Ex-Agniveers to get 50% reservation, age relaxation and recruitment exemptions in CAPFs and Assam Rifles

Centre announces reservation, age relaxation and recruitment exemptions for Ex-Agniveers in CAPFs NEW DELHI: The Centre has created a separate category for Ex-Agniveers in the recruitment of Constable (General Duty) in the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) and Rifleman posts in the Assam Rifles. The new provisions include 50 per cent reservation of vacancies, age…

Read More

Harry Styles cancels Brazil concert due to health scare; team issues a statement: ‘We deeply regret to share…’ |

Harry Styles cancels ‘Together, Together’ tour in Brazil. (Image credit: Instagram) Harry Styles cancelled the concert in São Paulo, Brazil, on Tuesday, July 21, 2026, citing unspecified illness. The 32-year-old singer’s team updated fans about the ‘Together, Together’ tour, offering concertgoers who were precluded from attending the option to attend Friday’s show. Harry Styles cancels…

Read More

$1.2 billion fintech CEO says bank rejected his home loan despite 800 CIBIL score: “They can give loan to team members our company employs, but not me”

Pravin Jadhav (Founder and CEO of Raise Financial Services and a former Paytm executive.) A home loan rejection is something many borrowers fear, but for one of India’s leading fintech founders, it came as an unexpected reality. Pravin Jadhav, founder of a fintech company valued at around $1.2 billion, recently shared on X that a…

Read More

JLR India launches assured buyback programme: Models, details |

JLR India has introduced an Assured Buyback Programme for customers purchasing select Range Rover, Defender and Discovery models in the country. The new initiative promises an assured future value of up to 55 per cent of the vehicle’s ex-showroom price.Developed specifically for the Indian market, the programme combines a pre-determined buyback value with enhanced financing…

Read More

Sri Lankan-origin doctor arrested in Canada for possessing child sexual abuse material | World News

A Sri Lankan-origin doctor at Toronto’s Hospital for Sick Children has been arrested and charged with possessing and accessing child sexual abuse and exploitation material, Toronto Police said in a press release.Dilan Dissanayake, 44, was held by officers from the force’s Internet Child Exploitation Unit after an investigation into the alleged use of an electronic…

Read More

Eternal vigilance & its unintended consequences

In 1971 at Loyola College, Chennai, shortly after the then government’s introduction of the 24th amendment, which restored powers of amendment of the fundamental rights chapter of our Constitution, Palkhivala thundered, “In a democracy, the price which you pay for being a citizen of a democracy is eternal vigilance. If you are not prepared to…

Read More

After two years of banning bee-harming pesticides, France allows their return, facing backlash from environmentalists | World News

France has approved the temporary return of two controversial pesticides that had been banned nationally for the past two years, reigniting a fierce debate between agricultural competitiveness and environmental protection. Lawmakers backed an emergency farm bill that allows limited use of the insecticides under strict conditions, arguing that French farmers need the chemicals to remain…

Read More