Andy Burnham at Buckingham Palace Andy Burnham has become the UK’s 59th prime minister after winning the Labour leadership unopposed, following Keir Starmer’s resignation. He is also the UK’s 7th PM in 10 years.Burnham, 56, formally accepted an invitation from King Charles III to form a government after Starmer tendered his resignation at Buckingham Palace....
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Science Snapshots: July 26, 2026
First ‘exomoon’ found comes with a challenge Using the radial velocity method, astronomers have found a large body orbiting a brown dwarf, CD-35 2722 B, which orbits a star. It is estimated to be 90% as massive as Jupiter and orbiting the brown dwarf every 170 days on an oval path. The find is a...
JPMorgan made 40% AI job cuts in some teams, but CEO is not ‘convinced’ of its results
JPMorgan Chase has revealed that artificial intelligence (AI) has helped the bank reduce headcount by up to 40% in some business areas, yet CEO Jamie Dimon remains unconvinced. He stressed that AI is unlikely to give America’s biggest bank a lasting competitive advantage, as other companies are adopting the technology as well. Speaking during JPMorgan’s...
‘Where did your 56-inch chest go?’ Kharge hits back at PM Modi’s ’56-year-old youth’ jab
Rajya Sabha LoP Mallikarjun Kharge hits back at PM Modi NEW DELHI: Congress president and leader of opposition in Rajya Sabha, Mallikarjun Kharge, has launched a scathing attack on PM Modi on Monday over his vieled criticism of Rahul Gandhi.He condemned the police baton charge on students at Jantar Mantar and demanded accountability from Prime...
Ram temple donation ‘theft’ row: Simple case of crime, don’t politicise it, says SC
Ram temple donation ‘theft’ row: Simple case of crime, don’t politicise it, says SC NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday said the alleged Ram temple donation embezzlement case should not be politicised, observing that it was ‘a simple case of commission of crime’ and that the court’s role was only to ensure a proper...
From Lexus LM 350h to Mercedes Maybach S560: Inside Kamal Haasan’s multi-crore luxury garage
3 min readKochiUpdated: Jul 20, 2026 03:43 PM IST Film professionals, particularly actors, entering mainstream politics is not new in Tamil Nadu. From MG Ramachandran (MGR) and J Jayalalithaa to Sivaji Ganesan, Vijayakanth, and Vijay, who currently serves as the state’s Chief Minister, the list of actors-turned-politicians in Tamil Nadu is long. Among them is...
From Tejas rejection to 5th-gen fighter jet hopes: Can Kaveri 2.0 finally deliver?
NEW DELHI: Nearly 18 years after India’s indigenous Kaveri jet engine was dropped from the Tejas fighter programme, the project is showing signs of a revival. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh‘s call for DRDO scientists to develop sixth-generation fighter engines within the next five to seven years, recent successful afterburner tests of the Kaveri engine and...
CJP leaders handover 3 demands to JP Nadda; Shah meets Dharmendra
NEW DELHI: A delegation of Cockroach Janata Party met Union minister JP Nadda on Monday as protesters marched towards Parliament, demanding accountability from the government over the NEET-UG paper leak case.According to CJP spokesperson Ashutosh Ranka, the meeting with Nadda was under way, with the Union minister seeking time to consult the government leadership on...
‘Lacklustre’: PDP takes swipe at NC’s Delhi protest for J&K statehood
PDP leader Iltija Mufti (File photo/PTI) NEW DELHI: As the ruling National Conference (NC) staged a protest in Delhi demanding the restoration of statehood to Jammu and Kashmir, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leader Iltija Mufti on Monday dismissed the demonstration as a “lacklustre and deliberately understated one-day event.“She argued that had the protest been held...
India’s bullet trains: What’s happening on India’s first high-speed rail project
To begin with, bullet trains will be capable of operating at speeds exceeding 250 kmph and will have a design speed of 280 kmph. India’s first bullet train project is likely to see the launch of its first high-speed train in 2027. India and Japan have jointly decided to operate indigenous bullet trains equipped with...

