Madrid, Aug 7 (IANS) The Ghanaian government has confirmed that eight people, including two senior ministers, were killed in a military helicopter crash.Minister of Defence Edward Kofi Omane Boamah and Minister of Environment, Science, Technology, and Innovation Murtala Muhammed were killed in the crash on Wednesday (local time), Julius Debrah, chief of staff at the Presidency, announced at a press briefing.”I have the unpleasant duty to announce a national tragedy involving the crash of a milit…

Lucknow, Aug 7 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath is scheduled to visit Sambhal on Thursday, where he will inaugurate and lay the foundation stone for a total of 220 government schemes, collectively worth Rs 540 crore. The Chief Minister will also address a public meeting during his visit.According to information shared by the District Magistrate, Chief Minister Yogi will inaugurate 113 completed projects and lay the foundation stone for another 107 new schemes in the district.O…

Uttarkashi (Uttarakhand), Aug 7 (IANS) Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Thursday met with officials from the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) who are leading rescue efforts in Uttarkashi’s disaster-struck Dharali region, following the twin cloudbursts that wreaked havoc in the area.During this, the Chief Minister issued directives to intensify heli-rescue operations and ensure the swift restoration of essential services, including …

Prayagraj, Aug 7 (IANS) In a high-stakes late-night encounter on Wednesday, a notorious mafia gang member from Jharkhand, Ashish Ranjan alias Chhotu Singh, was gunned down by the Special Task Force (STF) of Uttar Pradesh in the Shankargarh area of Prayagraj. The criminal, armed with an AK-47 and a 9 mm pistol, opened fire at the STF team when intercepted, prompting a retaliatory response that led to his death.Originally from J.C. Malik Road in Dhanbad, Jharkhand, Ashish Ranjan was wanted in mult…

Ahmedabad, Aug 7 (IANS) Adani Power on Thursday said it has received a Letter of Intent (LoI) to develop and operate 2,400 MW greenfield thermal power plant in Bihar at an investment of $3 billion.India’s largest private sector thermal power generator won the bid from Bihar State Power Generation Company Ltd. (BSPGCL) to supply 2,274 MW power to North Bihar Power Distribution Company Ltd. (NBPDCL) and South Bihar Power Distribution Company Ltd. (SBPDCL) from a 2,400 MW thermal power project — …

New Delhi, Aug 7 (IANS) India and Russia have reaffirmed their strategic partnership by signing a Protocol to deepen cooperation in aluminium, fertilisers, railways, and mining technology.At the 11th session of the India-Russia Working Group on Modernisation and Industrial Cooperation here, the two sides welcomed enhanced engagement in aluminium, fertilisers, and railway transport, alongside capacity building and technology transfer in mining sector equipment, exploration, and industrial and dom…

Georgia (United States), Aug 7 (IANS) Five soldiers have been shot and injured during an active shooter incident at the US Army’s Fort Stewart in southeast Georgia state, according to an official social media post of the fort.The suspect is identified as Quornelius Radford, an automated logistics sergeant, according to John Lubas, commanding general of the 3rd Infantry Division. Radford used a personal handgun to open fire on fellow soldiers at his assigned base.”I can confirm it was not a milit…

Seoul, Aug 7 (IANS) South Korea and the United States will conduct a major joint exercise this month to strengthen their combined readiness posture, the allies said on Thursday, but added that around half of some 40 planned field training exercises will be rescheduled to next month.The announcement came amid speculation that the allies may push back some field training tied to the annual Ulchi Freedom Shield (UFS) exercise until after September as South Korea seeks to mend frayed ties with North…

Brussels, Aug 7 (IANS) The world saw its third-warmest July on record in 2025 with a slight respite from the unprecedented heat of the previous two years, which still reflects the ongoing trend of global warming, said the EU-funded Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) on Thursday.The global average surface air temperature in July 2025 was 16.68 degrees Celsius. It was 0.27 degrees Celsius cooler than July 2023 — the hottest July on record — and 0.23 degrees Celsius cooler than July 2024, th…

Vladivostok, Aug 7 (IANS) The aviation alert code for Klyuchevskoy Volcano in the Kamchatka Peninsula in Russia’s Far East has been raised from orange to red following intensified eruptive activity, local authorities said on Thursday.In a statement published on its Telegram channel, the Kamchatka Volcanic Eruption Response Team (KVERT) of the Institute of Volcanology and Seismology of the Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences said a summit explosive-effusive eruption is currently…