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RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav launched a scathing attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi ahead of his Bihar visit on Friday. Taking a swipe, Lalu said Modi was coming to Gaya to perform the “last rites” of Nitish Kumar’s politics and his party. Sharing a post online, the RJD supremo wrote, “Prime Minister Modi is coming to Gaya today to perform the political last rites of Nitish Kumar and his party.” He also released a 56-second video targeting both the PM and the Bihar Chief Minister. In another Instagram post, Lalu added that Modi should also perform the pind daan…

The Asia Cup 2025 squad announcement has triggered a storm in Indian cricket, with several former stars voicing shock over the omission of Shreyas Iyer, one of the most consistent batters across formats in recent months. Despite being India’s second-highest run-getter in the recently concluded Champions Trophy 2025 and finishing among the top scorers in the IPL 2025, Iyer failed to find a place not only in the 15-member squad but also in the reserves. This surprise exclusion has sparked widespread debate, with former India captain Mohammad Azharuddin, veteran spinner Ravichandran Ashwin, and ex-assistant coach Abhishek Nayar all questioning the…

A gathering of the BJP’s backward class allies from Uttar Pradesh in Delhi, in which prominent leaders of the ruling party were absent, has the political circles abuzz. Calling themselves the “actual PDA (Pichhda, Dalit, Alpsankhyak) platform”, the four parties representing the Other Backward Class (OBC) communities of Jats, Rajbhars, Nishads, and Patels in Delhi’s Talkatora stadium on Wednesday drew the attention of both the BJP and the Opposition.While Union Health Minister J P Nadda, the BJP president, and other senior party leaders were invited but could not turn up, eyebrows were raised about the absence of Uttar Pradesh Chief…

U.S. military forces conducted a rare ground raid in northern Syria this week, killing a senior Islamic State financier, the Pentagon’s Central Command said Thursday. It was the second such raid in less than a month.In a statement, Central Command said that U.S. commandos killed the Islamic State operative, whom they did not identify, on Tuesday. The operative planned attacks in Syria and Iraq, and had relationships throughout the Islamic State network in the region, the statement said. Central Command provided few details on the ground operation. But military counterterrorism raids — as opposed to airstrikes — have typically involved…

Columbia researchers are using DNA—the biological instruction manual of life—as the core building block for constructing intricate, functional nanomaterials. Taking inspiration from nature’s own bottom-up design, the team has developed a technique that programs DNA to assemble into voxel-shaped scaffolds that can organize other nanoscale components. This allows them to fabricate complex 3D structures such […]

In the wake of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)’s debacle in the Delhi Assembly elections in February this year, its Delhi-based central leadership — including AAP convener Arvind Kejriwal and Manish Sisodia — appears to have turned all its attention to Punjab, currently the lone party-ruled state.The AAP leadership’s pivot has been attributed to its bid to consolidate the party in Punjab in the run-up to the 2027 Assembly polls. However, this strategy seems to have backfired, with the AAP’s Punjab unit reeling from various rows allegedly caused by its Delhi leadership’s “back-seat driving” in organisational and governance matters. While…

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — A car bomb and a separate attack on a police helicopter in Colombia killed at least 17 people Thursday, according to authorities. President Gustavo Petro attributed both attacks to dissidents of the defunct Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, commonly known as FARC.At least 12 police officers died in the attack on a helicopter that according to authorities was transporting personnel to an area in Antioquia in northern Colombia, to eradicate coca leaf crops, the raw material for cocaine. Petro had reported initially eight officers killed, but Antioquia Gov. Andrés Julián said four others died later and…

Wayanad/Bengaluru: The Siddaramaiah-led Congress government’s disclosure about having spent Rs 10 crore on rehabilitation efforts in landslide-affected regions of Kerala, along with a supplementary demand in the Assembly for rehabilitation of 100 families from neighbouring Wayanad has triggered a political row in Karnataka. The Opposition in the state has accused the Siddaramaiah-led government of spending Karnataka’s money to shore up the Gandhi family’s political fortune in Kerala. BJP state president B.Y. Vijayendra Thursday said that Siddaramaiah was displaying double standards. Show Full Article “… was it not you who campaigned in Delhi shouting ‘My Tax, My Right’, insisting Karnataka’s money…

BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Brazilian federal police accuse former president Jair Bolsonaro of receiving large sums of money without apparent justification between March of 2023 and February of 2024, according to documents obtained by The Associated Press on Thursday, potentially adding to the embattled former leader’s legal woes.Investigators say Brazil’s financial watchdog suspects it has a case of money laundering involving Bolsonaro, who in early September will face the verdict and sentencing phase of his trial over an alleged coup plot. The former president could face another trial if the attorney general decides to charge him on accusations of obstruction…

New Delhi: The American Heart Association (AHA) has rewritten the rulebook on high blood pressure. The update comes as research highlights hypertension as the most common and preventable contributor to heart attacks, strokes, dementia, chronic kidney disease and early death. “For the first time, guidelines are firm about addressing high BP from the very beginning. They stress prevention, thorough testing, lifestyle management and early use of medication if necessary,” says Dr Balbir Singh, chairman of cardiac sciences at Max Healthcare. He points out that Indians have a higher genetic predisposition to heart disease, making these changes especially important. “The guidelines…