A 21-year-old graduate who spent nearly £100,000 (around Rs 1 crore) on his UK education says the job market is “broken” after applying to 500 jobs without securing a single offer.Khaled Sharif, who graduated top of his class in digital media technology from Kingston University near London in 2025, has received fewer than 20 interview…
Congress leader Shashi Tharoor NEW DELHI: Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Tuesday pushed back against Union minister Kiren Rijiju over remarks suggesting that he had agreed the Congress could be seen as “anti-women”.The controversy stems from a conversation Rijiju referred to in an interview, where he claimed Tharoor had, in some sense, accepted the characterisation…
‘Singham’ cop Ajay Pal Sharma NEW DELHI: The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday declined to intervene in allegations against Election Commission-appointed police observer Ajay Pal Sharma, saying it would not pass any order concerning officers on poll duty until April 29, when the second phase of the West Bengal assembly elections is scheduled.The observation came…
The United States has acknowledged major gaps in its homeland missile defence system, warning that existing capabilities are not equipped to counter advanced threats such as hypersonic and long-range cruise missiles.This comes as Washington moves forward with plans for an ambitious multi-layered “Golden Dome” defence shield, aimed at strengthening protection against evolving threats from countries…
NEW DELHI: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday notched up a sweeping victory across all 15 municipal corporations. In the home turf of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union home minister Amit Shah, the saffron party crossed the 50% mark in every corporation.Polling for the civic elections was held on Sunday, covering 15 municipal…
A breakdown of every scenario that could finally bring Messi and Ronaldo together at the 2026 World Cup for one last meeting For nearly two decades, Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi have defined an era of football that has stretched across leagues, continents and competitions, yet the one stage that has never brought them together…
NEW DELHI: At a time when centralised leadership and national narratives play a dominant role in politics, Mamata Banerjee has stood tall as one of the strongest regional satraps resisting the national trend. She has ruled West Bengal for last 15 years outmanoeuvring her rivals again and again. But the big question is: will the…
UK Education minister Olivia Bailey The UK government has committed to introducing restrictions on social media use for children under 16, even as it stopped short of backing an outright ban proposed by the House of Lords. The move comes after a prolonged tussle between the two Houses over the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools…
TMc protests against ‘Singham’ cop NEW DELHI: A political row erupted in West Bengal’s South 24 Parganas on Tuesday as Trinamool Congress (TMC) supporters staged protests, accusing Election Commission-appointed police observer Ajay Pal Sharma of “intimidating” party workers ahead of the second phase of polling.Protests broke out in Falta, where supporters raised slogans outside the…
Neanderthals’ brains were not the reason behind their extinction, suggests a shocking new study. Scientists believed that there were differences in terms of intelligence and cognitive abilities of Neanderthals that resulted in their extinction, but current studies disprove the old notion about the Neanderthals’ extinction. The reasons could be related to other issues, like climate…