Category: Events

Rahul Gandhi lacks knowledge of parliamentary norms, how government runs, Union minister Jitendra Singh in Lok Sabha NEW DELHI: The Centre on Wednesday rejected leader of opposition Rahul Gandhi‘s allegation that Union home minister Amit Shah had authorised police excesses against student protesters, insisting that no shots were fired during the July 20 crackdown on...

New York mayor Zohran Mamdani says the tax would help fund parks, libraries and schools New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s administration has published a searchable online database listing the names and addresses of property owners who could be affected by the city’s new pied-à-terre tax. As reported by New York Post, the database includes properties...

A screen shows the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) at the Korea Exchange in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, July 29, 2026. (AP Photo) NEW DELHI: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convenor Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday alleged that the Centre was pressuring automobile manufacturers not to publicly disclose that E20 petrol could damage vehicles manufactured...

J-35 fighter jet As Pakistan is moving closer to acquiring China’s J-35 stealth fighter, some American strategic experts believe the development could strengthen the case for the United States to eventually offer its F-35 Lightning II to India.While no such proposal is currently under consideration, analysts at leading American think tanks argue that a Pakistani...

Russia charges Telegram founder Pavel Durov with aiding terrorism, puts him on wanted list Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) on Wednesday charged Telegram founder Pavel Durov with aiding terrorist activities and placed him on an international wanted list, accusing the messaging platform of failing to remove content allegedly used by Ukrainian intelligence agencies and terrorist...

Buckingham Palace Buckingham Palace, the official London residence of the British monarch, is undergoing its biggest infrastructure upgrade in decades as Britain races to preserve one of its most iconic historic properties for future generations.Under the £369 million Reservicing Programme, engineers are replacing ageing electrical wiring, plumbing, heating and communications systems that have served the...

Jeff Bezos When Jeff Bezos stepped down as Amazon‘s chief executive in July 2021, many assumed he would gradually retreat from the business world. Instead, the billionaire shifted his attention to a broader portfolio of ambitious ventures while remaining Amazon’s executive chairman. From commercial spaceflight and climate initiatives to artificial intelligence and biotechnology, Bezos has...

NEW DELHI: After nearly a week of logjam, Parliament witnessed a stormy session on Wednesday as leader of opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi praised the recent NEET-UG 2026 paper leak protests, saying, “Every Indian should be proud of what our youth did.”Participating in the debate on the Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means)...

SC gave clean chit to Manmohan Singh in coal block case NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court has given a clean-chit to ex-Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in the coal block allocation scam case, nearly two years after his demise.A special judge in SC quashed the summoning order and accepted closure reports filed by CBI.The case pertains...

“I put the protesters of PojK in the same category as India and consider them as enemies,” Khawaja Asif said. Pakistan defence minister Khawaja Asif said he considered protesters in Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoJK) enemies, just as he considered India.“I put the protesters of PojK in the same category as India and consider them...