Spread the love Image Via Instagram Deshae Frost has been forced to answer a viral video that came back to the forefront, supposedly depicting him engaged in a fight with a woman while on a boat. Since its appearance in April 2026, the video has caused quite a stir on social media sites after people saw him physically assaulting the...
Clear stand on free compulsory pre-primary education, SC tells govt
Spread the love NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Monday sought responses of the Centre and state govts on a PIL seeking fair implementation of provisions of free and compulsory education at the pre-primary level as provided under National Education Policy 2020 and bringing this within the ambit of right to education guaranteed under Article 21A of the Constitution. Petitioner Haripriya...
Soon, access to nicotine gums may get tougher
Spread the love NEW DELHI: Access to quitting aids like nicotine gums and lozenges may soon be tightened, raising concerns among experts it could become harder for smokers to quit. The trigger is a recommendation by the Drug Technical Advisory Board (DTAB) to restrict over-the-counter (OTC) access to most nicotine replacement products. The proposal exempts only unflavoured 2-mg nicotine gum...
SC wants govt response to PIL seeking hike in MSP for grains
Spread the love NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Monday sought responses from the Centre and states on a PIL seeking a sufficient increase in the minimum support price (MSP) for the procurement of grains to enable farmers to recover at least the input cost and prevent thousands of them from ending their lives out of financial distress. A bench of...
Wangchuk renews push for talks, says Ladakh ‘hangs between trust and mistrust’
Spread the love SRINAGAR: Environmentalist and Leh Apex Body (LAB) member Sonam Wangchuk urged the Centre Monday to initiate dialogue on Ladakh’s key issues, issuing the appeal almost a month after his release from jail and saying the Union territory is “hanging between trust and mistrust”.“Today marks a month since the revocation of my National Security Act (NSA) detention. The...
J&K: Sighting of terror suspects prompts search ops in Kathua
Spread the love JAMMU: Residents of Safiyan village in J&K’s Kathua district allegedly spotted two armed terror suspects on Monday morning, prompting security personnel to launch search operations in multiple border areas in the district.Villagers allegedly saw the duo, carrying heavy backpacks, move from Safiyan towards the forests of Ambanall in Rajbagh, officials said. “On being informed, a joint team...
Vikram’s ‘hop’ unravels surficial ‘layers’ near lunar south pole region
Spread the love BENGALURU: When Vikram, India’s Moon lander, briefly lifted off and settled back down on the Moon in 2023, it marked a small but telling moment in the Chandrayaan-3 mission. Now, that short “hop”, which lasted around 3 minutes, is helping scientists piece together what lies just beneath the lunar surface, with very fine measurements.The manoeuvre, carried out...
Racing to build a quantum computer in Hyderabad
Spread the love At Raman Research Lab at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research in Hyderabad, India’s first quantum computer is taking shape. It is not an assembled computing wonder but something that is being built right from chips and physics that shape the next-generation computing devices. The principal investigator is Karthik Raman, a physicist who studied at IITD, MIT...
1, W, 0, W, 0, W: Praful’s dream IPL debut nurtured by Aaron, McGrath
Spread the love Sunrisers Hyderabad’s Praful Hinge, centre, celebrates the wicket of Rajasthan Royals’ Vaibhav Sooryavanshi during the Indian Premier League cricket match between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Rajasthan Royals in Hyderabad, India, Monday, April 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.) NEW DELHI: When a career is hanging by a thread, it often takes more than talent to survive. It takes...
Watch: Trump gets McDonald’s delivered by DoorDash ‘grandma’ at Oval Office
Spread the love US President Donald Trump had lunch delivered to the Oval Office on Monday afternoon (US local time) when a driver from DoorDash brought two bags of McDonald’s.The worker, identified by the company as Sharon Simmons, hand-delivered the food to the commander-in-chief on the colonnade outside the West Wing.As the delivery unfolded, Trump said, “This doesn’t look staged,”...
