Mumbai’s property market logged 12,315 registrations in May 2026, the highest ever recorded for the month of May in 14 years, according to data from the Maharashtra Department of Registrations and Stamps (IGR) analysed by Knight Frank India. This represents a 7% year-on-year increase, against May last year, when 11,565 registrations were recorded under the…
Pew Research Center reported in May 2026 that four in ten American adults, and half of those under 50, now get health and wellness information from social media influencers or podcasts and most of those influencers carry no real medical credentials at all.That single finding lands harder than it sounds. Pew researchers pulled 12,800 social…
AJMER: Four members of a family, including a former sarpanch and his wife, were burnt alive inside a vehicle in a village in Rajasthan’s Ajmer district on Thursday morning, police said.According to news agency PTI, the incident took place in Shrirampura village, around 60 km from Ajmer city.The deceased have been identified as former sarpanch…
NEW DELHI: PM Narendra Modi on Thursday changed the display pictures on his social media handles to mark the one year of the Operation Sindoor, and asked everyone to do the same as a mark of respect to the armed forces and their success. The profile picture of PM Modi on his handles on X,…
Homebuyers in Maharashtra will now have to use a new online platform to access project information and complaint-related services, as the Maharashtra Real Estate Regulatory Authority (MahaRERA) has shut down its old portal and made MahaCRITI the sole online platform for all MahaRERA services.The authority calls the transition a part of its digital modernisation efforts….
When whales fight, the shrimp’s back gets broken. “When whales fight, the shrimp’s back gets broken.”It takes just eight words to describe a truth that has shaped history, politics, workplaces, and even family life.The Korean proverb 고래 싸움에 새우 등 터진다 (Gorae ssaume saeu deung teojinda) paints an unforgettable image: Two enormous whales locked in…
NEW DELHI: A press conference held by Pakistan’s military on Thursday, marking the first anniversary of the 2025 India-Pakistan military confrontation, triggered sharp reactions online. Soon after India began its press conference, Pakistan also held a presser to mark the anniversary of what it termed as “Marka-e-haq”.However, reacting to India’s remarks, Pakistan army spokesperson Lt…
NEET fast-track court’s first hearing stalled as CBI skips proceedings NEW DELHI: The first hearing before Delhi’s newly designated fast-track court for the NEET paper leak case ended without any substantive proceedings on Monday after no lawyer appeared on behalf of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), prompting the court to adjourn the matter.The case…
Caption: Top left: A cinnamon-colored black bear and her cub flee. Top right: Brown bears on alert after hearing the sound of engines from an off-highway vehicle. Bottom left: A bald eagle eats a freshly caught meal from the nearby stream, ignoring the control sounds of gull calls. Bottom right: A black bear continues to…
NEW DELHI: India remains among the countries bearing the highest burden of hepatitis-related deaths even as global efforts show progress, according to the WHO’s Global Hepatitis Report 2026, which warns that the world is off track to meet the 2030 elimination targets.The report flags viral hepatitis as a major public health threat, with over 1.3…