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Nvidia’s announcement that it’s getting into the consumer laptop chip space with RTX Spark is huge. Apple has proved for years that Arm-based chips can perform incredibly well while also delivering great.
France on Monday said its navy had boarded and diverted a sanctioned oil tanker linked to Russia in the Atlantic Ocean as part of a broader crackdown on sanctions evasion. "This operation took place in the Atlantic Ocean, on the high seas, with the support of several partners, including the United Kingdom, in strict compliance with the law of the sea," Macron said.
Vera Jourová, who oversaw rule of law and values during her time at the European Commission, has told Euronews that the current US administration worries her more than the threats posed by Russia or China. Last Friday, Hungary's new government struck a deal with Brussels to unlock billions of euros in EU funds that had been frozen over concerns about corruption and rule-of-law violations.
Shares of Indian IT companies, including heavyweights Infosys, Tech Mahindra, TCS and Persistent Systems jumped up to 5% on Monday as multiple tailwinds boosted investor sentiment, pushing the Nifty IT index up around 3% to emerge as the top sectoral gainer. The sharp surge in IT stocks comes after a significant decline earlier this year, following the launch of plug-ins for AI startup Anthropic's Claude Cowork agent, which could automate tasks across legal, sales, marketing, and data analysis. On the downside, a breach below 28,800 could once again invite selling pressure across the Nifty IT index and associated IT stocks, potentially weakening the ongoing recovery structure,” he said.
Pre-monsoon rains lashed several parts of India, including Mumbai, where waterlogging slowed down traffic movement early Sunday, news agency PTI reported. Parts of Navi Mumbai, the island city, its western and eastern suburbs, also experienced moderate to heavy rainfall early this morning, bringing respite from heat across the state. The suburbs of Dadar, Matunga, Khar, Chembur, Mankhurd, Kurla, Santacruz, Vile Parle, Andheri and Versova have received significant rainfall in the past 1-2 hours.
Quote of the Day: Robert De Niro's iconic line from Martin Scorsese's The King of Comedy remains strikingly relevant in the era of influencers, viral fame and social media validation.
Virginia Woolf’s quote, “No need to hurry. For modern readers, the quote offers a lesson in slowing down, rejecting comparison and finding dignity in simply being oneself. In daily life, Woolf’s quote can be used as a calming principle: move at your pace, do not fake brightness, and do not abandon yourself to fit someone else’s expectation.
Kedarnath is regarded as one of the most sacred Hindu pilgrimage destinations (Photos: @KumaonJagran/X) The pilgrimage route to Kedarnath saw an extraordinary surge in devotees. The question is no longer about record numbers, but about how much the Himalayan ecosystem and infrastructure can realistically handle.
Two journalist-turned-politicians, Swapan Dasgupta and Jagannath Chattopadhyay, might also get important berths in the Cabinet. While the government has yet to announce the list of additional ministers, Adhikari can induct a maximum of 38 more.
The final rites of Tamil actor Ajith Kumar’s mother Mohini Mani were held at the Besant Nagar Electric Crematorium in Chennai on Sunday morning. com/YSC6PUZTs9 Ajith Kumar’s family announced on Saturday that his mother Mohini Mani had passed away at the age of 89.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday (May 31, 2026) urged people to stay hydrated in view of soaring temperatures across the country. Prime Minister Modi had on Wednesday (May 27, 2026) last also urged citizens to take maximum precautions as the country is witnessing soaring temperatures, and said staying hydrated is key during such harsh weather. Modi began his Mann Ki Baat radio programme with recent achievements of Indian athletes in athletics and said the national record in the 100-metre race had been broken thrice in two days at the 29th National Senior Athletics Federation Competition 2026 in Ranchi.
Prompt: Compare Dubai, Singapore, and Thailand for a first-time Indian traveller from Delhi planning a 5-night solo trip. ChatGPT estimated that a five-night trip to Dubai would cost around ₹ 70,000 if I skipped the expensive attractions in the city, including premium experiences near Burj Khalifa. Meanwhile, Thailand turned out to be the cheapest of the lot, with ChatGPT estimating that a five-night Bangkok-focused trip could cost around ₹ 43,500, including flights, hotels, food, transport, and sightseeing.
