Author: Rahul M

If you’ve been on TikTok in the last couple weeks, you’ve probably noticed people posting about belonging to “Group 7.”The trend is actually an experiment by indie singer Sophia James, who released a series of videos set to her song “So Unfair” in an effort to manipulate TikTok’s algorithm and get more people listening to her music. After trying a few different tactics, following typical TikTok formats, James started placing people into exclusive groups. And it’s worked— Group 7, the final video in James’ TikTok “science experiment,” has garnered over 76 million views and spawned legions of comments and reaction…

Patna: In a bid to blunt the impact of the Nitish Kumar-led NDA in Bihar transferring the first instalment of Rs 10,000 to the accounts of 75 lakh Jeevika Didis last month, the Mahagathbandhan has raised the stakes by promising these community mobilisers permanent jobs and a monthly salary of Rs 30,000 if voted to power in Bihar. It has also promised to initiate direct benefit transfers of Rs 2,500 per month for the next five years to each eligible woman in the state under its Mai-Bahin Maa Yojana, starting December.Unveiling the opposition alliance’s manifesto here, its chief ministerial candidate…

In Delhi, the charred body of a 32-year-old UPSC aspirant named Ram Kesh Meena was recovered after a fire in north Delhi’s Timarpur on 6th October. Three weeks later, the police have arrested three people, including the deceased’s live-in partner. The police suspects that what was initially passed off as a death in a fire incident was in reality, a well-planned murder. The Delhi Police said that the deceased victim’s live-in partner Amrita Chauhan allegedly plotted his murder by involving her ex-boyfriend Sumit Kashyap and a common friend and SSC/CGL aspirant named Sandeep Kumar. The chilling conspiracy was hatched after Ram…

LONDON (AP) — The latest chapter in the saga haunting the House of Windsor could be called “The Prince and the Peppercorn.” Prince Andrew, who recently relinquished his formal titles after new revelations about his relationship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, is under pressure to vacate his royal digs where he lives nearly rent-free near Windsor Castle.The demoted duke occupies Royal Lodge, a sprawling mansion that eclipses its modest name, for the sum of a single peppercorn a year — a nominal figure that dates back centuries to when the spice was rare and fetched a heftier price.A steady…

In what may fuel demands for “rationalisation” and “proportional representation” in the new reservation policy for Jammu and Kashmir, a reply submitted in the Assembly Tuesday points to huge discrepancies in the same. The data shared by the government points to a sharp difference in the number of certificates issued between the Jammu and Kashmir regions, across all categories, including Scheduled Caste (SC), Scheduled Tribe (ST) and EWS, among others. The reply was submitted by the Revenue Department in response to a question by PDP MLA Waheed Para. As per the reply, over the past two years, while over 69,000…

Six of the eight Private Members’ Bills sought to be taken up on the third of the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly session on Tuesday were presented and later withdrawn by ruling coalition MLAs. The Treasury benches took up and withdrew all their proposed legislations, while one Bill from the PDP could not be taken up due to lack of numbers and another from the BJP was denied leave for introduction after a voice vote. The first Bill, read by National Conference (NC) chief spokesperson and Zadibal MLA Tanvir Sadiq, aimed to provide “prevention, treatment, rehabilitation and addressing the drug abuse…

Show Quick Read Key points generated by AI, verified by newsroom Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has hit out at the Mahagathbandhan over its manifesto promises, accusing the RJD of misleading the youth with false assurances about government jobs and employment opportunities. Targeting the RJD, Kumar said that during its 15-year rule, the party did nothing for the welfare of the youth and was instead “busy looting the state’s treasury.” He urged people not to fall for “misleading claims” being made to attract young voters. ‘We Fulfil What We Promise’: Nitish Kumar In an X post, the Chief Minister said,…

Paramount Some of the most famous characters in fiction have iconic names that audiences will never forget, like Mr. Spock (Leonard Nimoy) from “Star Trek” or Fox Mulder (David Duchovny) from “The X-Files.” These names are etched into the public consciousness, and have become larger than life, recognizable to those who don’t even watch those programs. But every name in fiction has an origin, and often creators will name their characters after friends, relatives, old acquaintances, or even famous people from the past whose work had a profound effect on them.…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced that the U.S. military carried out three strikes Monday in the waters of the Eastern Pacific against boats suspected of carrying drugs, killing 14 and leaving one survivor. The announcement, made on social media Tuesday, marks a continued escalation in the pace of the strikes, which began in early September spaced weeks apart. This was the first time multiple strikes were announced in a single day.Hegseth said Mexican search and rescue authorities “assumed responsibility for coordinating the rescue” of the sole survivor but didn’t say if that person would stay in their…

The discovery centers on a discreet equilateral triangle located in the figure’s lower anatomy. This simple form may provide a new explanation for the precise mathematical relationship between the square and the circle that define the iconic proportions of da Vinci’s famous sketch. Drawn around 1490, the Vitruvian Man has long been admired as a symbol of symmetry and harmony. It visually represents the Renaissance idea that the human body mirrors the proportions of the universe. But despite its fame, scholars and mathematicians have struggled to reverse-engineer da Vinci’s construction method. While many assumed the artist used the golden ratio,…