Desh Bhagat University(DBU), a leading institution renowned for its commitment to academic excellence and innovation, proudly hosted the All India Principals' Association (AIPA) Meet . This landmark event brought together esteemed educational leaders from across the country to discuss, collaborate, and strategize on the future of education in India. The conference, held at the university’s state-of-the-art Mahapragya hall, featured a diverse range of sessions and workshops designed to address the evolving challenges and opportunities facing educational institutions today.

A plane carrying 48 people skidded off the runway in Indonesia's Papua region on Monday morning, according to local police. The incident resulted in injuries to several passengers, although all on board survived.

The ATR-42 aircraft, operated by Trigana Air, was departing from an airport in the Yapen Islands regency bound for the Papuan capital of Jayapura when it veered off the runway. The flight included 42 passengers, among them a baby, and six crew members, reports news agency.

Typhoon Yagi and consequent landslides and floods have left 59 people dead and missing in Vietnam's northern region, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development said on Monday.

The natural disasters also injured 247 people, including 157 in Quang Ninh province and 40 in Hai Phong City; sank 25 unmanned vessels, mostly fishing boats; damaged over 113,000 hectares of rice and more than 22,000 hectares of other crops; damaged or swept away 1,500 aquaculture cages; killed 190,000 fowls; and uprooted or damaged nearly 121,700 trees, reports.

Two motorcyclists lost their lives in separate road accidents in Nepal on Monday, one in Chitwan and the other in Nawalparasi.

In Chitwan, a fatal collision occurred at around 2:10 a.m. in Ratnanagar along the East-West Highway. The motorcyclist, identified as 34-year-old Jiban Magarati from Ward No. 15 of Ratnanagar Municipality, crashed head-on into a truck, the Kathmandu Post reported.

According to the district police, Magarati sustained severe injuries and was pronounced dead at 2:42 a.m. at the Bakulahar Ratnanagar Hospital. The police have detained the truck driver, identified as Shyam Sundar Sahani (36) from Gadhimai Municipality in Bara.

Indian equity indices closed higher on Monday, snapping its three-day losing streak following a rally in FMCG and private bank stocks.

At closing, the Sensex was up 375 points or 0.46 per cent at 81,559 and the Nifty was up 84 points or 0.34 per cent at 24,936.

The market was led by private banking stocks. Nifty Bank closed at 51,117, up 540 points or 1.07 per cent.

In the Sensex pack, HUL, ICICI, ITC, Kotak Mahindra Bank, IndusInd Bank, Axis Bank, HDFC Bank, Nestle and UltraTech Cement were the top gainers. Tech Mahindra, Tata Steel, NTPC, Wipro, Tata Motors, Titan, Power Grid, HCL Tech, Sun Pharma and JSW Steel were the top losers.

Buoyed by the ‘Make in India’ initiative and the production-linked incentive (PLI) scheme, iPhone production in India has gone up from less than 1 per cent in 2017 to 10 per cent in 2023 and plans are to scale it up to 25 per cent of global shipments by 2025, according to global investment firm Jefferies.

With the introduction of the mobile PLI scheme, alongside with global supply chain diversification, are driving the surge in Apple’s local manufacturing in India, the latest report mentioned.

The tech giant was prepared for launching latest iPhone 16 Pro and Pro Max models in the country post the global debut on Monday. The company is set to make its ‘Make in India’ iPhone 16 Pro and 16 Pro Max models available in the country right after the launch.

The alliance talk between AAP and Congress has reportedly failed as Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has announced the first list 20 candidates of Haryana Assembly polls today.

The party has fielded Anurag Dhandha from Kalayat, Pawan Fauji from Uchana Kala, Indu Sharma from Bhivani, and Bijendra Hooda from Rohtak. Indu Sharma will contest from Bhiwani, Narendra Sharma from Pundri and Gurpal Singh from Naraingrarh.

Defending champions India continued their winning ways at the Men's Asian Champions Trophy as they sailed past Japan with a 5-1 win here at Moqi Hockey Training Base on Monday.

Sukhjeet Singh (2', 60') scored a double in India's win while Abhishek (3'), Sanjay (17') and Uttam Singh (54') scored a goal each while Kazumasa Matsumoto (41') scored the lone goal for Japan.

India had defeated hosts China 3-0 in their campaign opener.

The Army on Monday recovered a huge cache of arms and ammunition from the possession of two terrorists killed during an anti-infiltration operation on the Line of Control (LoC) in J&K’s Rajouri district.

Officials said that during the anti-infiltration operation in the Laam area of LoC’s Nowshera sector, two AK-47 rifles, one M4 carbine rifle with vision device, a pistol, eight grenades, assorted ammunition, personal clothing and edibles were recovered.

“In the nightlong operation, two terrorists were killed during this anti-infiltration operation in the area. Both slain terrorists were foreigners and further identity and affiliation are underway. Security forces are maintaining a heightened vigil and aerial platforms are being utilised to provide overwatch,” the Army said.

Bamboo shoot businesses in Myanmar are working together to produce dried bamboo shoots using international technologies to meet a yearly demand of about 200 tons from China, Japan, and Thailand, local media reported on Monday.

The media reports, citing U Tin Aung Cho, an entrepreneur involved in the Nay Pyi Taw-based cluster of bamboo and bamboo shoot cultivation and production, said that currently, a total of 38 entrepreneurs from the cluster are testing and planning to work with other regions to secure the required amount of dried bamboo shoots, as sourcing raw materials may pose challenges.

To meet global standards and expand beyond the local market, the production process is being upgraded for locally available dried bamboo shoots to align with international market demands, reports news agency, citing state-run Global New Light of Myanmar.