India News: Kalyan Banerjee, a TMC leader, was allegedly attacked in Hooghly, West Bengal, while submitting a deputation regarding post-poll violence, following a recent attack on Abhishek Banerjee.
Few films have left a mark on popular culture quite like The Good, the Bad and the Ugly. Spoken by Tuco, the cunning outlaw portrayed by Eli Wallach, the quote remains strikingly relevant in an era increasingly defined by burnout, workplace pressure and debates about work-life balance. The hidden philosophy inside a classic western At first glance, The Good, the Bad and the Ugly is a story about three men racing across a war-torn landscape in search of buried treasure.
Twin threats from east and west have clearly made the bloc more appealing – but its rule-bound institutions need urgent attention, says Guardian foreign affairs commentator Simon Tisdall.
Cecil Baldwin’s résumé includes appearances on Gravity Falls, narrating the documentary Scream, Queen! Picked up a few albums at my local record store: Marianne Faithfull À la Télévision 1965-1967 , Jorge Ben Jor Jorge Ben , and Dr John Gris-Gris.
You may have heard that Valve’s new Steam Controller can ring like a telephone or do the Wilhelm scream. With CrazyCritic89’s “Steam Haptics Singer,” which is available on GitHub in Windows and Linux versions, you can have your Steam Controller (either generation) or your Steam Deck play MIDI tracks — simple digital music files that contain notes rather than actual recorded audio.
A new movie from award-winning Jamaican film-maker Sosiessia Nixon shines a spotlight on Jamaica’s enduring west African-based magic and spiritual healing tradition known as obeah.Nixon’s tense,.
Despite many dams now and the threat of sand mining, the Chambal river still has the highest conservation value among rivers in the greater Gangetic basin. Its aquatic ecosystem and forest landscape support more than 550 species.
An insidious strategic blindness afflicts victors — the “winner’s trap” — an assumption that lessons of war belong only to the loser.In 1783, America won the Revolutionary War, defeating the British military.
The controversy surrounding the Central Board of Secondary Education’s (CBSE) Online Screening and Marking (OSM) system for Class XII answer-sheet evaluation has once again brought Telangana into focus, with academics drawing parallels to the State’s 2019 Intermediate examination results fiasco. More than 9 lakh students appeared for the examinations, and the initially declared marks showing thousands of students either failing or being absent led to public outrage. He also released documents showing how an inquiry was instituted into JNTU Kakinada and Globarena tie-up for automation of examinations system with financial commitment of ₹268 crore.
When Jyoti Devi arrived home at 5 pm, there was nothing unusual. She would always arrive home around that time in the evening.May 6, a Wednesday, was a routine work day. Last year, she was given a job by the.
Marcia Lucas, wife of director George Lucas, right, carries her Oscar statuette as they arrive at a post Academy Awards party at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles, April 4, 1978. (AP Photo, File) Marcia Lucas, who won an Oscar as editor of the original 1977 “Star Wars” has died, a lawyer for her family said Friday.
Curator Gayatri Sinha conducting a walkthrough of the exhibition "Reverie. 25 crore — the galleries are also responding to growing interest in Indian art and the expanding base of collectors, which includes younger audiences keen to not just invest in art but also understand its nuances. Designed by architect Vritima Wadhwa, it includes a reading salon, mezzanine and lounge.
I grew up drawing and painting, did GCSE art and still paint now. Seeing as the average viewing time is only 27 seconds, that means an hour’s trip exposes you to a whopping 133 paintings.
"Well I had no job offers at the time," she confessed while promoting Finding Dory at a London press conference. Fishing for Compliments This is the first Pixar film to win the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature.
Department of Homeland Security has clarified that not all immigrants seeking green cards must leave the US, partially reversing last week's announcement. But lawyers warn confusion and fear are far from over.
