Peng Peiyun was China’s Family Planning Commission head from 1988-98 BEIJING: The death of a former head of China’s one-child policy has been met not by tributes but by castigation of the abandoned policy on social media this week. State media praised Peng Peiyun, head of China’s Family Planning Commission from 1988 to 1998, as […]
At least 15 people were killed after a passenger bus crashed on Indonesia’s main island of Java early Monday, officials said.The inter province bus, carrying 34 passengers, lost control on a toll road just after midnight, struck a concrete barrier and rolled onto its side, said Budiono, a search and rescue agency chief who goes […]
Brigadier General Denis N’Canha (C), head of the military office of the presidency gives a press conference at the General Staff of the Armed Forces on November 26, 2025. (Patrick Meinhardt, AFP) Military officers in Guinea-Bissau announced on Wednesday they are taking “total control” of the country while suspending its electoral process and closing its […]
In a remarkable twist, the long-anticipated rendezvous between Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani and President Trump unfolded in an atmosphere filled with unexpected warmth, as noted by body language expert Carole Lieberman. She characterized Mamdani’s demeanor as delightfully enthusiastic, reminiscent of a ‘curious puppy’, while Trump exercised a subtle dominance over the conversation. A body language expert […]
Jaipur, 19 November (Udaipur Kiran) — Director General of Police (DGP) Rajeev Kumar Sharma on Wednesday held a crime review meeting through video conferencing at the Police Headquarters in Jaipur. Senior officials including DG Law and Order Sanjay Agarwal, DG Special Operations Anand Srivastava, police commissioners of Jaipur and Jodhpur, all range IGs, commissioners and […]
White House posted a photo of POTUS and FLOTUS and called it ‘power couple’ Amid the latest sex scandal, social media went all in after newly leaked Epstein emails hinted that Donald Trump might have had a scandalous connection to someone called “Bubba” — a nickname long associated with former President Bill Clinton. The outrage […]
The UK trialled facial recognition e-gates at Manchester Airport, allowing British travellers to skip passports/Representative Image The United Kingdom has begun trials of a “contactless” border control system, allowing British travellers to re-enter the country without presenting their passports. The technology, which uses facial recognition to verify identity, was tested over three weeks at Manchester […]
A Tesla dealership in Las Vegas, March 29, 2025. Tesla’s shareholders will decide this week whether the automaker should award its CEO, Elon Musk, stock worth almost $1 trillion if he achieves a series of impossible-sounding goals. But there are big questions about how tough those goals really are. Musk would acquire voting control over […]
At least 15 people were killed in a road accident in northeast Brazil after a bus driver going the wrong way lost control of the vehicle, police said on Saturday.The tragedy occurred late Friday in Pernambuco state. The bus, carrying 30 passengers, hit some rocks by the side of the road before the driver turned […]
Mumbai, October 13 (Udaipur Kiran): Shares of Concord Control Systems Ltd (CCSL) rallied over 5% in early trade after the company received board approval to increase its equity stake in Progota India from 26% to 46.5% under the existing Share Purchase Agreement. The stock surged ₹145.45 or 5.40%, trading at ₹2,837.95 on the BSE, compared […]
