Faruq Masudi

Banda, a district in Uttar Pradesh's Bundelkhand region, has repeatedly recorded the world's highest temperatures, becoming a man-made heat island. Experts attribute this to barren terrain, vanishing green cover, relentless sand mining, and drying rivers, creating a vicious cycle of extreme heat. This situation is exacerbated by dry westerly winds and a lack of adequate winter rainfall.

From Kalyan to Nagpur, medical aspirants describe the fallout of NEET 2026’s cancellation — lost momentum, postponed family lives, abandoned holidays, fresh fears over leaks, and the growing belief that students are paying for failures beyond their control

Teenage sensation Vaibhav Sooryavanshi's explosive 93 off 38 balls, including 10 sixes, kept Rajasthan Royals' playoff hopes alive. Former India all-rounder Irfan Pathan lauded the 15-year-old's maturity and off-side play, comparing his fear factor among bowlers to Chris Gayle's peak. Sooryavanshi is now threatening Gayle's IPL record of 59 sixes in a season.

The WHO has declared the Ebola outbreak in Congo and Uganda a public health emergency of international concern, citing a high risk of national and regional spread. While the global risk is low and it doesn't meet pandemic criteria, the agency warns the outbreak may have begun months ago and expects case numbers to rise.

The arrest of Mohammed Usman Jatt, alias ‘Chinese’, shows how deeply foreign terrorists attempt to integrate into civilian environments. Such blending, security agencies believe, makes detection significantly harder

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, in leaked audio from an April 30 all-hands meeting, confirmed the company is tracking employee keystrokes, mouse movements, and screen activity to train its AI models—and admitted Meta deliberately withheld details to protect its competitive edge. The audio, obtained by More Perfect Union, reveals Zuckerberg justified the surveillance by saying Meta employees are smarter than outside contractors. The disclosure came days before Meta began laying off 8,000 workers.

A 21-year-old woman allegedly died by suicide in Gwalior, with her family accusing her in-laws of dowry harassment and physical abuse. The family claims the in-laws demanded a car and withheld her 'Stridhan' shortly after the wedding. Police are investigating the incident, awaiting medical and forensic reports to register a case.