US Ambassador Sergio Gor says only 1% of the India-US interim trade deal remains, with signing expected in weeks. Both nations are deepening ties in AI, critical minerals, and pharmaceuticals.
com Morgan Stanley described the oil market as being in "a race against time." This week, trading has remained highly volatile, with both Brent and WTI swinging by as much as $6 on changing signals surrounding the possibility of the strait reopening. He said nearly 100 million barrels of oil supply per week could be affected by continued disruptions.
Many teams have fans abroad, but the bond between the north London club and ordinary Africans is on a different level. A continent expects, says author and cultural critic Sean Jacobs.
NPR's Short Wave talks about a weakness in a well-known insect repellant, how plants call wasps to their defense and how bigger rewards speed up learning, in mice. SACHA PFEIFFER, HOST: It's time now.
In the hunt for cheaper gas, people are going out of their way for discounted fuel at Costco and Walmart — many of them visiting for the first time. war in Iran continues to drive up gas prices, Costco's gas stations have been selling record amounts of fuel, executives told investors on a call Thursday. At Walmart's gas stations, in recent weeks, people have begun to fill up with fewer than ten gallons at a time, for the first time since 2022.
He insists he is so right but gets so much badly wrong, not least the absurdity that the UK should have joined Donald Trump in the quagmire that is Iran, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland.
Using cannabis edibles and alcohol together may make drivers far more impaired than either substance alone, according to new research from Johns Hopkins.
A special tribunal akin to Nuremberg will not only force Russia to explain its culpability, it will show how vital it is to uphold international law, says former UK prime minister Gordon Brown.
A decades-old mystery about Saturn has finally been solved thanks to the James Webb Space Telescope.
One can sit through something as intolerable as Kattalan only if one can invent some distraction. A possible diversion could be to keep a count of the humans and elephants killed during the film’s two-hour duration. Debutant director Paul George appears to have been given the task of expanding the Marco universe by its production team, the ever-expanding “universes” now being one of the bane of most industries.
Shivakumar taking over the top post following Siddaramaiah's resignation as Chief Minister of Karnataka, the Deputy Chief Minister on May 29 said he remembers the outgoing CM's journey as one of ‘resilience, perseverance, commitment to social justice’. From a humble village in Mysuru to leading Karnataka as Chief Minister, his journey stands as a testament to resilience, perseverance, and an unwavering commitment to social justice.
European shares were mostly higher on Friday, and oil prices slipped as investor sentiment was fuelled by expectations of a deal between the US and Iran to extend the ceasefire in the war by 60 days. Iran has not publicly confirmed the deal, and the tentative agreement was still awaiting sign-off from US President Donald Trump. In other company news from Europe, pharmaceutical giant Novo Nordisk is drawing attention after France announced to become the first country in Europe to reimburse weight-loss drugs, including the company's flagship products.
The deceased were identified as Mohammed Rabi (43), his wife Syed Nazreen Fatima (38), and their children aged 15 and 13, all residents of Periyar Nagar, Nandambakkam in Chennai. The flying squad officials in Namakkal district seized 111 utensils (worth ₹31,160) with Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) stickers on them.
An A+ category history-sheeter at the MKB Nagar police station, he is said to have been involved in at least 30 criminal cases, including five murders and a dacoity case reported in Puzhal recently. Assembly election: ECI orders transfer of 4 SPs The Election Commission of India (ECI) directed the Tamil Nadu government to post four officers as new Superintendents of Police (SPs) for Erode, Karur, Nagapattinam and Virudhunagar districts. Sengottaiyan has said the party would forge an alliance for the April 23 Assembly elections in Tamil Nadu only with those parties that accept TVK founder and actor Vijay as the chief ministerial face.
Stalin urged the public not to panic about the availability of fuel and cooking gas, saying the Centre has reiterated that the country has sufficient stock. Sengottaiyan, while addressing reporters in Erode, said TVK would contest from all 234 Assembly constituencies in the State.
