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Three orangutans are seen together. Photo: Courtesy

Baby orangutans found in India highlight illegal wildlife trade, raise questions over billionaire's zoo

The orangutans are now being cared for at an Indian zoo, where keepers have reportedly played classical music to calm them.

If a nation’s electricity is unreliable or structurally uncompetitive, its digital economy starts with a disadvantage. Photo: TBS

Nepal resumes power exports to Bangladesh after flood disruption

Barricades during a strike in upper Siang and East Siang districts. Photo: Collected

Violent protests against multipurpose dam in Arunachal Pradesh

Security personnel keep vigil as students of Jamia Millia Islamia amid the ongoing protests at the university. Photo: PTI

Delhi's Jamia Millia Islamia shifts to online classes amid campus tension

A Indian factory worker recording his work process with a camera mounted on his head, for AI training purposes. Photo: Screengrab / DW

Indian workers film everyday tasks to train AI-powered robots

The impact of the explosion was so intense that the debris from the next part of the building fell onto the road. (HT Photos )

4 dead, more casualties feared after blast at firecracker factory in Bihar's Siwan

Randhir Jaiswal noted that the situation along the India-China border areas gets ‘disturbed from time to time when Chinese forces deviate from established patrolling patterns. (In picture: File photo of Indian army personnel carrying out drills at Kibithu close to the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Anjaw district of Arunachal Pradesh) (PTI/Representational image)

'India, China continue using existing mechanisms to avoid LAC miscalculations': MEA after Itbp chief's remarks

Neha Bora, National President of the All India Students' Association (AISA), shouts from a police vehicle after being detained during a protest organised by the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) seeking the resignation of India's Chief Election Commissioner, Gyanesh Kumar, in New Delhi, India, 10 October, 2026.

Delhi HC rejects Neha Bora's plea against notice to sign peace, 'maintain peace'

A protest march has been staged opposing the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls moved towards the Election Commission of India (ECI) headquarters in central Delhi. Photo: Courtesy

Several detained as Delhi march protests electoral roll revision

On the right, India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks during an election campaign rally in Meerut, India, March 31, 2024. On the left, Rahul Gandhi, a senior leader of India's main opposition Congress party, gestures as he addresses the media during the party's manifesto release event ahead of the general election, in New Delhi, India, April 5, 2024. File Photo: Reuters

Modi attacks Rahul, says some people are 'dreaming of disorder' In India

A bus carrying 46 passengers crashed into a tree near Semarmathani in Chhattisgarh’s MCB district, killing six and injuring 40, police said.

At least 6 killed, 40 injured as passenger bus crashes into tree in Chhattisgarh's MCB district

Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla. Photo: ANI

Fresh motion to impeach India's CEC will be examined under rules: Speaker

Sonia Gandhi. Photo: Courtesy

Sonia Gandhi makes Instagram debut with book announcement