India Leads in Asian Shooting Championship with 29 Golds and Over 50 Medals

August 26, 2025 9:24 AM

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India Leads in Asian Shooting Championship with 29 Golds and Over 50 Medals

India has crossed the 50-medal mark and is leading the medal tally at the ongoing 16th Asian Shooting Championship in Shymkent, Kazakhstan.   In the women’s trap event, Neeru Dhanda won gold with 43 hits, followed by Qatar’s Ray Bassil, who won silver and India’s Aashima Ahlawa, who secured bro...

Flood Alert in Punjab: Over 20 Villages Evacuated, NDRF and Army on Standby

August 26, 2025 9:14 AM

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Flood Alert in Punjab: Over 20 Villages Evacuated, NDRF and Army on Standby

Continuous rain in many parts of Punjab as well as in Himachal Pradesh has brought the Raavi, Beas and Satluj rivers in spate, causing flooding in many villages of Fazilka, Gurdaspur, Hoshiarpur, Kapurthala and parts of Ferozepur in Punjab. Fazilka and Gurdaspur district administrations have sounded...

IMD issues a red alert for heavy rains for two districts of Himachal Pradesh

August 26, 2025 9:05 AM

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IMD issues a red alert for heavy rains for two districts of Himachal Pradesh

Monsoon rains are continuing intermittently in Himachal Pradesh, due to which normal life has been badly affected. In the plain districts of the state, a flood-like situation has arisen due to continuous rain and rivers and streams are overflowing at other places as well. The Meteorological Departme...

Continuous Rainfall Disrupts Life in Jammu; All Schools Shut Again Today

August 26, 2025 8:58 AM

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Continuous Rainfall Disrupts Life in Jammu; All Schools Shut Again Today

In Jammu and Kashmir, various parts of the Jammu region have been witnessing continuous heavy rainfall since late last night. The Met department has predicted light to moderate rain at many places with heavy to very heavy rain at a few places in Jammu, Reasi, Udhampur, Samba, Kathua and Rajouri dist...

Mirabai Clinches Gold at Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships 2025

August 26, 2025 8:16 AM

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Mirabai Clinches Gold at Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships 2025

Star Indian weightlifter Mirabai Chanu won a Gold medal at the 2025 Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships in Ahmedabad yesterday and marked a triumphant return to competitive action. The Tokyo Olympics silver medallist lifted a total of 193kg to set new Commonwealth Championship records in snatch...

US imposes an additional 25 percent tariff on imports from India

August 26, 2025 8:10 AM

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US imposes an additional 25 percent tariff on imports from India

The United States has officially issued a public notice imposing an additional 25 per cent tariffs on imports from India. The new duties will come into effect tomorrow. The notice has been issued by the Department of Homeland Security through US Customs and Border Protection (CBP). It said the tarif...

Union Finance Ministry introduces one-time switch facility from UPS to NPS

August 26, 2025 7:44 AM

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Union Finance Ministry introduces one-time switch facility from UPS to NPS

Union Finance Ministry has introduced a one-time one-way switch facility from the newly introduced Unified Pension Scheme (UPS) to the National Pension System (NPS). According to an official notification, this facility is available to UPS subscribers up to one year before their superannuation or thr...