Annamalai quits BJP NEW DELHI: The BJP in Tamil Nadu is back at the crossroads. The exit of Annamalai, its former state chief and arguably one of its most recognisable leaders, has once again raised a question the party has been grappling with for years: Can the BJP grow in Tamil Nadu without a strong...
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Xi’s war on the Uyghurs: The battle for identity in China’s far West
Generative image China’s latest ethnic unity law has brought renewed attention to the Uyghur question. The legislation, adopted by Beijing and due to take effect next year, seeks to strengthen what authorities call a “shared sense of the Chinese nation” among the country’s 55 officially recognised ethnic minorities.It expands the emphasis on Mandarin-language education from...
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Chernobyl fuel facility hit: Nuclear fears resurface, Kyiv says Russian attack ‘deliberate’
File photo A Russian drone struck a storage facility for spent nuclear fuel in the Chernobyl exclusion zone on Sunday, Ukrainian officials said, accusing Moscow of once again putting nuclear infrastructure at risk.Authorities said radiation levels remained within normal limits despite damage to the site.According to Reuters, Ukraine’s general staff and state nuclear agency said...
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100 days on: Why is Ali Khamenei still unburied?
Ali Ayotallah Khamenei Iran’s longest-serving supreme leader of Iran Ayotallah Ali Khamenei has still not been buried, even after 100 days since his death in a joint US-Israel strike on Iran. The delay that has triggered questions inside and outside the country, while his son Mojtaba took over the position.While several senior military commanders and...
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‘Next shot, in your chest’: Bishnoi gang claims Portugal shooting targeting Indians
NEW DELHI: The Lawrence Bishnoi gang has claimed responsibility for two recent shooting incidents targeting Indian nationals residing in Portugal. In a social media post that has rapidly gone viral, an operative identifying himself as Rahul RK Meena, a member of the notorious Sunil Meena Gang, explicitly took credit for the targeted attacks on behalf...
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June 7, 2026June 7, 2026Science & Tech
What is pyroprocessing?
Pyroprocessing is a way to change a solid material physically or chemically using high temperature. It is a dry process and very energy-intensive. The three sectors that use it most are cement-making, metallurgy, and nuclear power. Of these, cement-making uses pyroprocessing the most. First, finely ground limestone, clay and iron — the raw materials —...
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‘Do not send your children to US’: Sister of Indian man shot dead in Philadelphia
A 28-year-old Indian man from Telangana was shot dead in Philadelphia after being lured to a vacant property with a fake pizza delivery order, his family has alleged, with his sister calling it a “trap” meant solely to kill him and urging parents not to send their children to the United States.“It was a trap,...
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‘Protest won’t stop until Pradhan quits,’ says CJP founder, security beefed up at his house
CHHATRAPATI SAMBHAJINAGAR: Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke on Sunday said his agitation against alleged irregularities in examinations and recruitment processes would continue until Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan steps down from his post.According to PTI, Dipke also claimed that the protest held under the CJP banner at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi on...
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‘We’re children of the same rivers’: Nepal calls on India to ‘discuss dormant ties’
EAM Jaishankar with Nepal FM Shisir Khanal Nepal’s foreign minister Shisir Khanal on Sunday emphasised on a stronger development-oriented partnership with India while also calling for the revival of dormant bilateral mechanisms and the resumption of high-level political exchanges between the two neighbours.Addressing a media briefing during his three-day visit to India, Khanal highlighted the...
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June 7, 2026June 7, 2026Science & Tech
Homo erectus fossil yields secrets long thought to be beyond genetics
For much of modern history, human evolution was thought to progress in linear fashion, with one species replacing another, one by one. The famous ‘ape turning to human’ cartoon illustrating a stooped primate gradually straightening into a modern man essentially captures this idea. That picture began to change in the second half of the 19th...