Oscar Wilde, born in Dublin in 1854, became one of the most celebrated literary figures of the Victorian era, known for his wit, paradox, social satire and association with the Aesthetic movement. His major works include The Picture of Dorian Gray , Lady Windermere’s Fan , An Ideal Husband and The Importance of Being Earnest . ” — Oscar Wilde The line appears in Wilde’s 1895 play An Ideal Husband , where Lord Goring says it to his butler, Phipps.
The term "vanity project" is having a moment. It tends to surface whenever US President Donald Trump floats another plan to give Washington, D.C. an architectural — and costly — facelift. Whether it's a.
There's not a Kardashian in sight on Netflix's Calabasas Confidential, but from Jordyn Woods' sister Jodie Woods to Scottie Pippen's son Preston Pippen, get to know the cast's already famous names.
Ebola is spreading rapidly in parts of east Africa. The deadly disease, which kills around half of those it infects, is suspected to have claimed the lives of at least 240 people since the outbreak began in.
A day after stepping down as Karnataka Chief Minister, Siddaramaiah on Friday met Rahul Gandhi and Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge in Delhi, presenting his list of demands to the party high command, including plum portfolios for his son Yathindra in the new DK Shivakumar-led cabinet. I have no interest in national politics,” Siddaramaiah said on Thursday, shortly after stepping down.
Shares of Jaiprakash Power Ventures (JP Power) jumped another 7% on Friday, extending gains to a whopping 28% over just two sessions, while Adani Power shares hit a fresh 52-week high amid optimism over the latter's stake acquisition in the former. Last week, Adani Power said it has signed definitive agreements with Jaiprakash Associates (JAL) to acquire a 24% stake in Jaiprakash Power Ventures Limited (JPVL) along with the 180 MW Churk thermal power plant in Uttar Pradesh under the NCLT-approved resolution plan for JAL.
I t sounds like the haul of an unhappy trophy wife, filling her empty days with retail therapy. Rather it’s part of the charge sheet against Peter Murrell, former Scottish National party (SNP) chief executive and estranged husband of former first minister Nicola Sturgeon, who pleaded guilty this week to slowly embezzling more than £400,000 from the party to which they both devoted their lives and blowing much of it on designer luxuries. Essentially, her story is that they had separate bank accounts, and that she was too busy running Scotland to question who paid for their £3,070 robotic lawnmower, or revamped home library.
The deadly Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo can be stopped, the World Health Organization (WHO) head, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said as he arrived in Kinsasha. This is the 17th recorded Ebola outbreak in the big central African country, which has a population of more than 100 million people.
Which is what made it so surprising this week when Nintendo launched Pictonico. The games are all very silly in often hilarious ways, so you’ll be plucking hair, licking lollipops, and peeling bananas as quickly as you can. But then it releases something like Pictonico and you’re reminded that it’s at its very best when it stays weird.
The most memorable part of 007 First Light is something that’s typically pretty boring: the tutorial. It may seem like a small thing, but First Light ’s tutorial is just the latest example of how blurry the lines between games, film, and television have become. Things you’re used to seeing in movies, like Bond being beaten during an interrogation while tied to a chair, are now interactive rather than something you just watch.
FIFA — led by Gianni Infantino — is facing a joint probe from attorneys general in New Jersey and New York. Win McNamee/Getty Images hide.
A fire has ripped through a dormitory at a girls’ school in Kenya’s Rift valley, killing at least 16 students. Doors on that floor were initially locked and some girls died while jumping out of the windows, a first responder said.
For more than 250 years, stories from early explorers described crocodiles as a common sight along the shores of the Seychelles. "The founders of the Seychelles population must have drifted at least 3,000 kilometers across the Indian Ocean to reach the remote archipelago, perhaps even much further," says reptile expert Frank Glaw of the Bavarian State Collections of Natural History (SNSB) and senior author of the study.
