As Talks Stall, SNAP Users Fear Imminent Cutbacks / AI-generated illustration The world’s richest nation is on the brink of a hunger crisis. As the US federal government shutdown stretches into its second month, the Department of Agriculture (USDA) has warned that it will run out of funds to pay food benefits by 1 November, […]
Mumbai, July 9: Tensions between Iran and the United States have escalated, raising concerns about a potential global crisis. Retired Brigadier Sharadendu stated that the ceasefire in the Middle East was fragile from the beginning and its collapse was inevitable. He warned that the repercussions of this situation would extend beyond regional security, potentially leading […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses the inauguration and foundation stone laying ceremony of various development projects at Pachpadra, in Balotra, on July 4, 2026. | Photo Credit: ANI India successfully weathered the challenges triggered by the West Asia conflict through effective assessment and strategic, timely decision-making, efficiently using its domestic resources and strong diplomatic ties, […]
Shwetha Menon (file) | Photo Credit: special arrangement Barely hours after colleagues in the film industry and members of the Association of Malayalam Movie Artistes (AMMA) levelled serious allegations against her, including communal polarisation and a corporate-political nexus on Saturday, Shwetha Menon sought to put up a brave front, claiming that her decision to remain […]
Mumbai, June 30: Television actress Kanika Maheshwari has expressed her concerns regarding the escalating water crisis in Mumbai. She stated that the shortage of water is an issue that alters people’s daily routines significantly. Kanika has urged the government to find a permanent solution to this problem. Kanika Maheshwari remarked, “The lack of water affects […]
AI’s Every time you use ChatGPT to write a 100-word email, roughly 519 millilitres of water is consumed, nearly the volume of a standard water bottle. That figure comes from a peer-reviewed 2025 paper published in Communications of the ACM by Pengfei Li, Shaolei Ren, and colleagues at the University of California, Riverside. It accounts […]
Representative image (Photo credit: AP) Iran’s annual inflation rate surged to its highest level since World War II in May, highlighting the deepening economic crisis facing ordinary citizens as the country grapples with the fallout of conflict, sanctions and long-standing structural problems.According to data released by Iran’s Central Bank, the consumer price index rose 77.2 […]
Photo credit: Agencies NAXXAR: Malta’s Labour party won an unprecedented fourth term Sunday in a victory for outgoing prime minister Robert Abela, who had called a snap election in light of geopolitical uncertainties.Fireworks were set off across the tiny Mediterranean island and ecstatic Labour supporters dressed in the party’s red chanted “four times!” after officials […]
AIADMK political crisis: Speaker accepts fourth MLA’s resignation in a fresh setback NEW DELHI: Tamil Nadu Assembly speaker J C D Prabhakar on Tuesday accepted the resignation of Ambasamudram AIADMK MLA Esakki Subaya, further escalating the political turmoil within the opposition party.The speaker had initially rejected Subaya’s resignation letter and asked him to submit a […]
Venezuela has emerged as India’s third-largest crude oil supplier so far in May, overtaking Saudi Arabia and the United States, as Indian refiners increased purchases of cheaper heavy crude amid disruptions linked to the ongoing West Asia conflict.The South American nation supplied around 417,000 barrels per day (bpd) to India this month, sharply higher than […]
