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‘Jhalmuri’ becomes a victory snack as BJP wins the Bengal election. File photo: X/Swapan Mahapatra via PTI Jhalmuri, the quintessential Bengali street snack that became an unlikely symbol in the bitter All India Trinamool Congress (AITC/TMC)-BJP fight for over a month, found pride of place at the swearing-in of West Bengal’s first BJP government at…
Plaid Cymru’s leader Rhun ap Iorwerth remarks the election showed Wales wanted a “change of leadership”. | Photo Credit: AFP “Britain’s Labour Party lost power on Friday (May 8, 2026) in Wales for the first time since its devolved Assembly was created in 1999, as the nationalist party Plaid Cymru won the most seats in…
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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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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…
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…
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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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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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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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…
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…