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Photo: Screengrab NEW DELHI: A video from a government event in Patna on Monday triggered a political row after Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar was seen removing the hijab of a woman AYUSH doctor while handing over appointment letters.The incident occurred at a programme held at the Chief Minister’s residence, where appointment letters were being...

The Viksit Bharat Adhishthan Bill proposes a minimum ₹2-crore penalty and immediate closure for illegal universites and higher education institutes. A proposed overhaul of India’s higher education law could make it significantly harder for unauthorised universities to exist and far easier for regulators to shut them down. The Viksit Bharat Adhishthan Bill proposes a minimum...

NEW DELHI: After a delay of nearly three years, the State Election Commission has finally announced dates for Maharashtra’s long-pending civic body elections, which have been overdue since 2022. Polling will be held on January 15 for 29 municipal corporations, 32 zilla parishads and 336 panchayat samitis, with results scheduled for January 16.The elections to...

Representative image. NEW DELHI: Intelligence agencies are alarmed and closely monitoring the expansion of terrorist infrastructure in Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir (PoK). Satellite imagery and photographs reveal the construction of a new “dual-use facility” in the Neelum Valley district.Since November, LeT accelerated the infrastructure build-up of the new centre, named “Jamia Masjid Ibn Taymiyah wa Markaz,” being...

Jeff Bezos Jeff Bezos has been credited to change the way people shop, however, the Amazon.com founder once revealed that his dream job was not running a trillion-dollar tech empire. In fact, his dream job was nothing related to technology but crafting high-end cocktails behind a bar. He was replying to a question from his...

India’s decision to manufacture the HAMMER precision-guided air-to-ground weapon marks a quiet but consequential shift in how New Delhi is preparing for future conflict. More than a new addition to the arsenal, HAMMER represents a move away from importing finished munitions towards absorbing the technologies that define modern air warfare.Developed by France’s Safran Electronics &...

Global child mortality rates are projected to rise for the first time in 25 years, with an estimated 200,000 additional deaths. Bill Gates attributes this grim reversal to significant cuts in foreign aid by the US and other wealthy nations. He emphasizes the next six months are crucial for securing funding and restoring progress in...

A Hanukkah celebration at Sydney’s Bondi Beach was shattered by a massacre on December 14, 2025. A father and son, linked to extremist networks, opened fire, killing 16 and wounding dozens in a targeted antisemitic attack. This tragedy, Australia’s deadliest mass shooting since 1996, highlights the global weaponization of anti-Israel slogans into violence and exposes...

Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff has ditched the word “cloud,” a significant shift for the tech pioneer. Focus groups revealed customers now prioritize discussing AI agents over cloud technology. This pivot is underscored by renaming products to “Agentforce” and a massive bet on AI, evidenced by layoffs and substantial deal closures, aiming for $60 billion in...