Top court nod for euthanasia of 'incurably ill, rabid dogs'

The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to modify its 2025 order directing all States and Union Territories to ensure removal of stray dogs from high-foot-fall public institutions while clarifying that such dogs cannot be "re-re-leased" even after vaccination and sterilisation.

Democracy, rule of law make Nordic nations, India natural partners: Modi

India and the Nordic countries are committed to "democracy, rule of law and multilateralism", Prime Minister Narendra Modi said here on Tuesday, speaking after the Third India-Nordic Summit.

A China-U.S. summit that drew global attention

After a nine-year hiatus, United States President Donald Trump once again set foot on Chinese soil, and the "Beijing Moment" immediately went viral around the world. Why did this historic meeting draw such widespread attention? What were the important outcomes achieved? And what does it mean for the future development of China-India relations

First, why has the China-U.S. Summit captured the world's attention? The world today is fraught with turmoil and instability. The more complex and grave the global situation becomes, the greater the need for a stable and constructive China-U.S. relationship.

China's new worldview and the future of global politics

China has accelerated its challenge to the current international order through initiatives such as the Global Development Initiative and the Global Security Initiative. During the phase of managed competition between the U.S. and China, many countries sought to hedge their bets between the two powers. However, they now face trade wars, supply chain volatility and risks from the West Asia crisis, among other factors; creating a volatile mix.

Hope India can push for Ukraine truce: Norway PM

Norway hopes India will use its channels with Russia to push for a ceasefire in the war in Ukraine, said Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store. Speaking to Indian journalists here in Oslo during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's two-day visit to Norway, Mr. Store indicated that while the two sides had differences on the issue, he understood India's need to source energy.

Modi and Meloni outline road map for India-Italy strategic partnership

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni, in a joint op-ed across several news platforms, outlined an expanded road map for cooperation between the two countries across sec-tors, including trade, technology, energy, space, and security, against the back-drop of an emerging "Indo-Mediterranean" corridor.

U.S. approves $198-mn deal for Apache support

The U.S. Department of State has approved a possible Foreign Military Sale to India for follow-on sustainment support and related equipment for AH-64E Apache attack helicopters at an estimated cost of $198.2 million.

SHANTI Act liability absurdly low: plea in SC

The Supreme Court on Tuesday appeared wary about rocking the boat on a new nuclear law which caps liability at less than ₹4,000 crore even as the more petitioner, a retired bureaucrat, reminded the court of its own 40-year-old judgment that held that the "larger and prosperous" an enterprise carrying on a hazardous activity is, the greater must be the compensation for causing an accident which may affect thousands of lives.

Putin trip aims to show ties with China unshakeable

Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Beijing late on Tuesday for talks with his Chinese counterpart and "long-time good friend" Xi Jinping, intending to show their ties are unshakeable days after a visit by Donald Trump.

U.S.-Iran negotiations need 'more time' to reach deal, says Qatar

Qatar said on Tuesday that U.S.-Iran negotiations, mediated by Pakistan, required more time to reach a deal, a day after President Donald Trump said he had postponed planned attacks to give the process a chance.

WHO worried about 'scale and speed' of deadly Ebola outbreak as 131 killed

The World Health Organization on Tuesday voiced concern about the "scale and speed" of an Ebola outbreak that has killed an estimated 131 people in the Democratic Republic of Congo and warned it could be lengthy.

The UN health agency has declared the surge of the highly contagious haemorrhagic fever an inter-national health emergency and called an urgent meeting on the crisis.

Revealed: how humans evolved in the past 10,000 years alone

Even though some of the human remains the scientists examined were 18,000 years old, they were able to obtain enough genetic material to meaningfully calculate gene

frequencies for the last 10 millennia alone; the study is in fact the largest survey of ancient human genomes to date

Zwan-Wolf effect: stream diverter

The solar wind is a stream of charged particles flowing outwards from the sun. As the solar wind nears the magnetic field of a planet, it becomes compressed near the magnetic boundaries. This creates a difference in pressure, or pressure gradient, that squeezes the charged particles along the magnetic field, away from the stream. As a result, closer to the stream is an area with a lower density of charged particles. This is called the Zwan-Wolf effect. In a new study published in Nature Communications, researchers from France, the U.K., and the U.S. used the NASA MAVEN spacecraft to find evidence of the Zwan-Wolf effect at Mars. The finding is important because Mars does not have a strong, global magnetic field like the earth.