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PUNE: If this year’s prolonged monsoon and endless overcast skies have made it feel like the Sun has gone missing, there is data to back up the impression.In a new study by Banaras Hindu University (BHU), Pune-based Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM) and India Meteorological Department (IMD), among others, scientists have found that sunshine…
Department of Housing and Urban Development (Image: X/@HUDgov) The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is moving to make English the sole language for nearly all of its services and operations, New York Post reported quoting an internal memo.HUD Deputy Secretary Andrew Hughes wrote that the policy shift follows President Trump’s March executive order…
Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly transforming industries, and the pharmaceutical sector is poised to be one of its most significant beneficiaries. In a recent Bloomberg Television interview, Demis Hassabis, CEO of DeepMind and Nobel laureate, revealed that AI could dramatically reduce drug discovery timelines, potentially cutting years of research down to mere months. DeepMind’s advanced…
File photo: Former Tamil Nadu minister V Senthil Balaji NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Monday refused to entertain former Tamil Nadu minister V Senthil Balaji’s plea seeking clarification that the apex court had not barred him from holding public office saying that the order was very clear and he can file application in case he…
MUMBAI: Markets regulator Sebi has approved the IPO of Pine Labs, a document on its website showed on Monday. The updated DRHP is not yet public. Draft papers filed by the fintech earlier this year had showed that it is seeking to raise up to Rs 2,600 crore through fresh issue of shares. In all,…
NEW DELHI: Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Monday talked about how Russia-Ukraine peace deal, if reached, would prove to be beneficial for India, expressing the hope that the additional 25% tariffs imposed by the US would be revoked. “If after the meeting with Putin, there is a meeting with Ukraine, then the second 25% tariff…
Congress MP Manickam Tagore NEW DELHI: Opposition Wednesday slammed the changes in the rules for withdrawal of money from EPFO, calling them “cruelty” as “the pensioners and job losers will now be punished for needing their own savings”. Congress MP Manickam Tagore and TMC MP Saket Gokhale demanded that government scrap the changes without delay.Tagore…
Kalyani Priyadarshan’s superhero film ‘Lokah Chapter 1: Chandra’, directed by Dominic Arun, is continuing its strong run at the box office. The film, which released on 28 August 2025, has already created a storm in theatres and is now racing through its second week with impressive numbers. ‘Lokah Chapter 1: Chandra’ started strong at the…
There’s a school of thought popular among Washington watchers that it was Barack Obama’s jibes at Donald Trump during an ill-fated White House Correspondents’ Dinner in 2011 that might have led to Trump’s presidential run which in turn would upend the rules-based liberal order that came into effect post-World War II and now threatens not…
Bihar deputy chief minister and BJP leader Samrat Chaudhary on Saturday hit out at the Mahagathbandhan, saying the alliance is plagued by confusion and internal conflict.Chaudhary said that candidates within the alliance are fighting among themselves and that no proper seat-sharing arrangement has been made.“In Mahagathbandhan there is confusion and internal conflict as candidates from…
