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Members from various political parties staging a protest near the Mayiladuthurai Town bus stand on Wednesday in support of suspended Deputy Superintendent of Police M. Sundaresan. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Hundreds of protesters cutting across political affiliations staged a protest near the Mayiladuthurai Town bus stand on Wednesday demanding a fair investigation into the suspension of Deputy Superintendent of Police (Prohibition Enforcement Wing) M. Sundaresan. The protest was organised by the “Coalition for Justice” and led by R. Muralidharan, district secretary of the Tamizhar Desiya Munnai. Protesters included representatives from various parties, including the BJP, Naam Tamilar Katchi, Viduthalai…

Under mounting federal pressure and facing $400 million in revoked research grants, Columbia University has expelled and suspended several students for participating in last year’s pro-Palestinian protests. The disciplinary crackdown and policy reforms come after the Trump administration penalised the Ivy League school for what it called a failure to respond sufficiently to antisemitism on campus. The university confirmed Wednesday that it has taken disciplinary action against students involved in two protest events, which is a sit-in at the campus library last month and a protest encampment during alumni weekend this spring, according to CNN reports. While Columbia has not…

Fireflies can make a summer night’s walk seem magical. But a recent study shows you could see more or less depending on where you live.

Starting in August, Uber will launch Women Preference options in the United States. This in-app feature will be piloted in Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Detroit before expanding to more cities. Uber’s Women Preference option allows female drivers to match with only female riders and vice versa.  Ride-sharing is getting safer for women in America. Uber is launching Women Preference settings in the United States, giving female riders and drivers more choice, confidence, and flexibility whenever they use the app.  Uber’s Women Preference setting will come to the U.S. in August, starting with Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Detroit before rolling…

Onlookers are seen through a burnt classroom window of a school building after a Bangladesh air force training jet crashed into it Monday in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on July 22, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP When a Bangladesh Air Force fighter jet crashed into her school and erupted in a fireball on Monday, Maherin Chowdhury rushed to save some of the hundreds of students and teachers facing mortal danger, placing their safety before her own.The 46-year-old English teacher went back again and again into a burning classroom to rescue her students, even as her own clothes were engulfed in flames, her…

 At the interbank foreign exchange, the Indian currency opened weak at 86.46 and touched the intra-day peak of 86.34 against the greenback on July 23, 2025. | Photo Credit: REUTERS The rupee stayed weak for the sixth consecutive session and settled with a loss of 3 paise at 86.41 (provisional) against the dollar on Wednesday (July 23, 2025), amid a strong American currency and outflow of foreign funds. Forex traders said the domestic unit, however, found some cushion due to lower crude oil prices and heavy buying in domestic equity markets in line with global trends after the U.S. announced…

A coalition of 109 humanitarian and human rights organisations, including Mercy Corps, the Norwegian Refugee Council, and Refugees International, has issued a stark warning: mass starvation is now spreading across Gaza, while critical aid remains blocked just outside the enclave. In their joint statement, the organisations demanded an immediate and permanent ceasefire and the full removal of all restrictions on aid delivery. They condemned the Israeli government’s siege for creating conditions of “chaos, starvation, and death”, citing that food, clean water, and medical supplies are unable to reach those in need due to severe access restrictions. At least 10 Palestinians…

The Israelis certainly owe Bret Stephens a favour. Yesterday, The New York Times opinion columnist took to the pages of the United States newspaper of record to promote his latest deranged argument, headlined: “No, Israel Is Not Committing Genocide in Gaza”. Never mind that numerous global institutions, ranging from various United Nations bodies to Amnesty International, have determined that Israel is committing just that. These are organisations that hardly throw the G-word around lightly, but Stephens knows better. And he will tell us why. In the very first paragraph of his Times intervention – which should perhaps come accompanied by…

At the start of the Monsoon Session of Parliament, a united Opposition had a clear idea of its floor strategy: It wanted to force the government for a discussion on the Pahalgam terror attack and the alleged US role in cessation of military action between India and Pakistan besides the Election Commission (EC)’s special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in poll-bound Bihar. But the resignation of Jagdeep Dhankhar as the Vice-President came out of the blue. While the government has agreed for a discussion on Operation Sindoor next week and will not concede on the Bihar SIR exercise, the…

The first half of the year witnessed two $100 million+ funds as opposed to five in H1 2024 and four in H2 2024 in Karnataka. | Photo Credit: Getty Images The Karnataka tech ecosystem saw a noticeable funding slowdown in the first half of 2025, witnessing a sharp drop of 44% compared to the corresponding period in the previous year, shows the newly released Karnataka Tech H1 2025 Funding Reportby market research firm Tracxn.“A total of $1.7 billion was raised in Karnataka in H1 2025, marking a significant decrease of 30% compared to $2.4 billion raised in H2 2024, and…