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What is your height? This seemingly innocuous question, if you come to think of it, doesn’t always hand you the same answer. No, I’m not talking about the numerical part of the answer that is bound to be different for different people owing to their different heights. I am, instead, drawing your attention to the…
Image for representational purposes only. File | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto A U.S. federal appeals court has refused to stay a lower court order striking down the Trump administration’s decision to impose a $100,000 fee on H-1B visas for highly skilled foreign workers. The three-judge Bench at the Boston-based First Circuit Court of Appeals denied…
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The story so far: This week, people in Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra took to the streets against proposed mega data centre projects in the States. In Andhra Pradesh, after the government allotted about 601 acres of land in three parcels across three locations in Visakhapatnam and neighbouring Anakapalli district, Raiden Infotech India Pvt. Ltd. —…
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Iran-backed Houthi rebels vowed to retaliate against Saudi Arabia on Saturday (July 25, 2026) after they accused the kingdom of targeting civilian infrastructure, as the West Asia war widens across the region. Riyadh struck Houthi military targets in Hodeida on Friday (July 24), with rebel media reporting two wounded after the Yemeni group announced a…
Bihar has ranked second in terms of RuPay card usage among beneficiaries of the Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY). There are more than 4.98 crore RuPay cardholders in the State. However, the total number of PM Jan Dhan account holders in Bihar is 6.87 crore indicating that the number of RuPay cardholders is still…
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday (July 24, 2026) thanked everyone for the responses and positive suggestions received to his video, on Friday, July 24, 2026. Photo credit: Instagram/PM Modi Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday (July 24, 2026) thanked everyone for the responses and positive suggestions received to his video, where he announced the…
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In a move to crack down on exam malpractices, the Centre has taken a slew of actions, including strengthening the anti-paper leak law and terminating services of up to 47 officials in the National Testing Agency (NTA). Source link
The SpaceX Starship and Super Heavy v3 Booster lift off on its 13th test flight from the SpaceX launch complex in Starbase, Texas, on July 24, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters Towering 407 feet (124 metres), Starship soared from the company’s base at the southern tip of Texas. NASA monitored the flight, a critical step…
The SpaceX Starship and Super Heavy v3 Booster lift off on its 13th test flight from the SpaceX launch complex in Starbase, Texas, on July 24, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters Towering 407 feet (124 metres), Starship soared from the company’s base at the southern tip of Texas. NASA monitored the flight, a critical step…
Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change Bhupendra Yadav in his visit to Kolkata, had said that the double-engine government was “exploring” the re-introduction of tigers in “suitable” habitats in Bengal. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu Tigers will be introduced in the Buxa Tiger Reserve of North Bengal on October 2, West Bengal…
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