NEW DELHI: External affairs minister S Jaishankar told the Lok Sabha on Friday that India is “very closely” tracking incidents of attacks on minorities in Pakistan and Bangladesh. The minister said New Delhi is making its position “well known” but cannot change the “fanatical and bigoted mindset” of a neighbouring country.During the Question Hour, Jaishankar … Read more
Panaji: A couple of days after the notification was issued by the state directorate of education to amend the Goa education rules, objections and suggestions have started pouring in over the change in the start of the academic year to April.While several school heads have stated their objections to the move, some parent-teacher associations have … Read more
Image via Gotham/GC Images Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce have taken themselves away from the public eye for the time being after the drama that went down at the Super Bowl 2025. While things are still pretty strong between Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce, there could be some changes that the couple might experience in … Read more
Apple, Samsung and other brands filled this week with gadget launches. The Cupertino-based tech giant refreshed its iPad Air and MacBook Air models with powerful new M3 and M4 chips respectively, while Samsung introduced its latest mid-range smartphone offerings, Galaxy A56 and A36 smartphones in India. Moreover, UK-based startup Nothing also chipped in with two … Read more
NEW DELHI: The Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) turned down the request from a female staff to undergo a gender change procedure, citing the Central Armed Police Forces medical wing’s opinion that this may have a “bad impact on the psychology and behaviour pattern of force personnel.”Earlier, ITBP sought guidance from the ministry of home affairs … Read more
Justice Abhay Oka delivering the Ashok Desai memorial lecture on Saturday in Mumbai MUMBAI: Supreme Court Judge, Justice Abhay Oka, on Saturday said that in Maharashtra, it was “very difficult to get infrastructure from the govt” for the judiciary but noted that the last five years showed promise and things changed “for the good.” Justice … Read more
US President Joe Biden and Muhammad Yunus (L)in New York. Did the US government actively work to destabilize Bangladesh using taxpayer-funded programs? Former US State Department official Mike Benz has made explosive claims that USAID and affiliated organizations orchestrated efforts to undermine the Bangladeshi government in a bid to secure American strategic interests. Regime change … Read more
The new tax regime proposed in Budget – with a tax rebate of Rs 60,000 on income up to Rs 12 lakh (and Rs 12.75 lakh for salaried people) – leaves the old tax regime, with three slabs of 5%, 20%, an 30%, with little appeal, even with all the deductions against investments in tax … Read more
Meta sparked the first major social media controversy of 2025 last week, when it announced that it would be getting rid of fact-checking, and loosening its rules around what people can say in its apps. Which many view as an attempt to appease incoming U.S. President Donald Trump, who’s been highly critical of Meta in … Read more