Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav (Photo credit: X/@Akhilesh Yadav) NEW DELHI: Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday dismissed Uttar Pradesh minister Om Prakash Rajbhar’s claim that his party was headed for a major split, accusing the BJP of having a history of engineering defections in opposition parties.Responding to Rajbhar’s “now it is UP’s…
Saudi Arabia and Portugal have signed an agreement granting mutual visa exemptions for holders of diplomatic and special passports, marking a new step in strengthening relations between the two countries.The agreement was signed in Lisbon on Tuesday by Saudi Minister of Foreign Affairs Prince Faisal bin Farhan and Portugal’s Minister of State and Foreign Affairs…
Dana White (Image via: AP) UFC Freedom 250 delivered one of the most talked-about nights in the promotion’s history, but Dana White has now revealed that major security concerns unfolded behind the scenes before the event even began. The UFC president said the alleged drone attack plot announced by the FBI was only one of…
England vs New Zealand Live Score, Second Test: England and New Zealand head into the second Test at The Oval with both teams dealing with major changes, though for very different reasons. England are preparing to play without captain Ben Stokes, while New Zealand are beginning a new era following the retirement of long-time batting…
In India’s premium dining scene, the priciest foods are often ordinary. They are ingredients that travel far, demand painstaking harvesting, or carry a luxury story that makes them as much status symbols as meals. From spices pulled by hand from a flower to seafood matured over decades, these dishes and garnishes sit at the top…
Image: Left/Nobel Prize Org/Right/Canva She was always fascinated by mathematics, logic puzzles and the thrill of solving difficult problems while Andrea Ghez was growing up in Chicago. What began as a curiosity about how things worked eventually led her to ask one of astronomy’s biggest questions: what lies at the centre of our galaxy? Unknown…
Peter Thiel’s secret club for the powerful, exposed online A private network of some of the world’s most powerful people has spent two decades keeping its membership a secret. That wall came down this week. A data leak has exposed the names behind Dialog, the invitation-only society co-founded by billionaire investor Peter Thiel in 2006,…
Humanity has already sent five spacecraft on trajectories that will eventually carry them beyond the Solar System, demonstrating that technologically advanced civilisations can launch interstellar probes. That raises an intriguing possibility. Could another civilisation have done the same and sent robotic explorers to our cosmic neighbourhood? According to a new study by astronomer T. Joseph…
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has joined criticism of the Centre’s temporary restriction on Telegram ahead of the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test Undergraduate (NEET UG) re-examination, arguing that the move punishes students rather than those responsible for paper leaks.In a post on X, Rahul described the decision as the Modi government’s “new trick” to stop…
Mumbai: Microfinance lenders showed early signs of stabilisation in the March 2026 quarter, even as the industry’s portfolio shrank sharply from a year earlier and legacy stress continued to build, according to the latest MFI Pulse Report brought out by Equifax and SIDBI.The sector’s total portfolio outstanding stood at Rs 2,77,053 crore as of March…