The exit of Siddaramaiah from the post of Karnataka Chief Minister into what could be a political sunset has a major echo with what happened with Janata Dal (U) leader Nitish Kumar, not just in exit routes prescribed but in the fact that their exits also signal the death of a particular political lexicon of socialist politics. In 1994, Nitish Kumar held a Kurmi sammelan and formed the Samata Party, carving out the non-Yadav OBC “Luv-Kush” vote bank. In Bihar, the BJP got its first-ever Chief Minister with Nitish Kumar’s exit, with little chance of the Luv-Kush vote bank going away from the NDA in any intact way.
However, following a circular issued by the Union Home Ministry in January this year, the national song (Vande Mataram) has been sung first at some government events. In 2026 alone, 12 incidents of arrest had taken place, while 58 fishermen from Tamil Nadu were currently in custody in Sri Lanka and 266 boats had been seized, he said and urged the Prime Minister to press the Sri Lankan government for the immediate release of the fishermen and their boats. During the meeting, the Chief Minister said Tamil Nadu has been a fastest growing State and investments in key infrastructure projects are essential to sustain and accelerate this growth.
Candidates can fill up the registration form till June 9, 2026. This will help the students who have missed the first deadline to fill out the form and to make changes in their preferred college.
Five of the seven villagers were rescued by the Laotian organisation Rescue Volunteer from a flooded, remote cave 300 m (984ft) deep from the exit in Laos. (Photo Source: Reuters) Five of the seven villagers were rescued by the Laotian organisation Rescue Volunteer from a flooded, remote cave 300 m (984ft) deep from the exit in Laos. Persistent rains further escalated the situation, BBC reported.
Jr NTR pays floral tribute at NTR Ghat in Hyderabad on the occasion of his grandfather Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao's 103rd birth anniversary Every year on May 28, the NTR Ghat in Hyderabad fills up with people who still feel a personal connection to a man who left the world three decades ago. Actor Jr NTR visited the NTR Ghat in Hyderabad on Thursday to pay tribute to his grandfather, legendary actor and former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao, on his 103rd birth anniversary. Within a year, the TDP had swept into power and NTR became the first non-Congress Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh.
Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Wednesday acknowledged “some discrepancies” in the ongoing CBSE Class 12 revaluation process and said the government has accepted responsibility while assuring students that corrective measures would be taken and accountability fixed at all levels. Around 17 lakh students took part, with nearly 98 lakh answer copies – about 40 crore scanned pages in total,” Pradhan said, underlining the scale of the exercise. com/yrePqcATei — Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) May 28, 2026 The minister said CBSE had, for the first time, introduced a fully digital evaluation system aimed at improving transparency and making the process more student-centric.
Chinese electric car company Nio announced May 27, 2026, that former NBA player Yao Ming (R) would be a representative for the brand as it launches the ES9 SUV, a car that CEO William Li Bin (L) touted as the largest SUV in China. 45% in Hong Kong trading on Thursday after the company officially launched its ES9 SUV a day earlier. But before deliveries started in the first quarter of 2025, consumer electronics company Xiaomi had launched its first electric car — at 215,900 yuan.
Karnataka CM News: Siddaramaiah’s son Yatheendra likely to join new cabinet, say sources Sources said Yatheendra Siddaramaiah, son of Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, is likely to be inducted into the new cabinet expected to be formed under DK Shivakumar’s leadership. Karnataka Leadership Change: Congress MLA hints at ‘good news’ after Siddaramaiah meeting Congress MLA Belur Gopalakrishna said party leaders were expecting “good news” within the next few hours following Chief Minister Siddaramaiah’s interaction with legislators and ministers. Karnataka Leadership Change: Bommai says Congress infighting pushed state back by 20 years Karnataka Power Change: Siddaramaiah briefs ministers on government’s three-year record Karnataka Live: Siddaramaiah announces exit plan at ministers’ meeting Sources said Chief Minister Siddaramaiah informed ministers during the breakfast meeting that he would step down from the post after lunch.
