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United States President Donald Trump has announced that he is temporarily taking control of the Washington, DC, police department, while deploying 800 National Guard troops to the city.Trump said his actions are needed to “rescue” the US capital from a surge in crime.While violent crime spiked in Washington, DC, in 2023, data shows it has been falling quickly since then.Here is what we know:What has Trump announced?During a 78-minute news conference, Trump announced that the federal government would take control of the District of Columbia (DC) Metropolitan Police Department to address surging crime.“I’m announcing a historic action to rescue our…

BengaluruAug 12, 2025 09:19 IST First published on: Aug 12, 2025 at 09:19 IST Share Among the most vocal Congress leaders in Karnataka, state cooperation minister K N Rajanna was forced to resign from the Siddaramaiah Cabinet on Monday, two days after saying that alleged voter list irregularities in the Mahadevapura Assembly constituency in Bengaluru occurred on the Congress’s watch. Rajanna’s statement embarrassed the Congress leadership as it came barely two days after Rahul Gandhi’s allegation that over 1 lakh votes were “stolen” in Mahadevapura in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, helping the BJP win the Bangalore Central parliamentary constituency.…

A meteorite that crashed into a home in Atlanta, Georgia, is older than our planet Earth, according to a scientist who examined a fragment of the space rock.University of Georgia planetary geologist Scott Harris, who thoroughly examined a meteorite fragment, stated that the space rock is estimated to be 4.56 billion years old, making it 20 million years older than Earth. “This particular meteor that entered the atmosphere has a long history before it made it to the ground of McDonough, ​​and in order to totally understand that, we actually have to examine what the rock is and determine what…

Kolkata: The West Bengal government informed the Election Commission of India (ECI) on Monday that it has withdrawn a state government officer and a data entry operator from election-related duties and initiated an inquiry. West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee during a programme organised to celebrate ‘World Tribal Day’ in Jhargram on Thursday. (ANI) This comes days after the ECI directed the Mamata Banerjee government to suspend four West Bengal government officers associated with the updation of electoral rolls and lodge a police complaint against them, as well as a data entry operator. The officers were accused of adding fictitious…

Intel’s niche has been chips used in traditional computing processes, which are steadily being eclipsed by the AI revolution [File] | Photo Credit: REUTERS U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday said he had a “very interesting” meeting with the chief of US chip maker Intel, just days after calling for his resignation.Mr. Trump said on his Truth Social platform that he met with Lip-Bu Tan along with Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick and Secretary of Treasury Scott Bessent.”The meeting was a very interesting one,” Mr. Trump said in the post. “His success and rise is an amazing story.”Mr. Trump added…

After last week’s withdrawal of the earlier version of the new Income Tax Bill, the Lok Sabha on Monday passed the updated version, the Income-Tax (No.2) Bill, 2025 and the Taxation Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2025, which amends the Income-tax Act, 1961 and the Finance Act, 2025. The government accepted most of the recommendations of the Select Committee, headed by BJP leader Baijayant Panda, and corrected several anomalies in the updated 624-page Income Tax Bill including those for LLPs and anonymous donations to religious-cum-charitable trusts.Among the significant changes made in the Taxation Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2025 that sought to amend the…

Watching Son of Sardaar (2012) today feels like opening a time capsule to an era when audiences didn’t question much, and comedy was often reduced to tripping over pickle oil or running into slapstick mehman nawazi. Back then, the Ajay Devgn–Sonakshi Sinha starrer, made on a reported budget of ₹40 crore, raked in over ₹140 crore worldwide. It even had a Salman Khan cameo and was considered a “superhit.” But looking back, it’s hard to ignore that its “humour” was built on a wafer-thin plot and recycled gags. Riding on that misplaced confidence, the makers have returned after more than…

The specific components of the immune response in a human body that protect against a dengue virus (DENV) infection and the subsequent illness remain unclear. Scientists are still trying to understand how natural infection and vaccination protect people so that they can develop better vaccines.Now, a novel study has revealed important insights into developing strong immunity against DENV, which is otherwise quite complex. Researchers from the US and Philippines have identified specific antibodies, known as envelope dimer epitope (EDE)-like antibodies, as the key for building broad, cross-serotype immunity following natural infection or vaccination.The findings, published recently in Science Translational Medicine,…

President Trump plans to name conservative economist E.J. Antoni to head the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Trump fired the bureau’s previous leader after a disappointing jobs report. Jim Watson/AFP hide caption toggle caption Jim Watson/AFP President Trump plans to nominate conservative economist E.J. Antoni to lead one of the government’s top statistical agencies, 10 days after firing the previous chief over a disappointing jobs report. Antoni is an economist at the right-leaning Heritage Foundation. He previously worked for the conservative Texas Public Policy Foundation. “Our Economy is booming, and E.J. will ensure that the Numbers released are HONEST and ACCURATE,”…

Chennai Super Kings’ Ravichandran Ashwin bowls a delivery during the IPL Match between Mumbai Indians vs Chennai Super Kings held at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. | Photo Credit: Emmanual Yogini Playing only nine out of a possible 14 games in IPL 2025 was a first for Ravichandran Ashwin in his entire career in the T20 league and he has sought clarity from Chennai Super Kings after an underwhelming season amid rumours of franchise parting ways with the veteran off-spinner. While CSK had one of its worst seasons in 2025, Ashwin played just nine games, taking seven wickets at an economy…