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France is preparing a fresh legislative push to curb excessive screen time among children, with a draft law proposing a ban on social media access for those under 15 by next September, according to a document seen by AFP.The move has the backing of President Emmanuel Macron, who earlier this month said Parliament should begin…
MUMBAI: Stress tests conducted by RBI suggest that Indian banks are at their healthiest point in more than a decade, with bad-loan ratios expected to improve further in the coming months and all banks retaining adequate capital even under extreme stress. According to the Financial Stability Report (Dec 2025), the banking system could withstand a…
GUWAHATI: A special NIA court convicted and sentenced a key accused in a Hizbul Mujahideen terror conspiracy case to life imprisonment, the agency said Wednesday. The convict, Kamruj Zaman alias Hurairah or Kamaruddin from Erakapili village in Assam‘s Hojai district, was arrested in 2018 for conspiring to raise a module of the banned outfit in…
NEW DELHI: CJI Surya Kant has devised four categories of cases to prioritise listing and hearing of petitions filed by socially, physically, and financially disadvantaged people. The new categories of cases relate to those filed by disabled people and acid attack survivors, by senior citizens above 80 years, persons who are below poverty line and…
China’s foreign minister Wang Yi (AP Photo/Andy Wong) NEW DELHI: India has rejected China’s claim of mediation in its conflict with Pakistan, reiterating its stand that the military action was paused following a request from the Pakistani DGMO to his Indian counterpart. Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi claimed on Tuesday that the crisis involving India…
India new labour code (Image for representation) NEW DELHI: A month after notifying the four new labour codes, Centre on Wednesday released draft rules for their implementation, which lay out how minimum wages will be calculated, fix weekly working hours, set procedures to recognise and verify trade union membership, and provide for the composition of…
The Board of School Education, Haryana (BSEH) has postponed the Senior Secondary (Class 12) Special Marks Improvement Examination January 2026. According to a public notice issued by the Board, the examination, which was earlier scheduled to begin on January 6, 2026, will now be conducted from January 21, 2026 onwards.The examination is meant for Senior…
Kartik Aaryan and Ananya Panday’s rom-com ‘Tu Meri Main Tera Main Tera Tu Meri’ has struggled at the box office, earning just THIS much in its first week against a Rs 90 crore budget. Meanwhile, ‘Dhurandhar’, starring Ranveer Singh, continues its impressive run, surpassing Rs 722 crore. The contrast highlights the differing audience reception for…
With surging flu cases that have led to 1900 deaths so far in the US, another deadly fungus is expanding its grip across the country. Health officials are warning about candida auris, a deadly, drug resistant fungal superbug. As of now, it has infected at least 7,000 people across 27 US states, confirmed the data…
Former BJP corporator Amol Balwadkar switched to the NCP after being denied a ticket at the last minute for the Pune civic polls PUNE: Former BJP corporator Amol Balwadkar joined the Nationalist Congress Party after the BJP denied him a ticket at the last moment. The NCP immediately announced Balwadkar as its candidate, adding a…
