India's Ice Crisis and Political Shifts: Key Updates

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It is a relatively small glacier for Antarctica, but soon, the Hektoria glacier might stop existing altogether. It has lost half its ice in just two months. On the polar opposite, Greenland is fast shedding its vast ice sheets. From across the world, the message is unanimous — the planet is losing ice at a record pace as temperatures continue to rise. Left unchecked, this means disaster for billions of people.

Meanwhile, the exit polls, which declared their projections after the completion of voting, unanimously gave the NDA coalition, led by the BJP and Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s JD(U), a tally well above the majority mark of 122 seats in the 243-member House. They estimated that the RJD-led Opposition Mahagathbandhan would get around 100 or fewer seats.

The Jammu and Kashmir Police on Wednesday detained a preacher from Haryana’s Mewat region for his alleged links to a ‘white-collar’ terror network operating out of a university in Faridabad, reported news agency PTI. Identified as Maulvi Ishtiyaq, the preacher has been taken to Srinagar for questioning. He had been residing in a rented accommodation within the Al Falah University campus in Faridabad, where investigators earlier seized over 2,500 kilograms of ammonium nitrate, potassium chlorate, and sulphur, according to officials.

The rapid ice loss in both Antarctica and Greenland highlights the urgent need for global action on climate change. The political shifts in Bihar, with the NDA coalition likely to form the next government, and the detention of a terror-linked preacher in Jammu and Kashmir are other critical developments that need close attention.

Stay updated with the latest news to keep yourself informed about these important events and their implications.