The Trump administration is building a quarantine and treatment center in Kenya for Americans affected by the Ebola outbreak, instead of bringing them home. The White House on Wednesday confirmed that the US was setting up a facility in Kenya for Americans to quarantine after Ebola exposure in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). “The facility is designed to provide access to high-quality care for Americans who would need to quickly get out of DRC and quarantine without the risks of a lengthy transport back to the US,” a White House official told the Guardian.
The head of the World Health Organization has called for an immediate ceasefire in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo to help tackle the Ebola outbreak there, as Uganda closed its border with its.
The two Alexa-powered devices were announced on Wednesday, May 27, and are now available through Amazon India and Flipkart. Amazon also confirmed that both devices are designed to support Alexa+, the company’s upcoming generative AI-powered assistant, once it launches in India.
Observing a “persistent crisis” of suicides across IIT campuses, the Central Information Commission (CIC) has recommended the constitution of high-level committees at the institutes to address factors contributing to such deaths, underlining the “dire need” for corrective measures. The order assumes significance against the backdrop of the recently published National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) report, which showed that while overall suicides in India marginally declined in 2024, student suicides continued to rise. f November 14, 2025, which establishes that Public Authority no longer requires to justify withholding personal data by weighing public interest against privacy,” the order said.
Leo Tolstoy remains one of the most influential literary figures in modern history. Born as Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy in 1828 at Yasnaya Polyana in the Russian Empire, the author went on to shape world.
Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez told the UN Security Council that "now should be the time for solidarity" as the Caribbean nation faces a "humanitarian catastrophe." Bruno Rodriguez said had briefed United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on "the grave humanitarian situation facing the Cuban people" Image: Seth Wenig/AP Photo/picture alliance 'Let Cuba live in peace' The US has maintained a decadeslong trade embargo on Cuba.
Hema Malini recently accepted the prestigious Padma Vibhushan on behalf of her husband Dharmendra. Hema Malini accepted the prestigious Padma Vibhushan on behalf of her husband Dharmendra in an emotional moment that touched fans across the country.
Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)] workers came out on the streets across Kerala on Wednesday (May 27, 2026) to protest against the Directorate of Enforcement’s (ED) raids on the houses of former Kerala Chief Minister and CPI(M) Polit Bureau member Pinarayi Vijayan. Govindan said that the raids are “the latest instance of a planned attack” against the CPI(M) by the Sangh Parivar and the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS). The party will strongly resist such attempts politically and legally, with the support of the masses, he said.
” Mr Baby said neither the CPI(M) nor Mr Vijayan would be intimidated or cowed by the BJP’s attempt to use the ED as the Central government’s catspaw to “target” Opposition figures. The CPI(M) leadership in Kerala also pivoted to assail the Congress and the BJP as “covert partners in the national scheme to target Opposition leaders”. He said the BJP used the Congress’ insinuations as a political lever to arrest and incarcerate a serving Chief Minister on trumped-up charges of corruption.
Built using 30 datasets and rolled out nationwide, the technology used in the Govt’s TB screening programme is changing how healthcare workers pinpoint high-risk villages and detect cases earlier.
Screen Shots bring you all thats cooking in the entertainment space -- trailers of Shilpa Shettys cooking reality show Maa Hai Na, Manoj Bajpayee-starrer Governor, Jim Sarbh and Naseeruddin Shah-starrer Made in India: A Titan Story, and Disney Pixars Toy Story 5.
Commander of Ukraine’s Unmanned Systems Forces Robert Brovdi said the military has already identified "500 potential targets" in Belarus as he warned Aliaksandr Lukashenka against Minsk’s deeper involvement in Russia’s war against Ukraine. Brovdi, whose military call sign is “Magyar” also responded to threats from Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, who said on Monday that Russia is planning "systematic strikes on targets in Kyiv”.
Shares of Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) dropped as much as 4% to an intraday low of Rs 810 on the BSE on Wednesday after a report said the government could begin formal marketing next month for a proposed stake sale that may raise up to Rs 10,000 crore ($1 billion). LIC reported a consolidated net profit of Rs 23,467 crore for Q4 of FY26, marking a 23% year-on-year (YoY) rise from the Rs 19,039 crore profit reported in the corresponding quarter of the previous financial year.
