12+ hour, 31+ min ago   (556+ words) The brutal killing of Congress leader Anisur Rahman and his 24-year-old son, Abu Sufian, in Nadia on Independence Day has sharply escalated political tensions in West Bengal, with three people arrested and competing allegations of a wider political conspiracy now…...

23+ hour, 42+ min ago   (331+ words) Belgium is battling its largest wildfire on record, with a vast swathe of the country’s eastern High Fens region reduced to charred earth as fierce winds fan the flames and hamper efforts to bring the inferno under control. By Saturday…...

14+ hour, 6+ min ago   (249+ words) Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday praised the courage of young people who protested against alleged paper leaks, saying they had stood firm against what he called Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “violent regime”. Gandhi shared a video of his interaction…...

13+ hour, 3+ min ago   (604+ words) Ukraine launched hundreds of drones across Russia on Sunday in one of the largest aerial attacks of the war, killing at least six people, according to Russian regional officials. Russia’s Ministry of Defence said it had destroyed 822 Ukrainian drones overnight....

14+ hour, 8+ min ago   (538+ words) While fire has been the favoured tool of political ideology in its battle against books, there are indeed many other ways humans have destroyed books, and the latest version of this entails large AI companies like Anthropic destroying old books…...

13+ hour, 18+ min ago   (724+ words) Guess who’s been dubbed Britain’s ‘most important minister’ in Prime Minister Andy Burnham’s cabinet? Well, it isn’t one of the posh white boys from English counties, it’s Kanishka Narayan, an immigrant from Muzaffarpur, Bihar. He holds the portfolio for artificial…...

13+ hour, 43+ min ago   (393+ words) Gallup and Pew use different questions and methodologies, yet they reveal the same transformation. Israel is losing the American public, and it is losing younger Americans rapidly. This matters more than no votes at the United Nations or demonstrations in…...

16+ hour, 44+ min ago   (798+ words) India is facing widespread drought stress despite intense rainfall and flood-like situations in parts of the country, with satellite and soil-moisture assessments showing growing agricultural stress as the kharif season enters a critical phase. As of 12 August, as much as…...

20+ hour, 35+ min ago   (312+ words) The National Testing Agency (NTA) has released the provisional answer key for the UGC NET June 2026 examination, giving candidates an opportunity to check their responses, estimate their scores and flag discrepancies before the final key is prepared. Candidates can now…...

15+ hour, 22+ min ago   (631+ words) A Rapido driver has claimed he was fired by the ride-hailing platform after a video of him confronting four passengers over alleged casteist slurs went viral on social media, saying he had forced them out of his vehicle because they…...