Category: Events

The CBI has filed a chargesheet naming thirteen individuals in a paper leak conspiracy. NEW DELHI: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has concluded that the alleged NEET-UG 2026 paper leak was the result of a well-coordinated, multi-state criminal conspiracy in which confidential question papers were leaked by National Testing Agency (NTA) subject experts and...

Shubman Gill (AFP Photo) India Test captain Shubman Gill was rested on the opening day of India’s warm-up match against Sri Lanka XI in Colombo after sustaining an impact injury to his right ring finger during training on Thursday.The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) confirmed that the decision was purely precautionary, with...

10 injured after student opens fire at school in Thailand At least two people were killed and 15 were injured after a student opened fire at a school in Thailand, north of Bangkok, on Friday, authorities said.Lt Col Pasakorn Chaitawiwong, head of the Plai Bang subdistrict police department, told Reuters that the number of fatalities...

Students protest in Ranchi’s Jaipal Singh Munda Stadium. NEW DELHI: The protest by JPSC and JSSC aspirants in Jharkhand entered its 14th day on Thursday, with students demanding action over alleged irregularities in recruitment examinations, while political pressure on the Hemant Soren government intensified.The protest, launched on July 25 under the JPSC-JSSC Reforms Manch at...

Zohran Mamdani New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has issued a cease and desist notices to 42 online retailers including Amazon, Walmart, Target, Wayfair and Temu parent PDD Holdings, over the sale of allegedly illegal high-speed e-bikes and e-scooters. Mamdani said that the crackdown was important to protect public safety. In a post shared on...

Crude prices continue to rise, as traders remain cautious due to Hormuz disruption. Oil prices inched higher on Friday as traders turned cautious due to uncertainty over shipping through the Strait of Hormuz alongside US President Donald Trump’s recent remarks that the war could end “pretty soon.“Around 7:25 am IST, Brent crude was trading 84...

Iran president says he heard a voice, not saw a face in secret Khamenei meeting Iranian president Masoud Pezeshkian was reportedly taken to a secret location in Tehran and granted only a brief meeting with a man introduced as Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei, according to Iran International.The reported encounter, conducted inside a dark, tinted-window vehicle,...

Trump signs orders to limit US birthright citizenship, despite Supreme Court ruling US President Donald Trump on Thursday signed two executive orders seeking to further restrict birthright citizenship, renewing his immigration crackdown weeks after the Supreme Court rejected his earlier attempt as unconstitutional.The new orders take a narrower approach than Trump’s previous directive and target...

Golaghat is the worst-hit district, with nearly 54,000 people affected, followed by Sivasagar with over 49,000 and Jorhat with around 27,000. GUWAHATI: The flood situation in Assam remained critical as two more people died, taking this year’s flood-related death toll to 97, while the number of affected people rose to over 1.68 lakh across 15...

Meta fined $567 million in largest child safety ruling against social media giant A New Mexico state court has ordered Meta to pay $567 million and overhaul safety features for young users after finding the social media company responsible for harming children’s mental health. The ruling marks one of the largest legal actions against a...