Nepal home minister Sudan Gurung, a handpicked aide of PM Balendra Shah, resigned on Wednesday amid scrutiny over his wealth disclosures, investments and alleged business links with businessman and power broker Deepak Bhatta, who is being investigated in a money-laundering case. In a day of dramatic developments, Shah took charge of the home ministry after…
NEW DELHI: At least six people were killed and several others were injured on Wednesday evening after a pickup van overturned in Gujarat’s Valsad district. According to the police, the van was carrying around 30 people from Girnara village to a wedding. Inspector DN Vanza of Karpada police station said that the vehicle overturned after…
Aarav Vats scored 96.6% in the CBSE Class 10 exam while battling cancer A board-exam result usually arrives wrapped in the familiar noise of percentages, cut-offs, school-wise tallies and the annual frenzy over who scored what. Aarav Vats’ marksheet carries all of that, of course. It says he scored 96.6% in the 2026 CBSE Class…
NEW DELHI: The Election Commission on Wednesday said poll-related seizures in West Bengal and Tamil Nadu have crossed the Rs 1,000 crore mark ahead of the ongoing assembly elections and bye-elections.Enforcement agencies have recovered inducements worth Rs 1,072.13 crore meant to influence voters, the Commission said. Watch ECI Orders 96-Hour Dry Day In Bengal, TN…
The fragile ceasefire between the United States and Iran has triggered a bigger strategic question in Washington: if fighting resumes, how long can the US sustain a high-intensity war in the Middle East without weakening its position elsewhere?A new report by the Center for Strategic and International Studies by Mark F Cancian and Chris H…
The petroleum and natural gas ministry amended the framework for the aviation turbine fuel (ATF) on Wednesday, formally allowing it to blend it with synthetic fuels. The measure is aimed towards bringing clarity to fuel standards amid growing use of alternative and blended aviation fuels.The revised notification redefines ATF to include not just conventional hydrocarbon…
Chegg, the education tech company that became the king of the classroom in the early days of 2021 during Covid, has become the ‘first company’ to be effectively ‘killed’ by AI. The online learning platform once traded as high as $113.51 per share in February 2021, riding a wave of pandemic-driven demand for remote education,…
NEW DELHI: US Ambassador to India Sergio Gor on Wednesday condemned the ‘horrific attack in Pahalgam’ and said Washington stands with India in its fight against terrorism, marking the first anniversary of the incident.In a post on X, he wrote, ” On the one-year anniversary of the horrific attack in Pahalgam, we remember the innocent…
WASHINGTON: While India is in the throes of a delimitation debate that is pitting mostly southern states against some northern states, the United States has plunged into a redistricting rumble that is defining the Republican red v Democrat blue divide even more starkly. Voters in Virginia on Tuesday narrowly approved a high-stakes referendum that essentially…
Senior New Zealand minister Shane Jones has defended his controversial remarks on immigration, saying he uses “hyperbole” to gain “cut through” in public debates, even as criticism mounts over his “butter chicken tsunami” comment.The New Zealand First deputy leader on Wednesday said colleagues in Parliament had urged him to tone down his language, but he…
