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The ICJ is set to decide the future course of climate accountability in a landmark legal case brought by Vanuatu.The International Court of Justice (ICJ) is preparing to hand down its first-ever opinion on climate change, seen by many as a historic moment in international law. Judges have waded through tens of thousands of pages of written submissions and heard two weeks of oral arguments during the ICJ’s biggest-ever case. The court’s 15 judges will seek to pull together different strands of environmental law into one definitive international standard when they deliver their findings at the Peace Palace in The…

The Financial Inclusion Index (FI-Index), which captures the extent of financial inclusion across the country, improved to 67 in March 2025 from 64.2 in March 2024, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) said on Tuesday. All the three sub-indices of the FI-Index — access, usage and quality — witnessed growth in FY25. “Improvement in FI-Index in FY2025 is contributed by usage and quality dimensions, reflecting deepening of financial inclusion, and sustained financial literacy initiatives,” the RBI said in a release. Story continues below this ad The index captures information on various aspects of financial inclusion in a single value ranging…

There was Ozzy before The Osbournes and Ozzy after The Osbournes.For much of his life, the Black Sabbath founder and legendary heavy metal frontman who died at 76 on Tuesday was known to much of the public as a dark purveyor of deeds ranging from decadent to downright Satanic.Wild stories followed him. Clergy condemned him. Parents sued him. But with the debut of his family reality show on MTV, the world learned what those who’d been paying closer attention already knew: Ozzy Osbourne was soft and fuzzy under the darkness.During its relatively short run from 2002 to 2005, The Osbournes…

Ozzy Osbourne, a trailblazer who rose to fame as a founding force in heavy metal music and later became a reality television icon, passed away on Tuesday at the age of 76. His family confirmed his death in a statement, but did not disclose the location or cause. In recent years, Osbourne had been undergoing treatment for a form of Parkinson’s disease. He died just two weeks after performing a farewell show in his hometown of Birmingham, England. This is how family, friends and musicians paid tribute: Family statement signed by Osbourne’s wife, Sharon, and children “It is with more…

President Trump meets with Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. in the Oval Office at the White House on July 22. During a question-and-answer session with reporters while at the meeting, Trump railed against former President Barack Obama and other Democratic figures. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images The Justice Department on Tuesday said it is in touch with an attorney for Ghislaine Maxwell, a longtime associate of sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, to try to arrange a meeting with her in the coming days. President Trump said he thought the development “sounds appropriate,” though he also claimed…

U.S. President Donald Trump. File | Photo Credit: Reuters The U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee has effectively barred transgender women from competing in women’s sports, telling the federations overseeing swimming, athletics and other sports it has an “obligation to comply” with an executive order issued by President Donald Trump.The change, announced on Monday (July 21, 2025) with a quiet change on the USOPC’s website and confirmed in a letter sent to national governing bodies, follows a similar step taken by the NCAA earlier this year.The USOPC change is noted obliquely as a detail under “USOPC Athlete Safety Policy” and reference’s…

Valley of flowers in Uttarakhand. | Photo Credit: Getty Images This monsoon, seasoned travellers from Bengal, especially those who love the hills but are wary of Kashmir and bored of Darjeeling, are headed to Uttarakhand to mix sightseeing with spiritualism.They feel that the rainy reason, apart from its risks, also has its share of rewards in what they like to call Devbhoomi, a common sobriquet for Uttarakhand, and that this is possibly the best time of the year to be there because this is when more religious events are held there.“Monsoon takes up most of the pilgrimage season in Uttarakhand…

A picture taken on Oct. 12, 2017 shows the logo of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) headquarters in Paris. Jacques Demarthon/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Jacques Demarthon/AFP via Getty Images The Trump administration will withdraw the U.S. from the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) — about two years after the U.S. rejoined the group under Biden. The agency focuses on promoting international collaboration in education, science and culture. It’s best known for its list of World Heritage sites, which acknowledge places with cultural or natural significance. On Tuesday, U.S. State…

Let’s be honest. Bollywood has been selling us some wild ideas about love for years–the kind where the guy is a “damaged genius” with zero emotional regulation, and the girl is just there — quiet, loyal, crying in the corner while he throws a tantrum. Enter Saiyaara, a film that doesn’t scream love through violence or manipulation, it whispers it through respect, space, and personal growth. Directed by Mohit Suri and led by fresh faces Ahaan Panday and Aneet Padda, Saiyaara feels like a collective exhale after holding our breath through Animal and Kabir Singh. Ahaan Panday–yes, from that film…

Representational image. | Photo Credit: AFP There is an urgent need to eliminate unnecessary animal studies, and establish clear conditions for requiring comparative clinical trials for affordable biosimilars without compromising safety and efficacy, members of civil society said in a letter to the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) on the draft guidelines on biosimilars. Also read:India takes first step to remove animals from drug-testing processA biosimilar is a biological medicine like another already approved biological medicine. While it is not an exact copy, it is clinically similar in terms of safety, purity, and potency. Biosimilars are developed to be a…