Spread the love NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday rapped the West Bengal govt for rushing to court every now and then with “vague and irrelevant” reasons to delay the completion of the Special Intensive Revision of state electoral rolls, to expedite which the SC has deployed judicial officers from Jharkhand and Odisha.“Please do not come to the court...
US raises pressure on Khamenei regime, designates Iran ‘state sponsor of wrongful detention’
Spread the love Iran Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (AP file photo) The United States has escalated pressure on Iran’s leadership, formally designating the country a “state sponsor of wrongful detention” as tensions mount over its nuclear programme. In a statement, Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced the move, accusing Tehran of using foreign nationals as political leverage. “For decades,...
Watch: Afghanistan shares video of cross-border attacks inside Pakistan
Spread the love Afghanistan’s Taliban-led defence ministry late Friday released satellite footage showing strikes on multiple compounds inside Pakistan, as cross-border fighting between the two neighbours intensifies.Officials quoted by ToloNews said the strikes hit a military camp near Faizabad in Islamabad, a headquarters in Nowshera, the military township of Jamrud and targets in Abbottabad. The ministry described the operation as...
‘Leftwing nut jobs’: Trump orders immediate halt to Anthropic tech across US government
Spread the love US President Donald Trump has ordered every federal agency to “immediately” stop using technology developed by AI firm Anthropic. In a scathing post on Truth Social, the 47th POTUS branded the company’s leadership “Leftwing nut jobs”, escalating the growing standoff between the White House and the Pentagon’s AI suppliers.“THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA WILL NEVER ALLOW A...
India, EU agree on five-year Most Favoured Nation status; what it means
Spread the love India and the European Union are preparing to grant each other Most Favoured Nation (MFN) status once their landmark free trade agreement comes into force. The move, embedded within the draft text of the agreement, will bind both sides to World Trade Organization (WTO) disciplines and ensure they do not impose new import or export restrictions beyond...
Tamil Nadu launches its first Dark Sky Park in Kolli Hills for stargazing
Spread the love The Tamil Nadu government on Thursday announced the launch of the State’s first Dark Sky Park at the Ariyur Shola Reserve Forest in Kolli Hills, Namakkal district. The initiative was inaugurated by Forests Minister R.S. Rajakannappan in the presence of senior officials, including Environment, Climate Change and Forests Secretary Supriya Sahu, Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (PCCF)...
Kerala scientist bags Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship
Spread the love Saranya J.S., a native of Tanur in Malappuram, has been selected for the prestigious Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship (MSCA) instituted and funded by the European Commission. The highly competitive two-year fellowship will support her project titled “Indian Ocean Warming Pattern, Surface and Subsurface Marine Heatwaves: Storylines and Mechanisms (IO-WAVE)”, to be carried out in France. Ms. Saranya’s research will examine how Indian Ocean...
Court relief for Kejriwal: How BJP seized upon excise row to turn tables on AAP
Spread the love NEW DELHI: Viewing the excise controversy as the first chink in then AAP govt’s armour, BJP‘s city started claiming that a party born out of the Anna Hazare movement had strayed from its anti-corruption plank.Long before the saffron party started attacking AAP over “Sheesh Mahal” — a reference to a controversial renovation of the then chief minister’s...
‘People I really respect’: Trump lauds Shehbaz Sharif, Asim Munir amid Pak-Afghan conflict
Spread the love US President Donald Trump appears to have already signalled where he stands on the Pakistan-Afghanistan conflict, and the clues lie in his past speeches. Speaking about tensions between Pakistan and Afghanistan, Trump said he “gets along very well” with Pakistan, praising Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Army Chief General Asim Munir — remarks that many see as...
Husband or parents’ income for OBC creamy layer? SC to rule
Spread the love SC has asked Karnataka govt to respond to the appeal within two weeks (AI image) NEW DELHI: To determine whether an OBC woman candidate came within the creamy layer to be disentitled from reservation in govt employment, what should be taken into consideration – income of her husband or that of her parents? Supreme Court has agreed...
