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NEW DELHI: In a sweeping crackdown on air pollution, the Maharashtra government has issued stop-work notices to more than 1,000 construction sites across Mumbai, with nearly 88 per cent of active projects facing action for violating environmental norms, Environment Minister Pankaja Munde informed the state legislative assembly on Tuesday.Presenting data from October 2025 to January...

Discord announced earlier this month that all users will soon be defaulted to teen experiences until their ages are verified. Soon after, the messaging platform faced backlash from users and privacy advocates over its expanded age verification plans. The company was criticised, especially regarding the collection and processing of government identification information.The issue arose when...

J Jayalalithaa (AI-generated image used for representation) NEW DELHI: Nearly a decade after J Jayalalithaa’s death, the AIADMK is still trying to rediscover itself. Once held together by Amma’s towering authority, the party has spent years battling leadership struggles, electoral setbacks and shifting alliances, even as it prepares for another high-stakes assembly election in 2026.On...

Screen grab Bihar chief minister and JD(U) supremo Nitish Kumar lost his composure in the state assembly on Tuesday as opposition members protested, alleging that the NDA-led government was ruling the state with the help of “guns and bullets”. During the heated exchange, Kumar made a notable slip of the tongue, wrongly mentioning the NDA’s...

As the United States keeps a powerful naval presence near the Middle East amid rising tensions with Iran, its most advanced aircraft carrier is facing an unexpected and persistent challenge — repeated failures in its onboard sewage system.The USS Gerald R Ford, commissioned in 2017 as the lead ship of a new class of supercarriers,...

Sachin Awasthi (File photo) NEW DELHI: The Indian Embassy in Seoul on Tuesday issued an advisory urging Indian nationals to exercise caution while traveling to Jeju Island, South Korea, following the detention of content creator Sachin Awasthi.In its advisory, the Embassy highlighted that from time to time, it receives reports of inconveniences faced by Indian...

Rahul Gandhi (ANI photo) NEW DELHI: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday challenged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to scrap the India-US trade deal, which he described as being against the interests of Indian farmers.Addressing the ‘Kisan Mahachaupal’ farmers’ rally in Bhopal, Gandhi called the interim trade deal an “arrow piercing the hearts of Indian farmers”.“After...

Elon Musk’s AI company, xAI, has reportedly signed a deal with the Pentagon to allow the US military to use its AI model, Grok, for highly classified systems. The move comes at a moment of ‘extreme tension’ between the Department of War and Anthropic, the maker of the “Claude” AI. Reports have claimed that for...

AI-generated image (For representative purposes only) NEW DELHI: Centre on Tuesday approved altering the name ‘Kerala’ to ‘Keralam’ almost two years after the state’s legislative assembly passed a resolution for the same. The approval comes as the state is set to go to polls later this year.Prime Minister Narendra Modi termed it the central government’s...

Iran is close to finalising a deal with China to purchase advanced anti-ship cruise missiles, Reuters reported, citing six people with knowledge of the negotiations, at a time when the United States is deploying significant naval forces near the Iranian coast amid escalating tensions.The proposed deal involves the Chinese-made CM-302 supersonic anti-ship missiles, which have...