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Officials say at least 280 people have been killed and 650 injured in a crash involving three trains in India’s eastern Odisha state. (Credit: AFP via Getty Images)

India train crash: Hundreds injured and more than 280 killed

CCTV footage shows the moment a man’s phone bursts into flames in his pocket

CCTV shows the moment a man’s phone burst into flames in his pocket

A dead catfish lies on the dried-up bed of the River Agly in Rivesaltes, southwestern France last month (Picture: Raymond Roig/AFP via Getty Images)

Planet Earth is about to issue a climate warning we must heed – Scotsman comment

Despite the focus on stopping small boats crossing the Channel, legal migration to the UK is at record levels, but most new arrivals choose to live in England (Picture: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

Why isn’t Scotland benefitting from the rise in UK immigration? – Murdo Fraser

Jeremy Grant

Consulates offer a superfast highway for investment in Scotland - and vice versa

Officially it is reported that there are 195 countries in the world today and India is the most populated.

How many countries in the world 2023 and is India or China the most populated?

Vehicles are seen stuck in bumper to bumper traffic on the Delhi-Jaipur expressway in Gurgaon, on April 25, 2023. - India will overtake China as the world's most populous country in the coming week, hitting almost 1.43 billion people, the United Nations said on April 24. (Photo by Vinay GUPTA / AFP) (Photo by VINAY GUPTA/AFP via Getty Images)

India’s population to be world’s largest by end of month, says UN

Symptoms of Arcturus as new Covid strain claims five lives

New highly-infectious covid strain Arcturus kills five Brits

Scotch whisky exports broke all records in 2022

Ad Feature A golden age: why the time is right to invest in single malt

Jamie Sives and Mark Bonnar are reunited for a final time in the third series of Guilt. Picture: BBC/Expectation/Happy Tramp North

Guilt: Creator Neil Forsyth on why he wants to wrap up the hit comedy drama

New Covid variant Arcturus has been found in the UK

Arcturus: New Covid variant found in UK

Marj Bond, pictured in her studio, amassed a slew of awards, prizes and commissions

Obituaries: Marj Bond, artist whose work is found in collections across world

Japan's delegation enter the Olympic Stadium during the opening ceremony of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, in Tokyo, on July 23, 2021.

Here's where the 2024, 2026 2028, 2032 Olympic Games will be

The price of crude oil increased by 5.5% on Monday April 3.

Oil prices rise more than 5 percent as production is cut

April Fools Day 2023: Best jokes and pranks of the year

Liam Johnston was delighted with his score in the third round of the Duncan Taylor Black Bull Challenge in Bangalore after facing some adversity. Picture: Angel Martinez/Getty Images.

Johnston loses ball up tree but is still in mix along with Howie in India

EzriCare's Artificial Tears was recalled in January over links to eye infections.

Eye drops recalled as deadly bacteria causes 68 people to go blind

After inflation hit a 41-year high in October, there must be better options out there

Ad Feature Budget: why Scotch cask whisky offers an inflation-beating option

The epicentre of the earthquake is believed to be in Afghanistan.

Earthquake measuring 6.5 hits Afghanistan and Pakistan

Cameron Smith shows off the trophy after winning The Players Championship 12 months ago at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach. Picture: Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images.

Smith's absence 'awkward' but McIlroy and Rahm insist it is right call

Stephen Gallacher looks on during the Hero Challenge prior to the Hero Indian Open at DLF Golf and Country Club on the outskirts of New Delhi. Picture: Stuart Franklin/Getty Images.

After waiting 1,425 days, Gallacher finally defends Hero Indian Open title

Sandy Scott is among five Scots teeing up in the Hero Indian Open this week as the event is held for the first time since 2019 following a Covid hiatus. Picture: Gregory Shamus/Getty Images.

Scott set for DP World Tour pro debut in Hero Indian Open on 'cool course'

Whisky exports have topped £6bn

Scotch Whisky exports over £6bn for first time, new data shows

India Willoughby says ongoing and “toxic” debate of transgender issues is being driven by “a lot of misinformation by a media that is completely transphobic”.

India Willoughby says toxic transgender debate is driven by media misinformation

Salman Rushdie PIC: Getty Images

Book review: Victory City, by Salman Rushdie

Here are the 10 biggest countries in the world in terms of land mass according to the World Economic Forum.

What is the biggest country in the world? Top 10 biggest countries worldwide

Thousands of Microsoft Teams and Outlook users are facing issues this morning as the software provider investigates a networking outage.

Outlook and Teams go down for thousands of users

Air India slapped with £30k fine after ‘inebriated’ passenger urinates on elderly woman

Airline slapped with £30k fine after man urinates on elderly woman

Jagtar Singh Johal has been in prison in India for five years. Picture: PA

Call for ‘urgent’ government action over Scot imprisoned in India

Bailie Annette Christie, chair of Glasgow Life and convenor for culture, sport and international relations for Glasgow City Council (left) and Steph de Roemer (Glasgow Life Conservator) (right) as Indian artefacts are being packed up before they are shipped. Picture: Alan Harvey/SNS Group

Glasgow becomes first city in UK to start repatriating heritage items to India

Neal Graham, left, and Eden Thompson have been appointed as new development managers by The R&A. Picture: The R&A

