Spread the love The Bombay High Court will hear the petition on October 26, as Imran Khan faces a departure deadline MUMBAI: The Bombay high court on Tuesday posted to November 2 the hearing on actor Imran Khan Pal’s challenge to a notice directing him to leave India. The deadline under the notice issued by the Foreigners Regional Registration Office...
Karnataka loses nearly 1 crore voters after SIR
Spread the love Karnataka has witnessed a noteworthy change following the SIR (Representative image) BENGALURU: The Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in Karnataka concluded on October 27, with the state losing about 99.76 lakh voters from its original electorate of 5.5 crore, bringing the total electorate to 4,54,55,689 (or 4.54 crore).About 86.56 lakh of these voters are in the 20-29 age...
$445 million and counting: Musk goes all in for Republicans ahead of US midterms
Spread the love US President Donald Trump and Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk Elon Musk has contributed more than $445 million to political groups during the current US election cycle, emerging as one of the biggest-ever donors to super political action committees (super PACs), according to a report.Musk’s donations have helped widen the Republican Party’s fundraising advantage ahead of...
Your DNA says less about your personality than a short online quiz
Spread the love Decades of psychology have categorised human personality into five broad buckets: openness to experience (curiosity and imagination), conscientiousness (organisation and responsibility), extraversion (sociability), agreeableness (compassion), and neuroticism (a tendency towards anxiety and volatility). In new findings published in Nature, scientists have completed one of the largest-ever genetic analyses of these ‘big five’ traits, offering a more detailed...
Kochi nursery fire may be terror plot rehearsal targeting Jews, police suspect
Spread the love Ebin Paul (in picture), is accused of setting the nursery on fire. KOCHI: The fire at a horticulture nursery near the Kadavumbhagam Synagogue in Kochi is being investigated as a possible test run for a wider terror plot, with police examining communications that refer to Jewish places of worship and attacks in several cities across the country.A...
A decade after liquor ban, Bihar faces a new drug question: What the numbers reveal
Spread the love NCB destroyed 1,170.15 kg of seized narcotics worth Rs 4.54 crore in Patna, Bihar, across four cases to prevent their recirculation in September (Credit: NCB’s X) Punjab is set to go to polls in 2027, and the BJP, seeking to form its first government in the state, has made the drug menace a major election issue. The...
UP CEO apologises for ‘thank God Ram didn’t hit any minority’ post
Spread the love NEW DELHI: Uttar Pradesh CEO Navdeep Rinwa on Tuesday issued an apology for his office’s sarcastic reply to Aam Aadmi Party MP Sanjay Singh over allegations of caste bias following an erroneous voter slip entry, saying that the language and tone of the post were not in line with the nature of communication expected from the poll...
Why scratching an itch feel so good
Spread the love Photo: istock/gettyimages As it turns out, scientists have wondered about this too. There is even a research paper titled “The Pleasurability of Scratching an Itch”. Yes, you read that right. So, what exactly is going on between your skin, nerves and brain when you scratch? Let’s find out. First, what’s an itch? Seems like a weird question?...
BMW crashes into group in Germany’s Hanover, police launch hunt after suspects flee
Spread the love Representative image of German police Several people were injured after a BMW was allegedly driven deliberately into a group of people in Neustadt am Rübenberge, near Hanover in northern Germany, shortly before midnight on Monday. The vehicle’s occupants fled after police fired shots at the car and remained at large, Reuters reported on Tuesday, citing police.A police...
‘Propaganda against E20 was a paid campaign’: Gadkari as govt paves way for E100 fuel
Spread the love Nitin Gadkari says E20 criticism has faded, backs ethanol push to cut oil imports NEW DELHI: Union road transport minister Nitin Gadkari on Tuesday described the backlash against petrol blended with 20% ethanol (E20) as a “paid campaign”. His remarks came a day after the government notified changes to motor vehicle rules allowing flex-fuel vehicles to run...
