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Oscar Piastri controlled the rain-delayed race, extending his F1 Championship lead over McLaren teammate Lando Norris.Oscar Piastri passed McLaren teammate and title rival Lando Norris with a bold early move to win the rain-delayed Belgian Grand Prix and extend his Formula One lead to 16 points. Charles Leclerc was a distant third for Ferrari on Sunday, as reigning champions McLaren celebrated their sixth one-two finish in 13 races and the third in a row. The race at Spa-Francorchamps was red-flagged after an initial formation lap and delayed by an hour and 20 minutes due to the weather, with standing water…

India’s credit card economy, a symbol of growing consumer confidence and digital empowerment, is showing some signs of strain. Credit card delinquencies in the 91–360 days overdue category have soared by a staggering 44.34 per cent over the past year, reaching Rs 33,886.5 crore as of March 2025, up from Rs 23,475.6 crore in March 2024, according to the latest data from CRIF High Mark.This sharp rise highlights a growing vulnerability among borrowers, particularly in the 91–360 days category, a segment that banking regulations categorise as non-performing assets (NPAs) in the case of bank loans. Effectively, credit card holders have…

To mark the 40th anniversary of Back to the Future, NPR looks at what it takes to get time travel right on the big screen

The vagus nerve can be stimulated to manage epilepsy. | Photo Credit: Manu5 (CC BY-SA) Deep-brain stimulation (DBS) is a medical technique where doctors implant electrodes deep inside specific areas of the brain to treat certain disorders. These electrodes are connected by wires to a small device, similar to a heart’s pacemaker, which is usually placed under the skin in the upper chest. The device sends controlled, mild electrical impulses to targeted brain regions, helping adjust abnormal brain activity or chemical imbalances.DBS is most commonly used for movement disorders, especially in people with Parkinson’s disease, essential tremor, and dystonia, whose…

Silver medalist team United States pose after the women’s 4×100-meter freestyle final at the World Aquatics Championships in Singapore on Sunday. Vincent Thian/AP hide caption toggle caption Vincent Thian/AP USA Swimming team members are recovering from acute gastroenteritis as they compete in the World Aquatics Championships in Singapore, a spokesperson for the team told NPR on Sunday. The team’s medical staff has been “treating those experiencing symptoms and advising the team on further preventative and recovery measures,” Nikki Warner, senior communications director for USA Swimming, said. Warner did not say which swimmers were impacted or how they contracted the virus.…

Israeli forces have killed at least 63 people across Gaza, hours after the military announced it would begin “pausing” attacks for 10 hours daily in some areas to allow humanitarian aid to pass through. On Sunday, the Israeli army said it would temporarily halt military activity each day from 10am to 8pm (07:00-17:00 GMT) in parts of central and northern Gaza, including al-Mawasi, Deir el-Balah and Gaza City. It also pledged to open designated aid corridors for food and medical convoys between 6am and 11pm. But hours into the first day of the “humanitarian pauses”, Israeli air raids resumed. “There…

Multigrain, whole wheat, sourdough. The market is flooded with varieties of bread to accompany your eggs and pasta, seemingly offering a healthier choice to digest your meals.For diabetics, mindful choices can help control insulin levels and keep spikes under check. If you are confused between rye and sourdough and curious about their impact on your insulin level, indianexpress.com comes to you with inputs from a nutritionist. Deepika Sharma, personal fitness expert with a focus on functional nutrition, told indianexpress.com that the primary difference between rye and sourdough is that rye is a grain and sourdough is a process. Still, both…

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is in Tamil Nadu for the second day of his two-day tour, during which he inaugurated and dedicated to the nation a series of projects worth Rs 4,800 crore.Most notably, on Sunday, Modi will be the chief guest at the grand finale of the Aadi Thiruvathirai festival, celebrating the birth anniversary of Chola Emperor Rajendra Chola and will release a commemorative coin. But the PM isn’t the only leader to honour the Chola ruler. Already, DMK leader and Chief Minister M K Stalin has declared the emperor’s birth anniversary as an official state celebration and announced…

The EU’s Digital Markets Act (DMA), which took effect two years ago, sets out a list of dos and don’ts for seven Big Tech companies [File] | Photo Credit: REUTERS Alphabet was targeted with an EU antitrust complaint from six human and digital rights groups on Thursday, which urged EU regulators to investigate whether the tech giant complies with legislation requiring it to make it easier for users to uninstall software apps.The EU’s Digital Markets Act (DMA), which took effect two years ago, sets out a list of dos and don’ts for seven Big Tech companies including Alphabet unit Google,…

Syria will hold parliamentary elections in September, the head of a body tasked with organising the election process told state media Sunday. Mohammed Taha al-Ahmad, chairman of the Higher Committee for People’s Assembly Elections, told state news agency SANA that elections will take place between Sept 15 and 20. They will be the first to take place under the country’s new authorities after the fall of former President Bashar Assad in a lightning rebel offensive in December. One third of the 210 seats will the appointed by interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa, with the rest to be elected. Story continues below…