Graham takes up new R&A development role in Middle East and India

The new variant is set to be more transmissible than Omicron (Adobe)

New Covid variant nicknamed ‘The Kraken’ is ‘more transmissible’

How to watch The Letter: A Message For Our Earth featuring the Pope

Edward Kane and The Letters of Comfort, Chapter 13: The Lion's Den. ILLUSTRATION: Lesley-Anne Barnes Macfarlane

Edward Kane and The Letters of Comfort, Chapter 13: The Lion's Den

People gather in solidarity with those protesting in Iran, following the death of Mahsa Amini, 22, after she was arrested for not wearing her hijab correctly (Picture: Alex McBride/Getty Images)

From Iran to Malawi to Scotland, women are getting angrier – Susan Dalgety

Pozole is one of the dishes served in Mexico during Christmas dinner as an alternative to turkey

Turkey shortage: Alternative meats other countries eat at Christmas

David Reith overcame an early bout of TB to live a full and happy life

Scotsman Obituaries: David Reith, NHS administrator with a taste for adventure

Gravitricity explains that its energy storage system works by raising weights of up to 12,000 tonnes in a deep shaft and then releasing them when energy is required. Picture: contributed.

Energy storage firm Gravitricity plugs in funds to demonstrate offering in India

Chris Yendell, project development manager at Gravitricity, believes his firm's innovative energy storage technology -- which has been demonstrated at Edinburgh's Leith docks -- can help India reduce its climate emissions and move to renewable power. Picture: Peter Dibdin

Weight-to-go: Scots firm goes global with gravity energy storage innovation

Climate activists march in Sharm El-Sheikh during a demonstration at the Unite Nation COP27 climate summit. Photo: Peter Dejong/AP

Fake news: Could disinformation threaten global climate action?

Despite climate change, the global oil and gas industry has big plans for expansion (Picture: Katja Buchholz/Getty Images)

Big Oil is working to stop COP27 interfering with $1 trillion expansion plans

People crowd the Juhu beach on the Arabian Sea coast in Mumbai, India. The world's population is projected to hit an estimated 8 billion people on Tuesday, Nov. 15, according to a United Nations projection. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

World’s population set to hit eight billion as growth starts to slow

The earth’s population has risen by over one billion in 11 years

UN announces Earth’s population has hit 8 billion

Martin Purbrick, Institute Director, Asia Scotland Institute

Ground breaking new look at Himalaya and the crisis on the roof of the world

The firm has been expanding its team as it targets both domestic and international growth. Picture: contributed.

Tech firm ePos Hybrid expands ranks and customer base after crowdfunding success

Police officers at the scene of a deadly crush during a Halloween festival in Seoul, South Korea last month (Picture: Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images)

Deadly crowd crushes are preventable. So why do they keep happening?

Delegates are seen during a meeting of the review conference of the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons, (CCW) focussing on lethal autonomous weapons systems (killer robots) at the United Nations in Geneva last year.

International governments should create treaty on autonomous weapons systems

Fears over climate change have grown amid warnings that world leaders should "panic" and "code red for humanity". Photo: Danny Lawson/PA Wire

Leader: The global energy crisis and Cop27

Mr Johal's brother, Gurpreet, was joined at the demoinstration by Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe and her husband, Richard Ratcliffe. Picture: Reprieve

UK government accused of ‘collusion’ in Jagtar Singh Johal arrest

Whatsapp down for thousands of people in the UK

The Scotch Whisky Association (SWA) says ongoing trade talks with India are a “once in a generation” opportunity to unlock business on an even larger scale

Alcohol markets ‘worth £100m’ unlocked after trade talks

Ann Wigglesworth, pictured earlier this year at Achnahaird Bay, loved the outdoors

Scotsman Obituaries: Ann Wigglesworth, teacher and social campaigner

Dunoon Grammar School has been named a top three finalist for World's Best School Prize for Community Collaboration (Picture: Dunoon Grammar School/PA Wire)

Brian Wilson: In praise of Dunoon Grammar School – and democratic education

Dunoon Grammar School has been named a top three finalist for World's Best School Prize for Community Collaboration. Picture: Dunoon Grammar School/PA Wire

Scottish school named among world’s best for helping out in community

Five Sisters Zoo is the only place in Scotland where you can see magnificent cheetahs

Cheetahs to be flown to India in attempt at reintroduction after 70 years

Queen Elizabeth II and other Commonwealth leaders pose for a group photograph at the formal opening of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting at Buckingham Palace in 2018 (Picture: Yui Mok/WPA pool/Getty Images)

Queen’s hand helped steer the path away from empire – Dr Harshan Kumarasingham

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A screenshot from one of the Red Ice videos uploaded to BitChute, in which white nationalist broadcadter Lana Lokteff describes Humza Yousaf and his family as "enjoying the fruits of a white society." Picture: BitChute

Police launch investigation into racist abuse and threats aimed at Humza Yousaf

First Minister of Scotland Humza Yousaf tries his hand at hedge trimming during campaigning in Pollok (Pic: Robert Perry/PA Wire)

Humza Yousaf predicts SNP won’t lose seats at next General Election

Analysis of the Scottish Government's consultation on the proposed Land Reform Bill have been released (Katharine Hay/The Scotsman)

Land Reform consultation highlights little trust in Scottish Government