The Indian Coast Guard and the Gujarat Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) seized 115 kg of cocaine worth an estimated ₹ 1,150 crore during a joint operation off the Mundra coast, officials said on Wednesday, according to news agency PTI. How ATS and Coast Guard tracked, intercepted and seized consignment ICG interceptor boats carrying ATS personnel launched a massive search operation in the Mundra anchorage area after suspicious activity was detected onboard a container vessel, identified as MV Europe, anchored nearly five nautical miles off the Mundra coast, the release said.
Upholding the legality of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR), the Supreme Court on Wednesday said that the deletion of names from electoral rolls under the exercise does not determine citizenship. The controversy began after the Election Commission launched the SIR exercise in Bihar in June last year before extending it to several states, including West Bengal, Kerala and Tamil Nadu. "The ECI is directed to refer such cases within four weeks to the competent authority under the Citizenship Act, 1955, for the determination of their citizenship claims," the CJI said.
We will not persuade. We will not explain. We will not listen. We know best and we will force you to comply. This, I’m sorry to say, is how the government’s climate policy works. Or rather, how it doesn’t.
7% in April from a year earlier, according to official data released Wednesday, despite broader signs of slowing economic momentum. A fivefold increase in profits in the mining and related sectors also boosted overall industrial profit growth, while iron smelting and rolling swung to a profit for the year as of April, compared with a loss in the first quarter.
The Trump administration has proposed introducing a new government-wide nondisclosure agreement, or NDA, for both new employees and those already serving. The document does not mention the highest-profile disclosure of the second Trump administration: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's revelation over a Signal group chat of plans for a military strike on Yemen. The roughly 2 million people who work for the federal government are already required to safeguard confidential and proprietary information obtained on the job.
Along with the launch of the new Fitbit Air (which you can expect a full review of once we’ve spent more time with it), Google has officially replaced it with Google Health, as previously announced, and many of the responses we’ve seen so far are full of confusion, frustration, and requests to get the old app back. ” Another person called it “quite a helpful feature,” showing how they were able to update their sleep log with a missed session by chatting with the AI bot. Screenshot: Stevie Bonifield / Google Even though I knew the switch to Google Health was coming, I was still disoriented for the first several minutes after opening the app this morning.
After years of it seeming like the Spider-Man film rights might be better off in Marvel’s hands alone, Into the Spider-Verse came along and proved that Sony was still capable of telling phenomenal stories.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday expressed surprise over the large number of long-pending vacancies in the administrative establishment of the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT), and sought the intervention of the Attorney General for India to ensure that the posts are filled at the earliest. (HT file photo) A bench comprising Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi was hearing a writ petition filed by Praveen Kumar Bansal concerning longstanding vacancies in the tribunal’s administrative setup, which, according to the plea, have severely affected its functioning. Taking note of the submissions, the court said it would request the intervention of Attorney General R Venkataramani in the matter.
The Quad nations — India, the United States, Australia and Japan — on 26 May unveiled an ambitious push to strengthen energy security, resilient supply chains and maritime cooperation across the Indo-Pacific amid growing geopolitical tensions and disruptions in global energy markets. Recognising shifts in the global energy landscape and escalating geopolitical complexities, we are accelerating collaboration to ensure energy stability and security, it said. Our leaders have expressed a clear collective intent to cooperate on energy security and resilience, it said.
Following the resignation of the three MLAs, their respective Assembly segments were declared vacant. Krishnamurthy said the Speaker should not accept their resignations as disqualification proceedings under the Tenth Schedule of the Constitution were pending against them.
TMC MP Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar had taken moral responsibility for the party’s poor performance in the Barasat region, and appealed to Mamata Banerjee to rely on veteran party workers rather than external consultants. On May 24, she resigned from her post as the party’s organisational district president for Barasat, slamming the decision to hire political consultancy firm I-PAC, which, she said, created “havoc” and “ruined” the party.
