27+ min ago   (1501+ words) “We did it!” shouted 25-year-old Simpi Yadav, beaming, as news broke Saturday afternoon of Dharmendra Pradhan’s resignation as India’s education minister. Just four days earlier, she had quietly boarded a train from Nagpur to Delhi and headed straight to Jantar…...

32+ min ago   (919+ words) (Bloomberg) -- The US paused an almost two-week run of strikes against Iran for a second night while the Islamic Republic signaled it was refraining from any retaliatory attacks and held talks with Oman over the Strait of Hormuz. After striking…...

44+ min ago   (396+ words) US President Donald Trump reportedly switched from a Boeing 747-8 recently gifted by Qatar to the older Air Force One before leaving Turkey earlier this month after intelligence agencies received inputs about a "credible threat" from Iranian proxy forces allegedly targeting…...

2+ hour, 57+ min ago   (631+ words) Shweta Tiwari has been facing backlash after reacting to Dharmendra Pradhan's resignation. Pradhan stepped down on 25 July, following CJP-led student protests. The CJP protest demanded accountability over the NEET-UG paper leak controversy. The government agreed to fulfil CJP demands. Except…...

1+ hour, 4+ min ago   (977+ words) For decades there has been a covenant between India and its young—pass these entrance exams, and you are set. You can then escape India, physically and even within India. It was the privatization of hope. In return, the young…...

1+ hour, 40+ min ago   (575+ words) The announcement comes months after Siddaramaiah was replaced by DK Shivakumar as Karnataka Chief Minister. Siddaramaiah stepped down as Karnataka chief minister on 28 May, paving the way for his deputy, DK Shivakumar, to take over. Addressing a press conference in…...

3+ hour, 33+ min ago   (346+ words) Citing officials in the Trump administration, The New York Times on Saturday reported that the threat to stockpiles is one of the many reasons that have made a return to expanding military operations a risky endeavour. Additionally, the US president…...

2+ hour, 5+ min ago   (504+ words) British Prime Minister Andy Burnham has said he would not hesitate to publicly disagree with US President Donald Trump if doing so was necessary to protect Britain's national interests. In his first major interview since taking office, Burnham told the…...

5+ hour, 28+ min ago   (477+ words) Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi wrote Union Home Minister Amit Shah, asking him if he approved the use of pellet guns during the Cocokroach Janata Party's (CJP) 'Sansad Chalo' march on July 20. Gandhi questioned Shah…...

2+ hour, 46+ min ago   (687+ words) The mother of NEET aspirant Akanksha Chaturvedi, who died by suicide, is not satisfied with Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan's resignation. Seeking strict punishment for the perpetrators of the paper leak, Akanksha's mother Neelam Chaturvedi called for the top government leadership,…...