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The Himachal Pradesh Assembly on Wednesday passed the Himachal Pradesh State Universities (Amendment) Bill, 2026, amid strong opposition from BJP legislators, who said that the proposed changes would undermine the autonomy of state universities and bring their
In 1960, Johnny Burnette's charming hit 'You're Sixteen' climbed to number eight on the music charts. Tragically, Burnette's life ended in a boating accident just four years later
New Delhi: India and Canada held their annual Foreign Office Consultations (FOC) at Hyderabad House on Wednesday, reaffirming their commitment to concluding a Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) by the end of the year.According to the Ministry
Since the Jantar Mantar protests in July that forced the first resignation of a Union Minister under public pressure in 12 years, the BJP has appeared the most tentative it has ever looked, with the decisiveness that it once projected as a hallmark of its gove
Rich Dad Poor Dad author Robert Kiyosaki has said he is carrying about $1.2 billion in debt, a figure he says is tied to the real-estate investments that form a major part of his wealth-building strategy. The 79-year-old financial author has often spoken about
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Piyush Goyal says India could attract more than $200 billion in investment into its data centre industry as the country seeks to emerge as a global data centre hub. The Commerce and Industry Minister highlighted data centres, AI, semiconductors and manufacturi
Chandigarh, Farmers under the banner of the Samyukta Kisan Morcha on Tuesday began a week-long protest at the Chandigarh-Mohali border in support of various demands, including opposition to the proposed India-US trade deal. Farmers from across Punjab arrived i
Ukraine s top sanctions official Vladyslav Vlasiuk will visit Washington to lobby House lawmakers to back a sweeping Russia sanctions bill passed by the Senate. The legislation could authorise tariffs of up to 100% on major buyers of Russian energy, including
In a notable incident at a Bengaluru coffee shop, a customer was labeled as 'Little fat black shirt' on his bill, leading to accusations of body-shaming. The individual took to social media to voice his discontent
Uttarakhand's Uniform Civil Code model is now being adopted by other states. Madhya Pradesh has passed its own UCC Bill, seeking uniform civil laws
India's merchandise trade deficit widened more than expected to a six-month high of $31.98 billion in July, as the Middle East war drove up the country's oil import bill and global freight rates.The data underscores the growing pressure on India's external bal
Billionaire Bill Ackman and wife Neri Oxman have pledged $400 million to launch the Ackman Oxman Institute, a brain research and rehabilitation centre in New York, after their 26-year-old daughter Lucy survived a massive brain haemorrhage in February. Ackman s
Code-hosting giant GitHub has published a blog post explaining exactly what happened during an outage that lasted seven hours and 47 minutes earlier this week. The outage which took place on Monday, August 17, was traced to a critical infrastructure component
Pakistan's National Assembly passed two bills to streamline military and nuclear command structures. These bills follow last year's constitutional amendment which introduced a Chief of Defence Forces
A day after the Congress Working Committee (CWC) reaffirmed that only the first two stanzas of Vande Mataram would be sung at party events, there is a growing sense of unease in sections of the party that believe the leadership should have handled the matter w
India s buffalo meat exports are booming, hitting a record $5.1 billion in 2025-26 and set to cross $6 billion in the current fiscal year. Credit goes to the industry that has built a market in countries from Southeast and West Asia to Africa and, more recentl
From multilingual medicine prices on display to a no-deposit mandate for emergency cases to itemised bills these are some of the key features of Maharashtra s new healthcare Bill that seeks to replace the 77-year-old law and regulate hospitals, clinics, labora
Last week, a delegation from Liberia arrived in New Delhi to glean a first-hand understanding of the political participation of women in India. The first such interaction of the kind between the two countries comes on the back of a series of developments in th
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge criticized the Modi government's impact on youth employment. He alleged widespread paper leaks and recruitment scams affecting educated young people
The Netflix series Operation Safed Sagar, which chronicles the efforts of the Indian Air Force during the Kargil War 1999, has received a lot of love from the audience, and generated a lot of curiousity around the events that took place between India and Pakis
A court in Uttar Pradesh s Rae Bareli on Tuesday sentenced 14 people, including former Samajwadi Party district president Ram Pratap Yadav and a dhaba owner Suresh Yadav, to life imprisonment for the 2019 murder of D Pharma student Aditya Pratap Singh alias Ra
Uber cofounder Travis Kalanick recalled his initial disagreements with Benchmark Capital investor Bill Gurley who led the effort to remove him as Uber's CEO in 2017 over the company's fundraising plans and valuation, in a recent interview on David Senra's podc
