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Today invites you to speak from a place of calm clarity. You don’t have to fill every silence or respond to every emotion right away. Before you say something, check if your words are coming from truth or tension. Let your voice match your energy. This is a day to create space for real expression,…
From cosmetic controls to individual and collective responsibility: Clean air by prevention at the source, enforcement, and public participation — not seasonal measures or pollute-and-clean gimmicks. Vehicles, industry, and construction dust are the main year-round pollution sources, yet responses remain short-term. Strong health evidence is often downplayed, exposing gaps in accountability and urgency. Beijing’s enforcement-led…
Vivek Ramaswamy broke his silence amid the ongoing racial attacks on him and chose to counter the fraud allegations against him which resurfaced as he is facing stiff resistance in Ohio. An old clip of journalist Mehdi Hasan asking Ramaswamy about his ‘pump and dump’ scheme to become a billionaire is going viral. Ramaswamy’s campaign…
SAN FRANCISCO: India is no longer a decade behind Silicon Valley in building with artificial intelligence, Elevation Capital’s AI partner Krishna Mehra said, arguing that founders in Bengaluru and other Indian hubs are now closer to the global frontier and should aim to build category-leading companies rather than “number two or three” players.“In the SaaS…
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leader Mehbooba Mufti Shiv Sena (UBT) J&K unit chief Manish Sahni on Monday demanded a public apology from PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti for terming India “lynchistan” over the killing of a labourer from Bengal in Odisha’s Sambalpur and a tribal MBA student in Uttarakhand.“Mehbooba has no right to abuse the country,”…
Red tape may be often associated with officialdom but for J&K’s paperless bureaucracy, green is the go-to colour this year-end as it has achieved the equivalent of “planting over 4.5 lakh trees or taking over 2,200 cars off the roads permanently”, according to a study.Released on Monday, the study by Shahid Iqbal Choudhary, secretary in…
Bhubaneswar: Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), which is probing alleged irregularities in Odisha sub-inspector (SI) recruitment process, filed a preliminary chargesheet against 16 middlemen at its designated court here on Monday.The chargesheet claimed the accused — including key figures Shankar Prusty and Suresh Nayak — were part of an inter-state racket with links extending to…
The number of ATMs in the country declined as people shifted digital payments. The e-payments network reduced customers’ need for cash withdrawals, even as bank branches continued to expand, a Reserve Bank of India (RBI) report said.Private banks led the contraction, cutting their ATM network to 77,117 from 79,884, while public sector banks reduced their…
File Photo – Portugal’s Cristiano Ronaldo celebrates after scoring during a World Cup 2026 group F qualifying Football match between Portugal and Hungary in Lisbon, Oct. 14, 2025. (AP Photo) DUBAI: Cristiano Ronaldo has expressed his determination to score 1,000 goals by the end of his career. And the 40-year-old Portugal superstar is in no…
NYC phone ban exposes students struggling to read analogue clocks in classrooms. (Getty Images) New York City’s ban on smartphones in schools has delivered quieter corridors, faster foot traffic between classes and more focused lessons. But it has also revealed an unforeseen problem: many students struggle to read analogue clocks without their phones.Teachers across the…
