Heat, drought & rainfall extremes expanding across India; northwest emerging as heat hotspot: Study | Pune News

Extremes of heat, drought and rainfall can be seen. (AI-generated image used for representational purpose) PUNE: India is witnessing a clear and worsening rise in extreme weather conditions, with scorching heatwaves, deepening droughts and sudden burst of heavy rain becoming increasingly common, a new study has shown.Conducted by scientists from the National Centre for Medium…

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Mirabai Chanu, Tejaswin Shankar headline India’s historic highs despite modest medal tally at CWG | Commonwealth Games News

Mirabai Chanu, Neeraj Chopra, Tejaswin Shankar, Preeti Pawar (left to right) India signed off from the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow with 39 medals — 13 gold, 17 silver and nine bronze. The contingent fell short of the 50-medal mark that India had reached at every Commonwealth Games since 2002.With several medal-rich sports missing from…

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Sonam Wangchuk’s wife Gitanjali Angmo takes a dig at Bollywood after watching Christopher Nolan’s ‘The Odyssey’, calls it a surreal experience: ‘Cinema is more than entertainment’ |

Social entrepreneur Gitanjali Angmo, activist Sonam Wangchuk’s wife, has shared her admiration for Christopher Nolan’s latest film, The Odyssey, while also offering her thoughts on the current state of Hindi cinema. In a recent post, she recalled meeting the Oscar-winning filmmaker in New York in 2024 and suggested that Bollywood should revisit its potential to…

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‘This is Indian sport at its finest’: Shreyas Iyer applauds team India’s 39-medal CWG campaign | Commonwealth Games News

Shreyas Iyer reacts as Team India finishes fourth at CWG 2026 (Image: Agencies) India wrapped up its Commonwealth Games 2026 campaign in fourth place on the medals table, finishing with an impressive 39 medals: -13 gold, 17 silver and 9 bronze.As the curtains came down on the Games, India’s T20I captain Shreyas Iyer lauded the…

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UK PM Burnham may exempt child rapists from early release scheme as Conservatives demand stricter action

UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham is considering exempting child sex offenders and other serious sexual abuse perpetrators from a controversial early prison release scheme as ministers race to finalise safeguards before the policy takes effect in September.The review comes as the government struggles to balance mounting prison overcrowding with concerns over public safety and victims’…

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Wildfires burned 42,000 hectares and forced 220,000 evacuations near Bordeaux; now France’s wine country fears damage that may only emerge in the bottle

France’s worst wildfire season in decades is now raising concerns far beyond the immediate destruction of forests and homes. In the Bordeaux region, where some of the country’s most famous wines are produced, growers are worried that smoke from nearby fires could quietly damage grapes long before anyone opens a bottle.That is what makes this…

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Hungary shut its only nuclear plant for the first time in 44 years after the Danube fell too low to cool its reactors; nearly half its electricity supply is now affected

The Paks Nuclear Power Plant was forced to reduce capacity and is expected to shut down completely due to the drought affecting the Danube Hungary has ordered a complete shutdown of its only nuclear power plant after the Danube River fell to record-low levels, leaving intake pumps unable to draw enough water to cool its…

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China gets just 1 FDI approval in India in FY26, Hong Kong secures 13 proposals

China’s share in India’s foreign direct investment (FDI) approvals remained largely negligible in 2025-26, with the government approving just one proposal worth Rs 1 crore during the year. In comparison, 13 proposals from Hong Kong, together worth Rs 610.42 crore, received approval, according to official data. These approvals fall under India’s investment screening rules for…

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