HBO has announced the renewal of 'IT: Welcome to Derry' for its second season, taking audiences back to 1935 amidst the Great Depression. This season will delve into the chilling Bradley Gang massacre and Derry's gruesome past, with Pennywise the Dancing Clown
In a bid to recover outstanding dues worth Rs 6,000 crore, the Delhi government has extended its scheme offering a full waiver on late payment charges on water bills by another seven months, giving consumers time till March 31, 2027, to clear their principal d
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Sunday slammed senior Congress leader Sonia Gandhi, saying her objection to singing the full version of Vande Mataram was an insult to nationalism and the song's writer, Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay.He sa
MUMBAI: Opposition parties in Maharashtra have slammed prime minister Narendra Modi s call of the hour and appeal to all political parties to support 33% reservation for women in the Lok Sabha and state assemblies. Pointing out that the Bill had already been p
The senior Congress leader is learnt to have been asked to furnish his reply by August 28 for consideration by Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla after he received two notices in this regard from Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Chief Whip Sanjay Jaiswal and party MP Anur
Bhubaneswar: The BJD has planned to pursue both legal action and public demonstrations to oppose the passage of the Mines and Minerals (Amendment) Bill in Parliament, arguing that the legislation poses a threat to Odisha's fiscal autonomy.The bill, which seeks
The Indian government has implemented restrictions on new state taxes concerning mineral rights and land to streamline the national market and lower domestic mineral prices. However, opposition parties contend these limitations may harm the financial stability
The White House has placed India among countries at highest risk of being used to circumvent US tariffs on Chinese goods, citing an estimated $67 billion in goods allegedly transshipped through India, Mexico and Vietnam in 2025. However, the Global Trade Resea
The Monsoon Session that drew to a close on Thursday was the first held after students protests convulsed a nation and forced a Union minister s resignation. The heavy-handed police crackdown on protesting students marching to Parliament on the first day of th
Amid concerns over the possibility of states losing revenue from taxes, cess and other levies on mineral extraction following the passage of the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2026, Union Mines Minister G Kishan Reddy on Thursd
Investor Bill Ackman has disclosed significant portfolio changes, adding Netflix and other companies. His funds acquired stakes in Alcon, Intercontinental Exchange, and S&P Global
Overseas fund of funds (FoFs) saw a monthly outflow in July for the first time since April 2025, as mutual funds halted fresh investments in such schemes. The improved performance of Indian markets during the month and the global AI meltdown in some other mark
Balaji Srinivasan left the US and took his experiment to build a new kind of society to Malaysia s $100 billion ghost city, Forest City. His Network School attracted residents who wanted to live around shared ideas about technology and community, but a local c
Parliament has passed the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2026, after the Rajya Sabha cleared the legislation on Thursday, a day after it was passed by the Lok Sabha.The Bill seeks to boost mineral exploration and development, p
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The Rajya Sabha on Wednesday passed a Bill to change the name of Kerala to Keralam, just over two years after the state Assembly passed a unanimous resolution, asking the Centre for the name change. The Kerala (Alteration of Name) Bill, 2026, which changes the
US President Donald Trump s secret aircraft switch while leaving Turkey last month has brought back a little-known episode from Bill Clinton s presidency. In March 2000, Clinton used a decoy aircraft during a high-risk visit to Pakistan, landing in Islamabad o
The Lok Sabha on Wednesday passed the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2026, without a debate, amid protests by opposition members.The Bill, introduced by Coal and Mines Minister G Kishan Reddy, seeks to amend the Mines and Miner
The Lok Sabha on Tuesday (August 11) passed the Kerala (Alteration of Name) Bill, 2026 by voice vote, amid Opposition protests in the House. The Bill seeks to change the name of the state from Kerala , as it appears in the Constitution, to Keralam
India s journey towards Viksit Bharat is a reform story that matches the potential as well as the aspirations of We the People of India . It is not only a story of economic growth, infrastructure and technology
Trump trade adviser Peter Navarro says PM Modi and US President Donald Trump will work it out amid tensions over potential tariffs on India. The remarks come as the Lindsey Graham-backed bill raises concerns over additional tariffs targeting countries buying R
THE LOK Sabha passed two Bills the National Cooperative Development Corporation (Amendment) Bill 2026 and the Kerala (Alteration of Name) Bill 2026 by voice vote amid Opposition protests on Tuesday. The House was adjourned for the day soon after the passage of
