Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav (Photo credit: X/@Akhilesh Yadav) NEW DELHI: Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday dismissed Uttar Pradesh minister Om Prakash Rajbhar’s claim that his party was headed for a major split, accusing the BJP of having a history of engineering defections in opposition parties.Responding to Rajbhar’s “now it is UP’s...
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Sports, cigarettes, … : What world leaders were caught discussing on G7 hot mics
Image credit: AP The G7 summit brings together world leaders to tackle global crises, but it also gives spectators the best look into unguarded and human moments of our political leaders. Some of these moments were caught on the hot mics, and offer us a rare glimpse into the private dynamics between presidents and prime...
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‘Discarding very old and bringing in new’: Annamalai pitches party launch by July
K Annamalai NEW DELHI: After exiting BJP and launching his new movement ‘We the Leaders’, K Annamalai has taken another step forward, announcing plans to transform it into a political party by next month or July.The Tamil Nadu leader said the campaign is on the “right track” to become a political party.Pointing out that around...
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Peter Thiel’s secret Dialog society ‘exposed’ in data leak: Who’s on the list
Peter Thiel’s secret club for the powerful, exposed online A private network of some of the world’s most powerful people has spent two decades keeping its membership a secret. That wall came down this week. A data leak has exposed the names behind Dialog, the invitation-only society co-founded by billionaire investor Peter Thiel in 2006,...
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June 17, 2026June 17, 2026Health, Science & Tech
The case for banning paraquat in India
When 36-year-old Meenamma swallowed a small amount of herbicide after a fight with her husband, she did not expect it to kill her. “She just wanted me to realise how deeply she had been hurt,” recalled her husband, Venu. “She thought we would take her to a hospital and treat it.” What neither Meenamma nor...
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‘Mom and dad, I love you’: 23-year-old NEET aspirant dies by suicide in Dehradun, note recovered
A 23-year-old NEET aspirant allegedly died by suicide at her residence in Dehradun’s Chandrabani area on Tuesday morning, police said. DEHRADUN: A 23-year-old NEET aspirant allegedly died by suicide at her residence in Dehradun’s Chandrabani area on Tuesday morning, police said.The woman, identified as Ria, was preparing for the medical entrance examination and was reportedly...
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June 17, 2026June 17, 2026Science & Tech
The universe’s expansion is still accelerating, researchers say
Taking a fresh look at data involving a type of exploding stars, a team of researchers says it has confirmed the notion that the universe is expanding at an accelerated rate – the very observation that led to the identification in the 1990s of an enigmatic cosmic force called dark energy. The study’s results rebut...
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Tejas, Akash, BrahMos & more: How India strengthened defence manufacturing over the last decade
NEW DELHI: India’s defence production has more than doubled in five years to touch a record Rs 1.78 lakh crore in FY 2025-26, marking a major milestone in the country’s drive towards military self-reliance. As New Delhi celebrates the achievement, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday highlighted the evolution of India’s indigenous defence ecosystem by...
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Minor girl forced into illegal conversion and marriage; Kutch police arrest Ajmer Dargah Imam
Kutch Police arrest Ajmer Dargah Imam for illegal religious conversion and marriage of minor. RAJKOT: The Rapar Police in East Kutch have arrested an Imam from Khwaja Saheb shirin Ajmer, Rajasthan, for his alleged involvement in the illegal religious conversion and marriage (Nikah) of a minor girl from Rapar.The incident came to light when the...
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Brazilian company Embraer offers to build C-390 transport aircraft in India for IAF
Photo credit: Embraer NEW DELHI: Brazilian aerospace manufacturer Embraer has offered to establish a full-scale assembly line for its C-390 Millennium transport aircraft in India if the platform is selected under the Indian Air Force’s Medium Transport Aircraft (MTA) programme, a move that could significantly expand India’s role in the global military aviation supply chain.Speaking...
