शुभेंदु अधिकारी और ममता बनर्जी NEW DELHI: Explaining his decision to vacate his Nandigram stronghold and retain Bhabanipur, West Bengal chief minister Suvendu Adhikari said on Wednesday that vacating the Bhabanipur seat would have given his predecessor, Mamata Banerjee, another opportunity to contest the subsequent bypoll and return to the state assembly.Adhikari, who won both…
‘Pakistan can never be trusted’: Capt Vikram Batra’s twin on lessons from Kargil “Seva Parmo Dharma” – Service Before Self – is a phrase we often hear in war films, military stories, and patriotic speeches. But behind every uniform is a son, a brother, a friend, and a family that learns to live with an…
Scientists have captured rare footage of tiny Southeast Asian snakes performing rapid cartwheels to escape danger, revealing an unusual form of movement that allows the reptiles to travel at speeds of up to 12 feet per second. The findings, published in Current Biology on October 19, 2026, were reported by Science News, Live Science and…
Real Madrid’s Kylian Mbappe (AP/PTI) Kylian Mbappé has issued an apology after a video in which he appeared to describe China’s founding leader Mao Zedong as a dictator triggered a backlash in China, costing the Real Madrid forward commercial partnerships and prompting Chinese state media to suspend broadcasts of Spanish football league matches featuring him.The…
Representative Image (AI-generated) A home renovation project can turn into a costly dispute when promised materials never arrive and the work fails to meet the contract. In Indiana, a couple who hired a contractor to repair a house and garage secured an $82,020 judgment against his construction company after a court found that it had…
A grandmother raising her two grandchildren can seek a civil protection order against their biological mother after a Washington, DC, appeals court ruled that their relationship qualifies as familial under local law. In ‘Allen v. Whitehead’, the District of Columbia Court of Appeals reversed the lower court’s dismissal of Fonda Allen’s petition, holding that her…
In 2020, Scott gave $10 million to United Way of the Midlands (AP file photo) Six years after philanthropist and ex-wife of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, MacKenzie Scott donated $10 million to a South Carolina charity; part of that money is now helping fund affordable housing in Columbia. As part of the project, a former…
Amazon engineering leaders have updated the role guidelines for Software Development Engineers (SDEs) to reflect that real-world results matter a lot more than specific tools. A company memo by Terk Terkowitz, vice president and distinguished engineer at Worldwide Amazon Stores, outlined leadership’s vision to move towards “Renaissance Developers” that combine human judgement and artificial intelligence,…
Abhishek Sharma and Rohit Sharma (Agency Image) Abhishek Sharma produced a stunning display of power-hitting to rewrite the record books during India’s third T20I against New Zealand in Wellington on Tuesday, setting a new world record for the most sixes by a batter from a Full Member nation in a calendar year.The left-hander took his…
Government has identified around 120 products for a domestic manufacturing push to cut import dependence (AI-generated image) NEW DELHI: Government has identified around 120 products, including intermediates and capital goods, for domestic manufacturing push and to reduce dependence on imports, with a separate plan for tunnel boring machines in the works after China imposed restrictions…
