Month: May 2026

RBI officers seek Governor’s intervention to correct promotion policy

May 9, 2026 admin

A Reserve Bank of India (RBI) logo is seen inside its headquarters in Mumbai, India. | Photo Credit: Reuters The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) officers’ union has written a letter to RBI Governor Sanjay Malhotra, seeking his intervention to correct the promotion policy and restore a time-bound system. RBI officers across various regional offices…

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EC publishes Index Cards for Assembly polls

May 9, 2026 admin

Logo of Election Commission of India in New Delhi. File The Election Commission of India on Friday published Index Cards and the Statistical Reports for the Assembly elections of four States and Union Territories where elections were concluded recently. According to data made available in the public domain through the EC website and the ECINET…

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How do butterflies taste? – The Hindu

May 9, 2026 admin

A butterfly’s mouth is basically like a built‑in straw. | Photo Credit: PEXELS You must have seen butterflies on top of flowers and leaves, but have you ever wondered what they are up to? Or more specifically, have you wondered how they eat and taste? This might either disgust you or intrigue you to know…

Science

WHO chief due in Canaries to coordinate hantavirus ship evacuation

May 9, 2026 admin

The World Health Organization’s chief is due in the Spanish island of Tenerife on Saturday (May 9, 2026) to help coordinate the evacuation of passengers hit by the hantavirus, Spanish Ministry sources said. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus will accompany Spain’s Health and Interior Ministers to a command post there “to ensure coordination between administrations, health control,…

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Tehran could withstand blockade for four months, CIA report shows, as fighting flares

May 9, 2026 admin

Vessels in the Strait of Hormuz, Musandam, Oman, May 8, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters Efforts to end the war between the U.S. and Iran appeared to stall as the two sides traded fire in ‌the Gulf on Friday (May 8, 2026), while a U.S. intelligence analysis concluded Tehran could withstand a naval blockade for…

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NCRB data testifies to UP’s strong law and order: DGP

May 9, 2026 admin

Uttar Pradesh DGP Rajeev Krishna. File | Photo Credit: SANDEEP SAXENA Director General of Police Rajeev Krishna said, “The National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) report for the year 2024 clearly establishes that crime rate is the only scientific and statistically appropriate basis for comparing crime among different states. Against the national crime rate of 252.3,…

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There are very few players in world cricket who can strike the ball like Finn Allen: Boucher

May 9, 2026 admin

Former South African Cricketer Mark Boucher. File | Photo Credit: Emmanual Yogini Former South Africa wicketkeeper-batter Mark Boucher believes there are “very few players in world cricket” who can match Finn Allen’s clean striking ability after the New Zealand opener’s unbeaten century guided Kolkata Knight Riders to a comprehensive victory over Delhi Capitals in the…

Sports

Magyar to become Hungary’s ‘regime change’ PM

May 9, 2026 admin

Hungary’s Prime Minister-elect Peter Magyar. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Pro-European conservative Peter Magyar is to be sworn in as Hungary’s Prime Minister on Saturday (May 9, 2026) as he promises “regime change” after nationalist Viktor Orban’s 16 years in power. The former government insider-turned-critic scored a landslide victory last month, pledging wide-ranging reforms to…

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Indian sailor killed in dhow fire near Strait of Hormuz

May 9, 2026 admin

Vessels in the Strait of Hormuz, Musandam, Oman, May 8, 2026. (Representational image) | Photo Credit: Reuters An Indian sailor was killed and several others injured after their wooden dhow caught fire near the Strait of Hormuz, government sources said on Saturday (May 10, 2026). 17 other Indian crew members were rescued following the incident…

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PM Modi, leaders pays homage to Tagore on Rabindra Jayanti

May 9, 2026 admin

A worker washes a statue of Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore on the eve of Rabindranath Tagore ‘Jayanti’, in Nadia | Photo Credit: PTI Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday (May 9, 2026) paid rich tributes to Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore on his birth anniversary and said he made a mark as an exceptional philosopher, educationist,…

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