employees surveyed in a joint study on workplace mental health in Asia by Aon and TELUS Health have moderate (47%) to high (35%) risk of developing mental health issues, findings released on Thursday have revealed. 54% believe their career options would be limited if their employer knew they had a mental illness. The inaugural Aon TELUS Health Asia Mental Health Index report, which explores workplace mental health and the impact on productivity across 12 countries in Asia aims to improve understanding of the mental health risk of employees and help businesses make better decisions to manage employee mental health and increase workforce resilience. Key findings on workplace productivity showed that 45% of respondents across the region report that their mental health is negatively impacting their work while stress, anxiety and burnout are on the rise. 51% employees reported feeling more sensitive to stress this year compared to last year; while 45% of them believe their colleagues are showing more signs of stress this year.

The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) on Wednesday will hold an all-India coordination meeting in Pune. The three-day meeting will discuss a range of topics such as national security, socioeconomic scenarios, among others. RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat and General Secretary Dattatreya Hosabale will be attending the three-day meeting along with five joint general secretaries, including Arun Kumar -- its pointsman in the BJP -- and other "prominent" functionaries.

The 6th edition of the Jaipur Literary Festival will be organised in Houston this year, featuring various celebrated writers, analysts, and researchers, including award-winning filmmaker Mira Nair. The JLF festival hailed as one of the greatest literary shows globally, will be held in Houston between September 15 and 17.

TAIPEI (Reuters) — Taiwan is «not for sale», the island's foreign minister said in a stern rebuke to Elon Musk who asserted Taiwan was an integral part of China, as the billionaire again waded into the thorny issue of relations between Beijing and Taipei.

₹10 crore of subsidy from the Centre for her media company called Pride East Entertainments Private Limited. Gogoi also added a screenshot of the website of the Ministry of Food Processing, showing that the CM wife's firm Pride East Entertainments Private Limited has received ₹10 crore as part of credit credit-linked subsidy. However, the Assam chief minister, in multiple posts, refuted the allegations.

Lawmakers gathered in Mexico City to listen to testimonies from researchers representing Mexico, the United States, Japan, and Brazil, all proposing the intriguing possibility of extraterrestrial life. This event mirrored a similar one in the US Congress just two months prior when a former US Air Force intelligence officer claimed knowledge of «non-human» activity dating back to the 1930s. One of the focal points of this session was Mexican journalist Jose Jaime Maussan, who presented two boxes containing what he and others believed to be «non-human beings unrelated to our terrestrial evolution.» These desiccated, shrunken bodies with warped heads left those in the chamber astonished, sparking a surge of social media activity. Maussan emphasized the significance of DNA analysis, stating, «It's the queen of all evidence.» However, he refrained from categorizing them as «extraterrestrials» at this stage. These enigmatic bodies purportedly date back to 2017 and were found deep underground in the Nazca desert of Peru, famous for its colossal, mysterious geoglyphs.