Author: Rahul M

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — K-pop band aespa and other South Korean pop stars have announced a flurry of donations to support victims of an apartment fire in Hong Kong that killed at least 128 people in one of the city’s deadliest blazes.Girl group aespa said they will donate 500,000 Hong Kong dollars ($64,000) to the Hong Kong Red Cross, according to a post on their official Weibo account. “We express our deepest sorrow regarding this heartbreaking news,” the band said. Stray Kids pledged 1 million Hong Kong dollars ($129,000) through World Vision Hong Kong for temporary housing and other…

Russian authorities on Friday outlawed Human Rights Watch as an “undesirable organization,” a label that under a 2015 law makes involvement with such organizations a criminal offense.The designation means the international human rights group must stop all work in Russia, and opens those who cooperate with or support the organization to prosecution.“For over three decades, Human Rights Watch’s work on post-Soviet Russia has pressed the government to uphold human rights and freedoms,” the executive director at Human Rights Watch, Philippe Bolopion, said in a statement. “Our work hasn’t changed, but what’s changed, dramatically, is the government’s full-throttled embrace of dictatorial…

The pits, surrounding Durrington Walls and Woodhenge, were first discovered in 2020, but recent research has finally revealed their true scale. The structure consists of over 20 large pits, some as deep as 10 meters and 5 meters wide, arranged in a circle spanning over two kilometers. According to experts, the site likely served as a religious or ceremonial landmark, marking a boundary of special significance for the people of the Late Neolithic period. Advanced Techniques Confirm Human Origin of the Pits Initial discoveries of the pits left scientists puzzled, could they be naturally occurring or were they the work…

PARIS (AP) — A man arrested by French police earlier this week is thought to be the fourth member of the team that stole France’s crown jewels in a brazen heist from the Louvre Museum, the Paris prosecutor said Friday, meaning that the entire gang is now believed to be in custody.Prosecutor Laure Beccuau, whose office is heading the investigation, said the 39-year-old man has a criminal record, with six previous convictions.He has now been handed preliminary charges of robbery by an organized gang, punishable by 15 years imprisonment, and criminal conspiracy, which can carry a 10-year sentence if he…

India’s second-quarter real GDP growth for FY (Fiscal Year) 2025-2026 reached a strong high of 8.2%, significantly exceeding projections of 7.3% growth as the real GDP has expanded at its fastest rate in six quarters. Additionally, India has maintained its reputation as the world’s fastest-growing major economy. The robust growth, up from 5.6% last year in the same period and 7.8% in the last quarter, underscores the strength of India’s economy despite the U.S. tariffs under the Trump administration. A real GDP increase of 7.3% was predicted by the majority of economists for Q2 FY growth. According to the RBI’s…

With the buzz of a power tussle in Karnataka intensifying, Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar Friday said he “does not want anything and is not in a hurry.” The Congress state president replied in the affirmative when asked if he would go to Delhi and meet the party high command, saying “Delhi is our temple.”“My party will take a decision. I don’t want anything. I am not in a hurry,” he told reporters on the sidelines of a function marking the golden jubilee of an Anganwadi programme, where he shared the stage with CM Siddaramaiah. Shivakumar’s statement came a…

New Delhi, November 28, 2025: The long-awaited Panvel–Karjat suburban railway corridor, one of Mumbai Metropolitan Region’s most strategically significant connectivity projects, has now achieved over 80% physical progress, marking a major milestone in the region’s infrastructure expansion. As per updates from the Mumbai Railway Vikas Corporation (MRVC), key civil and technical components—including earthwork, bridges, tunnels, station buildings, and track linking—are rapidly nearing completion. This corridor is poised to unlock a new phase of real estate growth across Panvel, Chikhale, Mohape, Chowk, and Karjat, reshaping the residential and commercial landscape over the next few years. Once operational, the corridor is expected…

New Delhi: A delegation of Trinamool Congress MPs Friday met Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and told him that he had “blood on his hands”, linking the deaths of at least 39 people including four Booth Level Officers (BLOs) in West Bengal to the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.The TMC delegation, comprising five Lok Sabha and five Rajya Sabha MPs, met the full bench of the Election Commission in Delhi in a meeting that lasted around one and a half hours. “We started the meeting by stating that the CEC has blood on his hands. We raised…

The simulation marks a significant leap in both astrophysics and computational science. Traditionally, simulating galaxies at such a detailed level has been nearly impossible due to the vast amount of data and time required. However, the new method developed by the RIKEN team combines advanced machine learning techniques with supercomputing power, allowing them to model the Milky Way’s evolution over 10,000 years in just hours. This innovation opens new possibilities for understanding galactic formation, star evolution, and other large-scale cosmic phenomena. Overcoming the Billion-Particle Barrier According to research from the iTHEMS team, existing simulations of galaxies often struggle to break…

While polygamy has been on the decline across India and even in Assam, where the BJP-led government on Thursday passed a Bill in the Assembly, banning polygamy in the state in what Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said was the “first step” towards a Uniform Civil Code.In Assam, and at the national level, polygamy has consistently declined since 2005-06, as per a 2022 research brief published by Mumbai-based International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS) that used data collected by the three most recent National Family Health Surveys (NFHS) to examine the prevalence of polygyny – the most common form of…