Headlines- According to US President Donald Trump, he may issue an order "very soon" to strike Iran's Pickaxe Mountain, which is reported to host nuclear facilities.
- The war in Iran, US President Donald Trump said, is "small potatoes" and "not a big thing" for the United States, as the US has "essentially" taken over Iran.
- In a post on his X account on Thursday, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baqaei accused that the US was "deliberately attacking civilian targets".
- According to a Nigerian environmental NGO, an attempt to illegally tap oil from a cargo vessel in the country's south resulted in at least 37 deaths.
- The Israeli police has blocked humanitarian aid from reaching an occupied West Bank village that has been under siege by settlers for weeks, while Israeli police have killed a Palestinian man in Jerusalem.
Tag: Dalhousie
Focus India: Kolkata
Kolkata, the capital of the state of West Bengal, was founded as a commerce hub by an agent of the East India Company Job Charnok. Local landlords sold him Sutanati, Gobindapur, and Kalikata, three villages on the east bank of the Ganges. Dalhousie Square, originally the headquarters of the British Government’s administration, is still Bengal’s power hub, with Laldighi (a historic pond) in its midst. It has been renamed BBD Bag (after the freedom fighters Binay, Badol, and Dinesh who killed a high-profile police officer inside the Writers Building), and it is flanked by some land mark buildings
Khajjiar the Mini Switzerland of India
Mini Switzerland of India is located in the Chambal district, Khajjiar, in Himachal Pradesh. The Kalatop Khajjiar Sanctuary includes the Khajjiar hill station in Himachal Pradesh. As a result, practically every aspect of the location is a match. Forests, lakes, and grasslands make up its ecology