Russian and Ukrainian negotiators met in Istanbul on Friday at their first direct peace talks in more than three years, under pressure from US President Donald Trump to end Europe’s deadliest conflict since World War Two.

The first-ever Snow Leopard Population Assessment Report, jointly presented by the Forest and Environment Department and WWF-India, has identified 21 endangered snow leopards in the high-altitude zones of north and west Sikkim.

Retired Pakistani Air Marshal Masood Akhtar admitted on camera that Indian precision strikes under Operation Sindoor damaged a Pakistani AWACS aircraft at Bholari airbase. The strikes, a retaliation for the Pahalgam terror attack, targeted key military installations, contradicting Pakistan’s attempts to downplay the extent of the damage. Indian Air Marshal AK Bharti confirmed that 11 Pakistani air bases were hit.