NEW DELHI: Even as the opposition demanded that the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Bill 2026 be referred to a parliamentary standing committee for wider consultations, Lok Sabha passed it by a voice vote, with govt responding to allegations of “exclusion” by saying the changes were aimed at ensuring that the protection and benefits…
A report by The Cato Institute says US government committed $1 million fraud through 75 country ban as they took visa processing fees from nationals from these countries but will never process those. The Cato Institute, a Washington-based think-tank, in its latest report, called the US government’s Green Card ban on 75 countries the largest…
NEW DELHI: Upending past pattern in the Civil Service Examinations (CSE), candidates of other backward classes (OBC) trumped those from economically weaker sections (EWS) in the final merit list for 2025, despite trailing in the interview round.The final 2025 cut-off (Mains + interview) for EWS is 926 while that for OBCs is 931. The cut-off…
File photo: Israeli defence minister Israel Katz Israel said on Tuesday that its military would take control of southern Lebanon up to the Litani River to create a “security zone”, marking a major escalation in its campaign against Hezbollah, while Lebanon took the unprecedented step of declaring Iran’s ambassador persona non grata and ordering him…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court observed on Tuesday that while SIR has been conducted smoothly in other states, it is West Bengal that has generated a spate of litigation relating to electoral roll revision.“There are many competitive complex issues in other states. Yet, SIR has been conducted so smoothly despite equally complicated issues. But there…
US President Donald Trump on Tuesday fueled speculation about Pakistan playing a mediating role between Washington and Tehran after sharing a post by Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif expressing Islamabad’s willingness to host talks to end the ongoing conflict.In a post on X, Sharif said Pakistan was “ready and honoured” to facilitate “meaningful and conclusive…
NEW DELHI: At Delhi’s Ramlila Maidan, a resolution was adopted at the ‘Jan Aakrosh Rally’, organised by the Communist Party of India (Marxist) demanding that the BJP-led union government must condemn the US-Israel attack on Iran and Palestine and take steps to protect the lives of Indians who are living in the Gulf and West…
HasanAbi (Image Via Getty) Hasan Piker, widely known as HasanAbi, is facing strong online criticism after photos and clips from his recent Cuba visit went viral. Many social media users questioned his clothing choices and called them expensive and out of touch with the country’s economic reality. The debate quickly accelerated through all three X…
NEW DELHI: Defence minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday chaired a review meeting with senior defence officials to take stock of the situation due to the West Asia crisis and said there was need to learn lessons from the conflict to improve the country’s defence preparedness.Rajnath was briefed on the global and regional security scenario, the…
Richard Bookstaber, author of A Demon of Our Own Design, warns today’s financial system faces dangers even greater than 2008./ Image: Institute for New Economic Thinking Richard Bookstaber, the financial analyst and author who spent decades working inside hedge funds and the US Treasury before writing the book that foreshadowed the 2008 financial crisis, says…