Category: Events

Two students killed in Philippines school shooting (Representative image) A shooting occurred at a high school in the southern Philippine city of Zamboanga on Tuesday morning.Speaking to DZMM radio, Mayor Khymer Adan Olaso said there were two casualties in the incident, both of them students. One of the students was identified as the gunman.This is...

Representative image PJM Interconnection, the largest electrical grid operator in the US, has proposed a framework that would require data centers to switch to backup generators when regional power reserves hit dangerously low levels. According to a report in Reuters, the proposal aligns with President Donald Trump’s “Ratepayer Protection Pledge,” a non-binding initiative aimed at...

Crude prices surge past $90 per barrel as ceasefire hopes dim Oil prices inched higher on Tuesday, with Brent crude surging past the $90-a-barrel mark as hopes of an early end to the Middle East war remained uncertain. Iran signalled a shift towards a more offensive military approach, while US ruled out extending the ceasefire,...

The Test win in Darwin is the realisation of the talent and the immaculate process focusing on Test cricket put in place by the BCB. Days before the Darwin Test against Bangladesh, Australia captain Pat Cummins had said in a podcast: “Some of our guys are saying no to half-a-million pounds for 20 days’ work...

One Insta post states, “When someone says Dimaagi Naxal, all I hear is intellectual baddie!’ What’s common to the social media accounts of ‘Dimagi Naxal Party’ – started over the weekend in response to PM’s reference in his I-Day speech – and CJP protests is a high dose of Gen Z humour.One Insta post states,...

NEW DELHI: In the decade-old proceedings for expediting trials in criminal case against sitting/former MPs/MLAs, amicus curiae and senior advocate Vijay Hansaria has informed the Supreme Court that there are serious criminal cases against chief ministers of 14 of the 28 states, a list topped by Telangana’s A Revanth Reddy who faces 89 cases.West Bengal’s...

Manav Suthar (BCCI Photo) Manav Suthar once again showed his value as one of India’s promising left-arm spin options. The 24-year-old claimed four wickets in Sri Lanka’s first innings in the opening Test of the two-match series.Suthar returned figures of 4/76 as India bowled Sri Lanka out for 284 after posting 462 in their first...

Emraan Hashmi’s ‘Awarapan 2’ has made an impressive start at the box office, living up to the enormous anticipation surrounding the sequel. Although the first film did not perform strongly in theatres, its music and emotional appeal helped it gain cult status over the years. That nostalgia translated into strong audience interest in the sequel,...

Hawkish narrative got significant boost from a fake quote. Tehran’s alleged effort to develop nuclear weapons has been the key reason cited by US President Trump and Israel govt for the war on Iran. In recent weeks, amid stop-start peace efforts, the hawkish narrative got a significant boost from a fake quote first posted by...

Trump cited a recent conversation with Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and highlighted India’s use of photo identification for voters. President Donald Trump on Tuesday praised India’s election system and called for the passage of the SAVE America Act, which seeks to require proof of citizenship and voter identification in US elections.In a post on...