Author: Vaibhav

BEIJING – Torrential rains over the weekend have lashed southern China with at least six fatalities and dozens still missing, causing rescue alerts for major flooding, mudslides, and geological hazards to be widely issued by authorities. Guangdong and Guangxi provinces have been among those most severely affected with near-paralytic disruptions to daily life and basic infrastructure. The National Meteorological Centre of China had released a series of late warnings, noting heavy rain for the regions in South China such as Jiangxi, Zhejiang, Fujian, and Guangxi, and some northwestern areas, Xinjiang, from May 18 — May 19. A yellow alert, meaning…

Prayagraj, UP:- In a significant verdict which may set a precedent for parallel dispute, the Allahabad High Court on Monday affirmed the trial court order on the survey of Shahi Jama at Sambhal Masjid . The court ruled in favour of the polluters when it dismissed a prayer seeking to require the survey, arguing that the land is merely a “protected monument” and that Hindu plaintiffs could not ask for a change of religious character.  Which was upheld by the High Court under a petition filed by the Management Committee of Shahi Jama Masjid that had sought to quash a…

Rai (Sonipat), Haryana- On the morning of last Sunday, they were arrested Ali Khan Mahmudabad, a senior Professor and Head of Department at Ashoka University, Political Science department, on charges of social media comments concerning “Operation Sindoor” by which he was charged, including circle endangering India’s sovereignty. Since the arrest, colleagues of Ashoka University have been keeping a “rotating shift” at Rai police station in Sonipat (for company) with him. Police arrested 42 year old Mahmudabad after receiving two First Information Reports(CFIR No 448 &545) filed against him by chairperson Haryana State Women’s Commission Renu Bhatia and a village sarpanch…

Washington D.C. – President Donald Trump said that Russia and Ukraine “will immediately negotiate a ceasefire” after he held a more-than-two-hour phone conversation with Ukrainian President Vladimir Putin. The sudden proclamation was accompanied by Trump, who spoke on one of his multiple diplomatic calls to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and European leaders, trying to energize the resolution of long-standing conflict.  During a press conference after the phone call with President Putin, who Trump characterized as “excellent” and “very good,” Trump told Twitter that “the details of a peace settlement will of course be negotiated directly between Moscow and Kyiv”. In…

MUMBAI: After a low open, volatile trade was witnessed in the key Indian equity indices on Tuesday, May 20 2025. The early nascent euphoria of the positive global flows wobbled into a tepid-trading as both Nifty 50 & BSE Sensex wobbled near highs, giving up some earlier gains. The Nifty 50 was trading near 24,888.6 or down by ~56 points off its previous close on a negative note and touching the peak in the chart early, at one point breaching this level. And the BSE Sensex was at 81868, down near or less by around 191 points (0.23%). Broader markets…

New Delhi: Indian travel vlogger Navankur Chaudhary, aka Yatri Doctor, had announced on social media his recent trip to Pakistan and sought to correct the “baseless fake narrative” now doing the rounds on social media about it. As more and more Indian vloggers are being watched closely from over border for visiting its southern neighbor — Jyoti Malhotra, the famous YouTuber was recently arrested on espionage charges. Chaudhary, who broke his silence on a visit to Pakistan, in a video update on his Instagram account. He said he was aware of the online rumors and accusations after Jyoti Malhotra was…

Hyderabad – A shocking fire in a mixed commercial and residential building at Gulzar Houz, Charminar Road, on Sunday morning claimed its 17th victim. In a city like Hyderabad, all victims were part grandparent-grandchildren chain of one prominent pearl-dealing family, the sheer scale of which juxtaposes such tragedy against the backdrop of critical urban fire safety issues. An inferno was said to have engulfed the ground floor of a four-storey building, Sri Krishna Pearls, which has been a family business for generations, in the early hours (9 am) on Sunday. Initial investigations point to a short circuit being the probable…

Shopian, J&K Shopian (Jammu and Kashmir)—In a big success against Terror activities, security forces on Monday nabbed two associates of terrorists in the Shopian district of Jammu and Kashmir.  The joint operation led to their capture, and the USP of the action was that they had recovered a large number of arms and ammunition, including pistols & grenades, which could have been a part of certain subversive activities afoot in the region. Fresh arrests were made in a joint naka (checkpoint/operation) by the Indian Army 34th Rashtriya Rifles, Shopian Police SOG, and 178th Battalion CRPF (Central Reserve Police Force). The…

Kolkata/New Delhi: TMC Member of Parliament Yusuf Pathan will reportedly be absent from the Indian government delegation in international outreach for “Operation Sindoor” as per sources from Trinamool Congress (TMC). TMC MPs sent a clear message to divert away from this initiative, which envisages briefing heads of important partner countries on the issue of India’s stand against cross-border terrorism post Pahalgam attack. Indian PM said that he is planning to send all-party delegations of MPs and political leaders to various global cities. It seeks to build a single national platform on counter-terrorism, more specifically in the backdrop of Operation Sindoor…

Himachal Pradesh (Him)-The Govt of Haryana has arrested YouTuber, travel vlogger Jyoti Malhotra on charges of espionage and said she was working for a Pakistani intelligence agency. This led investigators to intensively examine her recent overseas movement, notably to Pakistan and China, for potential suspected connections to events of high sensitivity, including last week’s terror attack in Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir. Police have said that Jyoti Malhotra took multiple trips to Pakistan, which went viral after making travel vlogs. One of these trips was only a few days before the 22 April 2025 Pahalgam terror attacks that have since decimated…