Unlike the US, the Indian elite has little social intimacy or political familiarity with Russia or China. There is only the G-to-G relationship and the coded diplo-speak associated with it.
The US military's Central Command said it had carried out “self-defense” strikes in southern Iran. Meanwhile, Israeli PM Netanyahu said he ordered the military to increase strikes against Hezbollah. DW has more.
Carla Denyer is taking some time out.The Bristol Central MP and former Green party co-leader says she is suffering from burnout after trying to juggle health issues on top of the job and has been advised by.
NASA's Psyche spacecraft has successfully completed a close flyby of Mars, using the planet's gravity to gain speed and redirect its path toward the asteroid Psyche. On May 15, the spacecraft passed within 2,864 miles (4,609 kilometers) of the Martian surface, receiving a crucial gravitational assist without using additional onboard fuel. "We've confirmed that Mars gave the spacecraft a 1,000 mile-per-hour boost and shifted its orbital plane by about 1 degree relative to the Sun.
Agencies Sri Lanka's central bank stunned markets by raising its policy rate by an outsized 100 basis points on Tuesday, the biggest hike in four years, as policymakers scrambled to stem inflation and support a currency buckling under soaring energy prices. 5 billion on fuel imports in the first four months of the year, with the fuel bill surging 77% in March alone. 9 billion programme from the International Monetary Fund, the island is clawing its way out of the 2022 upheaval caused by a severe shortfall of dollars.
This year, nearly 17 lakh students appeared for the CBSE Class 12 examinations. Even conservative estimates suggest that almost 4 lakh students would have written these two papers alone. After CBSE announced Class 12 results on May 13, students were allowed to seek scanned copies of evaluated answer sheets before applying for verification or re-evaluation under the revised post-result process.
Ireland’s parliament, the Dáil, voted down a reproductive rights amendment bill this month that would have abolished the country’s mandatory three-day waiting period for access to an abortion. Supporters of.
The World Health Organization has warned that the Ebola outbreak is outpacing response efforts and countries neighbouring the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are at high risk from the disease. Addressing an online meeting of the African Union about the outbreak, he also announced there had been 220 suspected deaths so far in the current Ebola outbreak and that he would travel to the DRC on Tuesday with Chikwe Ihekweazu, executive director of WHO’s health emergencies programme. On Monday, Uganda announced two more Ebola cases, taking the total number of confirmed cases in the country to seven.
For those following the crisis between the US and Iran, the past few days have been bewildering. On Friday, the six-week-old ceasefire seemed doomed. Donald Trump skipped his son’s wedding to remain in the.
Three suspected members (faces blurred) of the inter-state drug racket arrested by the Pune rural police. (Photo Credit: Special Arrangement) In a major drug haul earlier this year, the Pune rural police quite literally stumbled upon 479 kilograms of marijuana concealed in 465 adhesive-taped packets and hidden inside two empty water drums abandoned on a secluded, uncultivated patch of land in Baramati. Suspecting that the consignment had been stockpiled to cater to the spike in demand during the Holi festival, the police launched a coordinated probe despite initially having no clues as to who had brought the marijuana there, where it came from, or who was meant to receive it.
In view of the upcoming Eid-ul-Azha, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday (May 24, 2026) directed officials to strengthen vigilance, and said ritual sacrifice of animals would not be permitted in public places on the festive occasion. Sacrifices are to be performed only at pre-designated sites, and no new practices are to be encouraged, the Chief Minister said, reiterating that there is a ban on the sacrifice of prohibited animals. He directed that namaz be offered only at traditional venues, and said under no circumstances should permission be granted to offer prayers by blocking roads.
S. Vijayabaskar has spent 23 years behind a TASMAC counter in Pudukkottai. He has absorbed the ordinary indignities of the trade — the abusive drunk,.
Pope Leo XIV marked Pentecost on Sunday with a plea for peace, praying that humanity might be saved “from the evil of war." "These signs of the Passion, more eloquent than words, are now transfigured; he who was dead lives forever."
