The study highlights that USAID programs have been vital in preventing more than 25 million deaths from AIDS and polio, around 11 million deaths from diarrheal diseases, 8 million deaths from malaria, and nearly 5 million deaths from tuberculosis. The reduction in funding threatens to undo t
Rural India is showing strong signs of economic progress. A report from HDFC Securities suggests that in 112 rural districts, home to nearly 291 million people, the average income per person has now crossed USD 2,000.
Bajaj Auto Limited reported nearly flat total sales for June 2025 on a year-on-year basis, as gains in the commercial vehicle segment balanced the dip in two-wheeler sales.
One of the worst-hit routes is the Shimla-Sunni-Karsog highway, which has been completely blocked near Devidhar about 35 kilometers from the state capital Shimla, stranding dozens of vehicles and commuters.
Landslides and road washouts have blocked the Yamunotri Highway near Silai Band and Ojari in Uttarakhand. Restoration efforts are underway, while the Gangotri pilgrimage route remains unaffected and operational, according to Uttarkashi Police.
An explosion at a firecracker manufacturing unit in Chinnakamanpatti near Sivakasi in Tamil Nadu has claimed four lives and left five others injured. The injured have been hospitalised in Virudhunagar as police investigate the cause of the blast.
A poster of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and Religious Leader Sishtani were found displayed in the Loni Kalbhor area near Pune on Sunday after the incident came to light local police took immediate action to remove the poster on Monday, said a Senior Police official.
Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Thakur Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu said that his government is actively considering an increase in compensation for the loss of goats and sheep, and efforts would be made to amend the relief manual to enhance this compensation as much as possible in the near future
In a follow-up operation early on June 30, BSF troops seized a DJI Air 3 drone and 460 grams of suspected heroin from a field near Chak Bazida in Fazilka district.