Chennai: Tamil Nadu‘s battle for exemption from the National Entrance and Eligibility Test, or NEET – the all-India entrance test for admission to medical courses – suffered a setback Friday after President Droupadi Murmu rejected a bill to exclude the state from its purview and allow it to use Class …
Read More »Probe Agency Searches Tamil Nadu, Kerala Offices Of ‘L2: Empuraan’ Producer
New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate on Friday searched the Tamil Nadu and Kerala premises of Gokul Chit Fund, a financial services institution that is also one of the producers of the new Malayalam movie ‘L2: Empuraan’. The searches come amid controversy over the movie which released last month and refers, …
Read More »Penguin Memes Fill Internet After Trump Tariffs An Uninhabited Island
Washington, United States: Donald Trump’s tariffs have become a black and white issue on social media, where penguin memes have gone viral after he targeted an island inhabited by the flightless birds, but no people. One widely shared image on Thursday showed a penguin in place of Ukrainian leader Volodymyr …
Read More »AI-Generated Research Paper Is Latest Spin On Climate Change Denial
Washington: Climate change deniers are pushing an AI-generated paper questioning human-induced warming, leading experts to warn against the rise of research that is inherently flawed but marketed as neutral and scrupulously logical. The paper rejects climate models on human-induced global warming and has been widely cited on social media as …
Read More »39 Hours And Counting: 250 Flying From London To Mumbai Stranded In Turkey
More than 250 passengers on a London-Mumbai Virgin Atlantic flight, many of them Indians, are stuck in Turkey’s Diyarbakir airport for over 39 hours now. An airline spokesperson has said the VS358 flight from London to Mumbai on 2nd April was cancelled due to an “urgent medical diversion” to Diyarbakir airport. …
Read More »Veteran Bollywood Actor Manoj Kumar Dies At 87 In Mumbai
New Delhi: Veteran actor Manoj Kumar, known for his roles in patriotic films such as Purab Aur Paschim and Kranti, died at 87 in Mumbai. Mr Kumar was admitted to Kokilaben Dhirubai Ambani Hospital in Mumbai, where he died at 3:30 am on Friday due to heart-related complications. The secondary …
Read More »Waqf Bill Passed By Rajya Sabha With 128 Votes For, 95 Against
New Delhi: The Waqf bill, after a smooth passage through Lok Sabha, breezed through the Rajya Sabha 24 hours later, after yet another marathon debate. On its way, it exposed a chink in the armour of the parties opposing the bill. The voting was 128 votes in favour of the …
Read More »US Stocks Plunge After Tariff Move, S&P 500 Sees Biggest Decline Since 2020
The Dow Jones Industrial Average ended the day down 4 per cent. Washington: US stocks plunged Thursday as traders reacted to Donald Trump’s sweeping tariff announcement a day earlier, with the broad-based S&P 500 recording its biggest one-day decline since 2020. The widely watched Wall Street index closed down 4.8 …
Read More »Centre-J&K Government Bonhomie Over? Tension Over Officers’ Transfer
Srinagar: The initial bonhomie between the Omar Abdullah government and the Centre in Jammu and Kashmir appears to be fizzling out. It has been replaced by simmering tension over the transfer of 48 Jammu and Kashmir Administrative Service officers by Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha. The Chief Minister has called an …
Read More »8 Killed After Inhaling Toxic Gas In 150-Year-Old Well In Madhya Pradesh
Bhopal: A routine well-cleaning activity turned into a disaster in Madhya Pradesh’s Kondawat village when eight people died after inhaling toxic gas. The incident happened on Thursday when villagers were preparing the well for idol immersion as part of the Gangaur festival celebrations. Five villagers initially descended into the 150-year-old …
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