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Tejashwi Yadav has decided to respond with humour to BJP Lok Sabha candidate Kangana Ranaut's gaffe on May 4. Speaking during an election rally on May 4, Ranaut, who is the BJP candidate from Mandi seat (Himachal Pradesh), seemingly launched an attack on Yadav, but mis-named him as fellow BJP leader Tejasvi Surya instead. Surya is the BJP LS candidate from Bengaluru South constituency in Karnataka.

Uttarakhand Police on Saturday arrested three people from Bihar for allegedly promoting forest fires in the state, officials said. According to the police, a video came to light after it went viral on social media platforms wherein the three youths were promoting forest fires. In the purported video, a youth can be heard saying, «Nobody challenges those who play with fire...and Biharis are never challenged.»

arrests of three suspected hitmen accused of killing a B.C. Sikh leader highlight an emerging security problem: foreign intelligence services are contracting their dirty work to the criminal underworld.Governments are increasingly accused of trying to silence and kill opponents outside their borders, and they are relying more and more on crime groups to do so, officials and experts told Global News.“Some states leverage criminal organizations to advance their objectives,” said Eric Balsam, a Canadian Security Intelligence Service spokesperson.“The use of criminal elements can permit plausible deniability and generate resources to advance threat activities.”Iran’s intelligence service was recently accused of hiring Canadian Hell’s Angels to kill dissidents in the United States.

Cong Puri candidate Sucharita Mohanty returns ticket over lack of party funding The police are also waiting for the post-mortem report of the politician. The family of Jeyakumar Dhanasingh has also alleged foul play citing a complaint he filed with the Superintendent of Police on April 30.

Poonch IAF Convoy Attack: Security personnel conducted a search operation today morning (May 5) in response to a terrorist attack on an Indian Air Force (IAF) convoy, officials told ANI. The attack in Poonch on May 4 resulted in the loss of one personnel's life. Officials indicated that the purpose of the search operation was to locate the terrorists responsible for the attack, as per the ANI report.

Also Read: US Fed to hold rates at 23-year high-mark until inflation cools, slows pace of balance sheet runoff: 5 key highlights Despite this, the Nifty 50 managed to reach a new record high of 22,794.70 before settling at 22,475.80. Sector-wise, financials, auto, and energy saw gains, but broader indices closed with slight losses, taking a pause after recent gains. The key benchmark indices maintained a flat trajectory on all days, marking the fourth consecutive week of little movement.

Homeopathy for covid-19: panacea or false hope? Rajpuria is not alone in her faith in this alternative form of medicine. According to a report by Business Research Insights, the global homeopathic medicine market size was $854.4 million in 2021 and the market is projected to touch $1687.98 Million By 2031. As per the Ministry of Ayush, homeopathy is the second most popular system of medicine after allopathy in India with roughly 10% of the population relying solely on homeopathy for treatment and as per a Statista report, as of January 2021, there were approximately more than three lakh homeopathy doctors across India.

I choose one that’s a little stout, but fits snugly in my hand. “Now choose a nib." There are 14 kinds to choose from—Fine, Medium, Medium Flex, Medium Stub, Architect, Broad Ultra Flex and so on. Sensing my panic, he says, “Flex is for calligraphy really.

Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) planning its next Moon mission – Chandrayaan-4, also aimed at bringing back lunar samples. Here's a look at the difference between China's latest Chang'e-6 mission, its 2026 mission, Chang'e 7, which aims to explore lunar south pole and India's Chandrayaan 4 mission. As per the CNSA, the Chang'e 6 is the world's first attempt to retrieve substances from the moon's far side – the side which is not visible from the Earth.

Heatwaves to result in production loss in heat-intensive industries Parts of Telangana, Vidarbha, Rayalaseema and interior Odisha, north interior Karnataka, Marathwada, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Maharashtra, and east Uttar Pradesh witnessed maximum temperatures in the range of 40°C to 45°C on Saturday. Nandyal in Andhra Pradesh sizzled at 46 degrees Celsius and was the hottest place in the country for the third consecutive day on Saturday.

Congress President Malikarjun Kharge extended condolences over the death of personnel of the Indian Air Force in a terrorist attack in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district. In a post on X, Kharge wrote, «Deeply pained by the cowardly terror attack on the IAF vehicle in Poonch, Jammu & Kashmir. We strongly and unequivocally condemn this dastardly terror attack and join the nation in standing together against terrorism.» «Our deepest condolences to the family of the brave air warrior who made the supreme sacrifice. We hope that the injured air warriors recover at the earliest and earnestly pray for their well-being. India is united for our soldiers,» he added.

India will continue to flourish under the leadership of the country's incoming Prime Minister Lawrence Wong who will be sworn in on May 15, the Singapore Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SICCI) has said. «As Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong prepares to hand over (leadership of the city-state) to his successor, Deputy Prime Minister Lawrence Wong, we are confident that Singapore-India ties will continue to flourish,» said SICCI Chairman Neil Parekh on Saturday night at the centenary celebrations of the chambers. «This is all the more so since DPM Lawrence Wong co-chaired the India-Singapore Ministerial Roundtable, which has set the stage and the tone for long-term ties between our two countries,» he said at the SICCI centennial celebration gala dinner. Singapore President Tharman Shanmugaratnam was the guest of honour at the dinner attended by some 700 business and community leaders from the prosperous Asian financial centre.

