Evening news wrap: Trump issues warning to allies over Hormuz; BJP releases Kerala election manifesto & more | India News

Donald Trump warned countries hit by Hormuz fuel disruptions to buy from the US and stop relying on Washington for protection. BJP released its manifesto ahead of Kerala polls, promising a Rs 3,000 pension, free water for households, and a mix of welfare and infrastructure measures. IndiGo has named aviation veteran Willie Walsh as CEO…

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West Bengal elections: PM Modi pledges citizenship for Matua Namasudras under CAA | India News

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Sunday pledged before the Matua Namasudra community that they’ll receive citizenship through the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA).“I pledge before Matua Namasudra community members that they will receive citizenship through CAA,” PM Modi said at poll rally in Bengal’s BongaonIn poll-bound West Bengal, the Matua-dominated belt of North 24 Parganas…

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National Council members to govt: ‘Self perceived identity’ must remain foundation of transgender identification | India News

NEW DELHI: Amid the raging debate and growing protests from the community over the proposed amendments to the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act 2019, The National Council for Transgender Persons members from the community in a meeting with senior officials of the ministry of social justice and empowerment on Saturday strongly reiterated that “self-affirmation…

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Mukul Choudhary ‘reminded me of watching MS Dhoni’: Former IPL batter makes bold claim | Cricket News

Mukul Choudhary and MS Dhoni (Photos by PTI) NEW DELHI: Former South Africa captain Faf du Plessis, who also played for Chennai Super Kings, Rising Pune Supergiant, and Royal Challengers Bangalore (now Royal Challengers Bengaluru), praised young Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) wicket-keeper batter Mukul Choudhary for his match-winning performance against Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) on…

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Dia Mirza didn’t have a vanity van during ‘Rehnaa Hai Terre Dil Mein’ with R Madhavan, recalls Daisy Shah who was a background dancer that time

One has seen many actors from the 80s and 90s talk about the times when there were no vanity vans and actresses faced trouble for changing their costumes or even going to the washroom. Cut to present when actors enjoy the luxury of having their personal vans and big entourages. During earlier times, actors often…

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Co-produce with India nich technologies like radar, sensor AI-enabled UAVs: Rajnath to German cos | India News

NEW DELHI: Defence minister Rajnath Singh has invited the German industry to co-produce with India, particularly in the field of niche technologies, as he underscored the need to forge partnerships based on reliability and shared interests, terming them indispensable in current shifts in geopolitical alignments, disruptions in supply chains and rapid technological transformations.While addressing German…

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‘Eight-pointed star’ seen in UFO files as Pentagon teases ‘even cooler information’ to come

A newly released Pentagon video has sparked fascination over UFOs after appearing to show a strange “eight-pointed star” moving across the sky.The infrared footage was published on Friday in the UFO-related government files ordered by US President Donald Trump. According to the documents, the clip was recorded in 2013 by US Central Command personnel using…

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World’s first nuclear waste vault: Why Finland is burying radioactive waste 400 metres underground | World News

Finland is on the verge of switching on what could become one of the most consequential infrastructure projects in the history of nuclear energy, a permanent underground repository designed to store highly radioactive waste for tens of thousands of years. Built deep beneath the island of Olkiluoto, the facility represents a long-awaited answer to a…

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