Author: Rahul M

TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — A snappy tune by a blogger that mockingly laments his poor internet connection in the southern Russian city of Rostov-on-Don has gotten over a half-million views on Instagram in two weeks.“How to say you’re from Rostov without saying a word? Show one bar of cellphone service,” Pavel Osipyan raps while walking around the city, smartphone in hand. “We have internet until 12 o’clock, and recently there’s been no connection at all. No need to be angry, just get used to it already.”The complaints by Osipyan — unable to pay electronically for groceries, or having to use…

New DelhiJul 18, 2025 09:54 IST First published on: Jul 18, 2025 at 09:29 IST Share The Lok Sabha is likely to take up a motion seeking the removal of Justice Yashwant Varma, who has been indicted by the Supreme Court after wads of currency notes were discovered at his official residence in Delhi, in the first week of the Monsoon Session beginning July 21, sources said. Varma, currently a judge at Allahabad High Court, has moved the Supreme Court challenging the apex court’s in-house inquiry report, The Indian Express has learnt. However, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju told The…

The highly anticipated second edition of the World Championship of Legends (WCL) kicks off today with a thrilling clash between England Champions and Pakistan Champions at Edgbaston, Birmingham. With cricket legends returning to the field and excitement running high, here’s your complete guide to WCL 2025 live streaming, TV broadcast, match timings, and key player insights. WCL 2025 Live Streaming: Where and How to Watch in India Cricket fans across India can catch all the live action from the World Championship of Legends 2025 on their screens. The opening match — England Champions vs Pakistan Champions — takes place on…

New DelhiJul 18, 2025 09:00 IST First published on: Jul 18, 2025 at 09:00 IST Share In a populist move just a few months before the Bihar Assembly elections, Chief Minister and JD(U) president Nitish Kumar Thursday announced free electricity up to 125 units for all domestic consumers in the state, numbering 1.67 crore families.Nitish’s announcement in an X post also proposed the installation of solar power plants on rooftops of public places as well as people’s houses with their consent, indicating how a power-starved and financially-constrained state like Bihar could benefit by scaling up its renewable energy production.Earlier this…

Ahmedabad, VadodaraJul 18, 2025 08:00 IST First published on: Jul 18, 2025 at 08:00 IST Share The All India Congress Committee (AICC) leadership on Thursday named Congress Legislature Party (CLP) leader Amit Chavda as the Gujarat Pradesh Congress Committee (GPCC) president, appointing Khedbrahma MLA and ex-Union minister Tushar Chaudhary as the new CLP leader.Chavda, 49, has returned as the state Congress chief after four years, having served in this position during 2018-21.The former GPCC chief, Shaktisinh Gohil, Rajya Sabha MP, had resigned from his post last month, owning responsibility for the party’s debacle in the Assembly bypolls.Chavda, an OBC leader,…

New DelhiJul 18, 2025 09:09 IST First published on: Jul 18, 2025 at 07:56 IST Share Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch development projects worth more than Rs 7,000 crore during his visit to Bihar on Friday, a senior party leader said. According to state BJP president Dilip Jaiswal, Modi will address a public meeting at Gandhi Maidan in Motihari town, the headquarters of East Champaran district. “That Bihar is high on the Prime Minister’s agenda can be gauged from the fact that he will be visiting the state for the 53rd time since he assumed power. The state will…

LONDON — The British government said Thursday that it would allow 16- and 17-year-olds to vote, in what it called a landmark moment for democracy and some of its opponents decried as an attempt to tilt the electoral playing field.Britain has more than 1.6 million people of age 16 or 17, in a total population of roughly 68 million, and the plan has been described as the country’s largest expansion of voting rights in decades. The last nationwide reduction in voting age, to 18 from 21, came more than 50 years ago. “Declining trust in our institutions and democracy itself…

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — A bill to overhaul environmental regulations in Brazil was passed by the country’s lower house Thursday, drawing criticism by the environmental minister who floated the possibility of a presidential veto. With the bill already passed by the Senate in May, it now goes to President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who casts himself as an environmental defender and later this year will preside over the first U.N. climate talks, known as COP30, to take place in the Amazon. Lula can sanction the project, veto it in its entirety or veto only certain aspects. Lula has…

Shares of Northern Dynasty Minerals, the owner of Alaska’s Pebble Mine project, plunged as much as 55% Thursday before paring losses.Trading was briefly halted after Northern Dynasty’s stock had its biggest drop since late November 2020. Shares trimmed losses after trading in Toronto resumed, with a decline of 30% to $1.63 apiece at close.The Vancouver, B.C.-based company didn’t respond to requests for comment. The company is in talks with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to advance its undeveloped Pebble project in southwest Alaska, which it touts as the world’s largest undeveloped copper and gold resource. The asset also has significant resources…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department says its destruction of 500 metric tons of emergency food aid that was stored in a warehouse in the Middle East was required because it had expired and that the move will not affect the distribution of similar assistance moving forward. The high energy biscuits — used primarily to provide immediate nutritional needs for children in crisis situations — had been stored in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, to respond to emergencies and could no longer be safely sent to potential recipients, so it was destroyed, department spokeswoman Tammy Bruce told reporters Thursday. The issue,…