Job aspirants take part in a silent march at Albert Ekka Chowk, a day after police used lathi-charge during their protest Congress on Wednesday defended the Jharkhand government’s handling of the students’ agitation over alleged examination irregularities, claiming that no force was used against protesting students and accusing the BJP of attempting to divert the…
The case is being investigated as an apparent murder-suicide. A 53-year-old Kansas man fatally shot his wife and four young children before calling 911 to say he had killed his family and was preparing to take his own life, authorities said. The case is being investigated as an apparent murder-suicide.According to the New York Post,…
Union minister Kiren Rijiju said FCRA is must to monitor foreign funding. NEW DELHI: Union minister Kiren Rijiju Wednesday strongly criticised the opposition over what he called a “misleading campagin” against the foreign funding regulatory bill, which has now been sent to Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) for deeper deliberations.Rijiju said India was not a “banana…
Representative Image of flea beetles feeding on leafy spurge roots as a form of biological pest control (AI-generated image) In 1988, researchers working with the United States Department of Agriculture released a small population of European flea beetles onto infested rangeland near Valley City, North Dakota, hoping the insects might help control a plant that…
FCRA amendment bill sent to JPC (Image: IANS) NEW DELHI: The Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act (FCRA) Amendment Bill was formally referred to a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) on Wednesday after the Centre moved a motion to this effect in Parliament.Union minister Nityanand Rai moved the motion in the Lok Sabha after the House resumed proceedings…
In the heart of Yosemite National Park, where granite cliffs rise above ancient forests and waterfalls cascade into deep valleys, lies a quieter kind of wonder: Ackerson Meadow. One of the largest mid-elevation meadows in the Sierra Nevada, and the largest in Yosemite, it is a place of stillness, wildlife and ecological importance. But for…
Himalaya Wellness Company has been awarded a new GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS title after 66,928 doctors and healthcare practitioners from across India participated in a month-long tree-planting initiative launched on Doctors’ Day (July 1, 2026). The achievement surpasses the previous benchmark of 53,201.The title was conferred in the GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS category for ‘The Largest Online…
Japanese Kick streamer Nanatty is facing backlash after a short livestream clip began spreading online and allegedly showed her using a racial slur while speaking to another streamer. The clip appeared on social media on August 11, 2026, and quickly drew attention from people in the streaming community. Another post also accused Nanatty of making…
At 77, writer Catherine Hiller decided to step outside her comfort zone by paying $69 to attend a cuddle party in New York City. She expected an evening of affectionate physical contact with strangers, imagining people embracing, stroking one another and forming cosy groups. Instead, the experience was far more subdued. The event was strictly…
NEW DELHI: Union home minister Amit Shah on Wednesday wrote a letter to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla and asked him to allocate time for a discussion over the student protest on NEET paper leak.In the letter, Shah said that the Lower House already discussed the Public Examination (prevention of Unfair Means) Amendment Bill, 2026,…