Rajgarh constituency in Madhya Pradesh, which is being touted as a hot seat this Lok Sabha elections with Congress veteran Digvijaya Singh contesting against two-time BJP MP Rodmal Nagar, is all set to vote on May 7, in the third phase of the ensuing general polls. So far in the general elections, Congress won 9 elections from this seat, the Jansangh-BJP 6 times, the Janta Party twice and an independent candidate also won the seat only once. This time, Congress has pitted Digvijaya Singh against two-time BJP's Rodmal Nagar, who has been winning the elections since 2014.

terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch on Saturday, killing one personnel of Indian Air Force. Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, in a post on X, said that those responsible for the atrocious act will face the full force of justice. «I vehemently denounce the cowardly assault on the @IAF_MCC convoy in Poonch by terrorists, resulting in injuries to four courageous Air Force personnel. Wishing them a swift and complete recovery. Those responsible for this atrocious act will face the full force of justice,» the Assam CM said.

Delhi Congress president Arvinder Singh Lovely joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday, Delhi Minister Saurabh Bharadwaj took a swipe at the ruling party, accusing it of «breaking opposition parties». The AAP leader, while speaking to the reporters here, also came down heavily on Lovely and said that the latter's entry into the BJP was already anticipated since he stepped down as the Delhi Congress president in protest against the party's alliance with INDIA bloc partner AAP. «The day he resigned from Congress, almost everybody got to know that he would be joining the BJP. This is the politics of BJP, they break other parties but even after doing all these things, INDIA alliance is going to win all the 7 seats in Delhi,» Saurabh Bharadwaj said.

ARTPARK is not just a regular park in your neighbourhood. For tech enthusiasts, it’s an ecosystem fostering inclusivity and driving equitable access to artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics solutions. Established in 2020 within the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) campus in Bengaluru, ARTPARK is India’s first AI and robotics technology hub. “ARTPARK aims to develop world-class critical technologies for robotics and autonomous systems, reduce India’s import footprint in them and catalyse AI for India’s big challenges,” said Raghuram Dharmaraju, chief executive of ARTPARK. At its core, ARTPARK, a non-profit organisation, is a nexus for innovation, uniting startups, industry leaders, researchers, government bodies and non-profits. It also aims to skill the next generation of professionals in advanced manufacturing for robotics and autonomous technologies by 2025.

IIT Madras, he is happy. The institute has given him a special electric scooty to get around and assigned a teacher's assistant to help him with his studies and projects. «As a student from a simple UP school, this is beyond my wildest dreams. Everyone is supportive; this is truly inclusive education,» Kumar told ET. Leading educational institutions in the country, including the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) and the Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs), are dialling up efforts to attract and support students like Kumar — persons with disabilities (PwDs), such as those with visual or hearing impairments and locomotor and intellectual disabilities — to promote a more inclusive culture in classrooms.

Mercedes-Benz, BMW and Audi are set to launch several new sport-utility vehicle models over the next three months, hoping to further deepen their foothold in this growing segment fuelled by evolving lifestyle trends and changing preferences of India’s affluent buyers. Such premium vehicles priced at more than Rs 50 lakh currently make up as much as 60% of sales at these companies, attracting a broader set of buyers including families and adventure enthusiasts, according to data collated by Jato Dynamics. Versatility and imposing road presence of SUVs over luxury sedans is finding increasing favour among Indian buyers. Mercedes-Benz with the largest portfolio of a dozen SUVs, grew sales by 41% in Q1 2024 «buoyed primarily by record sales of GLA, GLC, GLE and GLS SUVs in the first quarter of 2024 and we expect this demand to remain strong in coming months,» said Santosh Iyer, MD, Mercedes-Benz India.

Aided by the growth in ecommerce, competition in liquids cleaners is heating up with the entry of multiple new players — not just in cities but in smaller towns too. According to a recent report by researcher Kantar, just two categories in the home and personal care segment added more than 10 million new consumers in 2023, both in the liquid format. Liquid fabric softeners and washes added 14 million and 13.1 million new users, respectively. Against the overall fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) market growth of 5%, these segments grew 13% and 20% each, Kantar estimated.

Vanuatu. Let’s be honest and there’s no shame here: you did not even know that this was a country. It’s a string of islands east of the northern part of Australia in the Pacific and its last recorded population was 3.27 lakh people. Of these about 50% are ruled out from this story by virtue of being male. Of the 1.6 lakh remaining, you can leave out another half on the basis that they would be either too young or old to make a cricket team. And so, from a potential pool of 80,000 (a generous estimate because not everyone is interested in one sport), emerges a team that was in contention for a berth in a World Cup comprising 10 teams from across the globe.

An ongoing lawsuit in the UK over Covid vaccination has caused a global furore, including in India.UK’s The Telegraph has reported that AstraZeneca admitted in court documents that its Covid vaccinecan cause blood clots in rare instances. The pharma major is facing a class action lawsuit over claimsthat its vaccine, developed with University of Oxford, caused death and injuries. In India, where themajority of people were administered Covishield, as the AstraZeneca vaccine was known here, thenews has caused concern. Dr Shahid Jameel, virologist and research fellow at Green Templeton College,University of Oxford, tells Indulekha Aravind that there is no cause for worry as benefits far outweigh risks. But playing politics with this, he says, is both wrong and dangerous. Edited excerpts: