The government has blocked access to Telegram until June 22, with the centre acting against cheating rackets that were using the messaging platform to defraud students ahead of the NEET-UG 2026 re-examination. The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) ordered the restriction under Section 69A of the Information Technology Act, 2000, moving on recommendations…
A video surfaces showing a woman pleading to be released while a man chants religious verses, allegedly linked to her claims of rape, blackmail, and forced religious conversion in Nagpur. NAGPUR: A video purportedly linked to a 24-year-old married woman’s allegations of rape, blackmail, extortion and forced religious conversion in Nagpur has surfaced online, showing…
The reopening of the waterway would also allow oil tankers currently stranded in the Persian Gulf to resume deliveries to consuming markets. (AI image) US-Iran peace deal signing and the full opening of the Strait of Hormuz, if it goes through, will bode well for availability of crude oil supplies globally. Crude oil supplies could…
More than four decades after it was first being filled, the US emergency oil stockpile has fallen to its lowest level. The Trump administration has continued drawing oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) to ease the economic impact of the war with Iran, pushing the US emergency crude stockpile to its lowest level since…
NEW DELHI: Trinamool Congress leader Abhishek Banerjee on Monday said that he would not ‘cower down’ even if his throat was slit, after being questioned for more than 11 hours by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with the alleged teacher recruitment scam in West Bengal.His remarks came after the ED summoned the party’s national…
Smriti Mandhana (Pic credit: BCCI) NEW DELHI: India vice-captain Smriti Mandhana has earned another prestigious honour after being named in TIME magazine’s list of the 100 Most Influential People in Sports 2026, emerging as the only Indian to feature among a star-studded global lineup.The annual list recognises athletes, coaches, investors and advocates who are “shaping…
PM Modi and Slovakia President Pellegrini witness a special Yoga demonstration by schoolchildren. NEW DELHI: Ahead of International Yoga Day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Slovak President Peter Pellegrini witnessed a yoga demonstration by Slovak schoolchildren during his visit to Bratislava.PM Modi said he was pleased to see young people embracing yoga and highlighted its…
Kannada comedian and television actor Siddharth Parasanur, known for his appearances on the popular comedy show Majaa Bharatha, was found dead under suspicious circumstances in Karnataka’s Bidar district on Tuesday. Authorities have launched an investigation into the incident.According to preliminary reports, Siddharth Parasanur’s body was discovered in a forested area near Humnabad. The circumstances surrounding…
Satya Nadella, Microsoft chairman and CEO Microsoft is reportedly seeking help from its biggest cloud rival, Amazon Web Services, to address mounting capacity issues of GitHub. According to a report by Business Insider, this move of the company comes after a series of AI-driven outages on the coding platform, which Microsoft acquired in 2018. Despites…
A powerful 6.7-magnitude earthquake struck Indonesia’s Sulawesi island on Tuesday, according to the country’s geophysics agency BMKG, Reuters reported.The quake’s epicentre was located about 42 kilometres southeast of Palu at a depth of 10 kilometres, raising concerns about potential damage and aftershocks in the region.No major damage has been reported so far.(More details awaited) Source…
