Srinagar, The Meteorological department on Monday forecast generally cloudy sky with light rain during the next 24 hours in Jammu and Kashmir.

"Weather is expected to remain generally cloudy with light rain at scattered places in J&K during the next 24 hours", an official of the MeT department.<

Tokyo,   The Sakurajima volcano in Japan's Kagoshima prefecture erupted for a second straight day on Monday, after evacuation orders were issued the previous day, the weather agency said.

Following the latest eruption, the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) raised its eruption alert for the volca

Thiruvananthapuram,  A snake wrapped itself around the leg of a Class 4 student after she accidentally stepped on it in her classroom in Palakkad district of Kerala on Monday.

The incident took place at the state-run Government Higher Secondary School in Palakkad.

As the child screamed in

Washington,   In the wake of a persistent heat wave, more than 85 million Americans are under excessive heat warnings or heat advisories, according to the US National Weather Service (NWS).

It said that numerous record highs were forecast to be tied or broken in the Northeast of the US, with heat in

Hamburg (Germany),  Lorenzo Musetti won the Hamburg European Open title after stunning top seed Carlos Alcaraz of Spain 6-4, 6-7(6), 6-4 in an intense final here on Sunday.

The 20-year-old Italian let slip five championship points in the second set before showed his mental fortitude against Alcaraz and w

New Delhi, One of the most successful Indian marksmen, Vijay Kumar believes shooting not being a part of the Birmingham Commonwealth Games curriculum is a calculated move by the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) to deny the country medals in a sport in which it has been a dominant force for more than two decades.

Port of Spain,  India skipper for the ODI series against the West Indies Shikhar Dhawan has credited a strong "domestic and IPL cricket" for the success of the side as it chased down a mammoth 312 to win the second match at Queen's Park Oval, and with it the series.

India won the second ODI

Eugene (US),  Armand Duplantis from Sweden refreshed the men's pole vault world record with 6.21 metres at the World Athletics Championships on Monday (IST).

Already securing the title with 6.00 metres, Duplantis improved the previous world record of 6.20 metres, set by him at the World Athletics Ind

Paris,  Jonas Vingegaard of Denmark claimed his first Tour de France title in the 109th edition of the most prestigious road cycling race here.

Vingegaard, who finished second behind Tadej Pogacar last year, has become the first Danish rider to have won the competition since Bjarne Riis in 1996.
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Dubai,  The Badminton Asia Championships, the showpiece continental event for the sport, will take place in UAE for the next five years after Dubai-based sports management and consultant company 'Beyond Boundaries' signed a deal with the Badminton Asia (BA), a report in insidethegames.biz said.

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