Author: Rahul M

Congress Deputy Leader in the Lok Sabha Gaurav Gogoi speaks to The Indian Express on the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bihar, the resignation of Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar, and the motion to remove Justice Yashwant Varma. The Opposition has been demanding a discussion on the Bihar electoral roll revision. Has the government responded so far? We have not received any indication from the government about whether they are willing to discuss this issue. It is an issue related to the core of democracy. It is about a citizen’s right to vote… While the government publicly says they…

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — A major forest fire broke out near the Greek city of Corinth on Tuesday, prompting authorities to order the evacuation of several villages.More than 180 firefighters, 15 planes and 12 helicopters were tackling the wildfire in a pine forest in the mountains near Corinth, the fire department said. There were no immediate reports of casualties.Weather conditions were particularly tough for firefighters. A heatwave has sent temperatures to around 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) in many parts of the country.Earlier Tuesday, a firefighting helicopter crashed into the sea and sank while attempting to take on water to…

NBC “Chicago Fire” has had terrible luck keeping its cast together over the past few seasons, and another actor is officially heading for the exit. Michael Bradway, who played Jack Damon on the show, has announced his departure from the series ahead of Season 14.  Bradway is departing the show because he’s scored a role in “Every Year After,” Prime Video’s upcoming series adaptation of romance novelist Carly Fortune’s “Every Summer After,” which will apparently chronicle the events that take place in her popular Barry’s Bay books. Bradway has been cast…

MONTGAT, Spain (AP) — Ana García rents a shack at a beach just north of Barcelona every year, spending two months there in the summer with her daughter. But García fears summers by the sea in Montgat, about a 30-minute drive from central Barcelona, eventually could be numbered.Storms and sea level rise driven by climate change are eroding the man-made beaches in metropolitan Barcelona, with the sea swallowing swathes of coastline every year, authorities say. Compared to natural coastlines, man-made beaches erode faster. Montgat’s coastline has eroded especially fast, locals and authorities say.“Clearly, this is worrying,” García said. “Because it’s…

President Donald Trump’s special envoy, Steve Witkoff, was heading to the Middle East as the U.S. tries once again to reach a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas, a breakthrough that has eluded the administration for months as conditions worsen in Gaza.Tammy Bruce, the State Department spokesperson, told reporters Tuesday that Witkoff was going to the region with a “strong hope” that the U.S. can deliver a ceasefire deal as well as a new humanitarian corridor for aid distribution. “I would suggest that we might have some good news, but, again, as we know, this could be a constantly changing…

While Netflix seemingly led the way for other streaming networks to create compelling original programming, Hulu actually beat them all to the punch. In 2011, a year before Netflix’s Lilyhammer and two years before the arrival of House of Cards, the burgeoning streamer premiered The Morning After, a pop-culture-focused news show that ran for 800 episodes over three years.Hulu has continued to make TV history in the years since, most notably in 2017 when it became the first streamer to win an Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series with The Handmaid’s Tale (which recently dropped its long-awaited final season). In…

India skipper Shubman Gill has slammed England for their time wasting tactics during the third Test at Lord’s, while saying that it was not in the spirit of the game. With the series tied at 1-1 ahead of the Lord’s Test last week, the closely fought third Test between England and India witnessed plenty of drama on the field. This included an animated flare-up between India skipper Shubman and England openers towards the end of the third day of the Test. After managing to equal England’s first innings total of 387, India wanted to squeeze in two overs in the…

OpenAI is seeking capital from new and existing investors, two people familiar with the company’s plans tell WIRED. The fundraising effort is part of a $40 billion round announced in March. The round will reopen on Monday, July 28, according to one of the sources, who has direct knowledge of the fundraising effort.The $40 billion round announced earlier this year brought OpenAI’s valuation up to $300 billion, making it one of the most highly valued private startups in history. The round was led by Japanese investment conglomerate SoftBank, which committed to contributing 75 percent of the total funding. The initial…

Former India head coach Ravi Shastri has thrown his weight behind Washington Sundar and expressed strong belief in his ability to grow into a genuine all-rounder for India in Test cricket. In his four outings in the ongoing England tour, Sundar has scores of 42, 12*, 23 and 0, in addition to his five wickets. He was very successful with the ball during the third Test at Lord’s, where his superb 4/22 put India in the driver’s seat as he grabbed the key wickets of Joe Root, Ben Stokes and Jamie Smith. Speaking on The ICC Review podcast, Shastri recalled…

Sure, most comic book readers will point to Doctor Doom being the biggest villain to face off against the Fantastic Four. But while Doom may be the most legendary, and arguably the most important, he’s not quite the biggest threat Marvel’s First Family has had to deal with. That honor goes to Galactus, the cosmic being who devours entire worlds to feed his never-ending hunger. Debuting in Jack Kirby and Stan Lee’s “Fantastic Four” #58, Galactus wasn’t limited to the page for long. In 1967, just a year after his debut, he…