U.S. sinks Iranian vessel near Sri Lanka

A U.S. submarine attacked an Iranian warship on Wednesday, which sank in the Indian Ocean off the coast of Sri Lanka, bringing the West Asian conflict closer to the Indian subcontinent. At least 83 people were killed in the torpedo attack.

Morbi's ceramic industry stares at a shutdown as West Asia conflict escalates

The ceramic industry in Gujarat's Morbi faces a potential shutdown in the next few days as gas sup-plies from the Gulf region remain disrupted due to the ongoing war-like situation involving Israel, the United States and Iran, industry representatives said on Wednesday.

Morbi's ceramic industry stares at a shutdown as West Asia conflict escalates

The ceramic industry in Gujarat's Morbi faces a potential shutdown in the next few days as gas sup-plies from the Gulf region remain disrupted due to the ongoing war-like situation involving Israel, the United States and Iran, industry representatives said on Wednesday.

U.K. museum returns 16th century bronze statue to Indian government

The Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, England, has re-turned a 16th century bronze statue of Saint Thirumangai Alvar to the Government of India, following a detailed provenance research and liaison with Indian authorities.

India ranks second globally in childhood obesity: study

China, India and the US. each have over 10 million children with obesity; the World Obesity Atlas' report highlights risk factors such as poor physical activity levels and sub-optimal breastfeeding.

Study flags poor website-blocking practices in India

A largely unprecedented probe into the website blocking practices of multiple Indian Internet service providers (ISPs) has revealed inconsistencies in how sites are restricted across the country, and un-covered potentially clumsy practices that have led to large swaths of the web being blocked.

Chronic traffic noise exposes kinks in India's urban regulations

Auditory stress doesn't stay at the ear; chronic noise activates the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis, a hormone-signalling system that coordinates the body's response to stress and helps regulate immunity, mood, and sleep cycle; it also elevates cortisol, blood pressure, and cardiovascular strain.

'It's too warm': Greenland's fishermen feel climate heat

Fisherman Helgi Áargil no longer knows what to expect on Greenland's fjords, where he spends up to five days at a time on his boat with his dog, Molly, and the ever-changing northern lights in the sky as company.

Bullying Anthropic

The U.S.s demands for maximum flexibility on Al use are dangerous

Constitutional values over star power in Tamil Nadu

The challenges in the Congress-DMK seat-pact discussions underscore that governance and alliance cohesion matter more than mere celebrity-driven political spectacle

Reckless wreckers

Damaging nuclear facilities under an unstable regime poses great risks

Climate risks must prompt international legal reforms

So far, states have focused on addressing climate change's biophysical impacts and finding burden-sharing formulae that avoid serious socio-economic harm to developing and least-developed countries. The grave consequences of climate change are likely to prompt a renegotiation of some of the fundamentals of international law, including permanent sovereignty over natural resources (PSNR), requirement of territory for statehood, and unsettling of maritime zones.

Lutyens and the politics of symbolism

Lutyens ultimately secured near-exclusive credit for the city's design not just because he was talented, but because he was an exceptional public-relations strategist

The quiet demographic revolution unfolding in India

For much of the late 20th century, discussions of India's future were framed by a single anxiety: population growth. The assumption was that rapid fertility would outpace the economy's ability to generate food, infrastructure, and public services. The infamous "Population Bomb" thesis of Paul and Anne Ehrlich was a key text that in-formed public policy for decades.

What sparked the DoD-Anthropic clash?

Why did the DoD label Anthropic a supply chain risk? Did protections against surveillance and autonomous weapons trigger the fallout? Why did Anthropic refuse unrestricted access? Why was OpenAl able to negotiate terms that Anthropic rejected?

What will Nepal's landmark general election decide?

The story so far:

Nepal will be voting in a landmark general election on Thursday, in what many see as a quest for political change. The polls follow last September's youth-led movement against corruption, misgovernance, and a patronage-driven economy long associated with an ageing political class.

War puts oil, gas imports under stress

Many unloaded Indian oil tankers and gas carriers are awaiting orders from oil companies to proceed to other ports for alternative sources

Investors continue selling stocks as crude gets dearer

Indian investors continued selling, triggering the benchmark indices to tumble for the second consecutive session as oil prices surged on closure of Strait of Hormuz.

Urea, DAP prices rise amid Iran war tensions, supply concerns

With the prices of crude oil and liquefied natural gas (LNG) trending upward, fertilizer prices have also followed suit. As demand is expected to rise in the coming days, particularly for urea and its key feed-stock LNG due to India's upcoming sowing season, experts fear current disruptions could push urea prices beyond $1,000 per tonne. This follows statements from U.S. President Donald Trump suggesting the conflict could last more than four to five weeks.

Mr. Lufthansa taps crisis playbook to tackle costs, labour union battles

Lufthansa faces challenges from geopolitical disruptions and plane delivery delays; Spohr centralises management of 12 airlines, focuses on long-haul flights; Union conflicts persist despite Spohr's crisis management experience; the core Lufthansa brand is also being overhauled

Belgian museum, American mining company at odds over colonial-era Congo archive

A U.S. mining company backed by billionaires Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates is in a tangle with Belgium's Afri-ca Museum over who should digitise antique maps of what is now the Democratic Republic of Congo in the museum's archive.