Military aircraft crashes in Russia due to ‘fuel explosion’; 6 dead

Russian defence ministry Tu-154 crashes in Amur region A Russian ministry aircraft crashed near the village of Krasnoyanovo in the Amur region on Tuesday, killing six people, according several local media reports.Seven people were reportedly on board the Tu-154 aircraft, with one survivor sustaining injuries and being hospitalised.Preliminary information suggested the crash may have been…

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J&K: Search operations launched in Rajouri, Poonch, Kathua after suspicious movement | India News

J&K: Security forces on alert, launch searches in Rajouri, Poonch, Kathua (PTI file photo) NEW DELHI: Security officials have launched search operations at nearly a dozen places in Rajouri, Poonch and Kathua districts of Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday after reports of suspicious movement, as news agency PTI cited officials.The searches are being carried out…

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‘Move out of militant mindset’: Pakistan’s advice to Afghan’s Taliban government

Pakistan urges Taliban-led Afghanistan to move away from what Islamabad calls a “militant mindset” amid worsening tensions and cross-border militancy allegations Pakistan’s information minister Attaullah Tarar on Tuesday urged Afghanistan’s interim Taliban administration to “move out of the militant mindset”, as relations between the two neighbours remain strained over allegations of cross-border militancy.“The interim Afghan…

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‘Technical issue’: Pakistan blocks airspace for Russian flight carrying uranium for Bangladesh nuclear plant

Russia’s uranium shipment for Bangladesh’s Rooppur nuclear plant delayed (Image credit: Reuters) NEW DELHI: Pakistan has denied airspace clearance to a Russian cargo flight carrying nuclear fuel for Bangladesh’s Rooppur nuclear power plant, delaying the scheduled arrival of uranium for the facility’s Unit 2. Pakistan later described the matter as a “technical and procedural” issue…

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Ship-killer, missile shield, air-to-air weapon: Why the SM-6 is America’s ‘three-in-one’ missile

Arleigh-Burke class guided-missile destroyer USS John Paul Jones launches a Standard Missile 6 during an exercise. (Image credit: US DoW) The US Navy, along with the UK’s Royal Navy and Royal Air Force, sent the decommissioned guided-missile frigate Klakring to the bottom of the North Atlantic, using the warship as target practice to test the…

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Travel firm demands additional Rs 2.98 lakh to change flight dates; commission orders Rs 5.43 lakh payout

AI generated image used for representative purpose NEW DELHI: A Delhi district consumer commission has directed a travel company to refund Rs 5.43 lakh to a family that was allegedly charged Rs 2.98 lakh to reschedule international flight tickets despite being told the tickets could be changed without additional charges. The commission also awarded Rs…

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‘Affects freedom of speech’: Kunal Kamra moves SC over legislative privileges issue in Shinde row | India News

Kunal Kamra seeks to join SC case examining the limits of MLAs’ legislative privileges and their constitutional interplay with free speech NEW DELHI: Stand-up comedian Kunal Kamra on Tuesday moved the Supreme Court seeking to intervene in a case concerning the scope of legislative privileges enjoyed by MLAs and their interplay with the fundamental right…

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Archaeologists studied about 500 Ice Age spear points from the Tennessee River Valley; 13,200-year-old Clovis hunters resharpened theirs more than later Cumberland people, suggesting newcomers managed risk differently

Representative Image (AI-generated) Nearly 13,000 years ago, people moving through the Tennessee River Valley faced a problem that had little to do with simply finding food. They also had to learn which resources could be trusted and where to find the stone needed to make and maintain their hunting tools. A new study in the…

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