Subham Tiwari

Israel and Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah have reached a ceasefire agreement, a US official announced on Friday after an escalation in fighting in Lebanon threatened the chances of an interim agreement on ending the war in Iran.

On June 22, Air India flight AI479 briefly entered the Pakistani airspace while performing a go-around manoeuvre over Amritsar airport, the airline has said.

According to state-wise data compiled by the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) and the Ministry of Home Affairs, many states are operating with a substantial shortage of fire stations.

Data from maritime intelligence firm Kpler shows that nearly 62% of tankers and cargo vessels sailing from the Persian Gulf to India turned off their transponders while crossing the strait.

More than 1,900 people were killed, 10,500 injured and thousands remain missing following the earthquakes.

Since the beginning of 2026, Ukrainian drones have struck Russian oil and gas facilities at least 194 times, an 11-fold increase compared to the same period last year.

According to US cyber threat intelligence firm SentinelLabs, Chinese hackers carried out intrusions into the digital infrastructure of the police forces of Balochistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and Islamabad.

Often referred to in the news media as the "Doomsday Plane", the Tu-214PU serves primarily as a specialised, hardened communications node rather than Russia's primary nuclear-survivable airborne command platform.

Indians accounted for seven of the 16 seafarers, nearly 44 per cent, killed in attacks on commercial vessels during the Strait of Hormuz crisis between March 1 and July 14, 2026.

Sonam Wangchuk, a Ladakhi educator and innovator, had been on a hunger strike at Delhi's Jantar Mantar since June 28.