NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to test the validity of the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Act, 2026, as a bunch of petitions challenged the constitutionality of the new provisions annulling self-perceived gender identity of persons and stripping trans men and trans masculine identities of statutory recognition.Senior advocate A M Singhvi,…
Adhir Chowdhury condemns Congress leader, son’s murder NEW DELHI: Senior Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Sunday strongly condemned the murder of party leader Anisur Rahman and his son in Nadia on Independence Day, calling it a “heinous incident” and raising questions over the law and order situation in BJP-led West Bengal.In a social media…
New Delhi: Starting next Tuesday, India’s official statistical machinery is set to release the index of services production (ISP), with base year 2024-25, which will act as a high frequency indicator to gauge short- term economic momentum, covering nearly two-third of gross value added (GVA) of the sector.Till now, policymakers have only relied on the…
Candace Owens and Erika Kirk (Image via Getty Images) A fresh wave of legal speculation is building around Candace Owens after Myron Gaines predicted that Erika Kirk and Turning Point USA could eventually pursue a costly defamation case against the conservative commentator. Gaines did not claim a lawsuit has been filed. Instead, he argued that…
Elon Musk took the stand in a trial against ChatGPT-maker OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman. The lawsuit originally filed in November 2024 accuses the AI company and its executives of reversing their promises to keep OpenAI a nonprofit. The lawsuit’s trial began on April 27 with Sam Altman and Grek Brockman attending the day one…
Finger click sparked a cheating scandal (Image: BBC/X) An amateur cricket match in England has found itself at the centre of a major controversy after a fielder was accused of using a finger-clicking trick to fool the umpire into giving a batter out. The incident, which has gone viral on social media and is now…