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It’s snowing in Saudi Arabia. What caused the 1st snowfall in 30 years and –4°C desert cold?

New Delhi: Parts of Saudi Arabia’s northern desert turned white this week after rare and heavy snowfall. In regions such as Tabuk and Al-Jawf,...

SubscriberWrites: Snow Visits Srinagar At Midnight, Silence The Witness

With electricity being absent most of the time, Kashmiri songs like 'Sheena Peto Peto, Maamaa Yito, Yito' and Bollywood beats echo of history reflects a common longing for snow and has traversed the borders of time.

Why it hasn’t snowed in Gulmarg this year — climate change, El Niño effect

Gulmarg sees average of 130 cm snow in January but there's been no snowfall this month. Experts believe this as well as frequent instances of deluge in India stem from same phenomenon.

9 kids among 21 dead as heavy snow leaves cars stranded in Pakistan tourist hotspot Murree

Rescue efforts are underway at Murree hill station, and Pakistan’s Punjab province declared a state of emergency in the area. An inquiry has been ordered too.

A white Christmas week for Shillong as it ‘snows’ in Meghalaya capital

What appeared to be pre-Christmas snow was actually ‘small-sized hailstones’. In past decade, there have been just ‘3-4 instances' of hailstorms in Shillong, says IMD scientist.

On Camera

The influencer war that took rural creator Pujarini Pradhan global

As social media debated whether audiences were consuming Pujarini Pradhan as a symbol, The Juggernaut turned her into a story that could circulate globally, with or without her participation.

SEBI proposes return of open market share buybacks to support stocks

Regulator seeks feedback on allowing firms to repurchase shares via exchanges after tax changes, as markets reel from war-led selloff and foreign outflows.

South Korea’s Cheongung-II missile system makes its mark in West Asia war. Here’s why

UAE has been using this defence system, which is similar to America's Patriots, against Iranian missiles and unmanned aerial vehicles.

China insulated itself against energy shocks. India is ‘all talk, no walk’

China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.