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Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu, along with Rapido women drivers, during the launch of the scheme at Markapuram in Prakasam district, on March 8, marking International Women’s Day. | Photo Credit: File Photo With an electric scooter, a smartphone, and an unshakable spirit, women across Andhra Pradesh are steering their families into a brighter future. A quiet revolution is unfolding on the streets of cities like Vijayawada, Visakhapatnam, and Nellore, where women from Self-Help Groups (SHGs) have become micro-entrepreneurs, ferrying passengers through Rapido and bringing home a steady income.This is in tune with Andhra Pradesh government’s mission of ‘One Family,…

Indian Grandmaster R. Praggnanandhaa. File | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Indian Grandmaster R. Praggnanandhaa settled for his fifth consecutive draw, splitting points with Poland’s Jan-Krzysztof Duda in the sixth round of the Sinquefield Cup, part of the Grand Chess Tour. With this result, Praggnanandhaa moved to 3.5 points from six games, maintaining a joint second position. Meanwhile, American Grandmaster Fabiano Caruana held on to his lead with 4 points, staying half a point ahead of the field. Giving Praggnanandhaa company is American Levon Aronian. World champion D Gukesh is still tied for the fourth spot on 3 points along with…

Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the migrant whose wrongful deportation to his native place El Salvador made him the face of US President Donald Trump administration’s crackdown on immigration, was again detained by immigration officials in Baltimore on Monday and maybe deported to Uganda this time. In a breather for Garcia, a US federal judge temporarily blocked the Trump administration from deporting Garcia to another country, after he was detained by immigration officials on Monday morning. Abrego Garcia was brought back to the United States after being mistakenly deported to a notorious prison in El Salvador in March, and since then the…

India had about 270 million online shoppers in 2024, a figure projected to grow 22% annually, a private study showed. | Photo Credit: Reuters India will start sourcing price data directly from e-commerce giants including Amazon and Walmart-owned Flipkart to overhaul its benchmark inflation gauge, aiming to capture shifting consumption habits and address concerns that current data is outdated, the head of the Statistics Ministry said.The move could make India’s retail inflation data more robust by accounting for prices on online platforms as their share in household spending rises. The shift mirrors a global trend, with countries from the U.S.…

BREAKINGBREAKING, US president says Lisa Cook removed from position ‘effective immediately’.United President Donald Trump has ordered the removal of Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook “effective immediately” amid claims she made false statements on her mortgage applications.“Pursuant to my authority under Article II of the Constitution of the United States and the Federal Reserve Act of 1913, as amended, you are hereby removed from your position on the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve, effective immediately,” Trump wrote in a letter posted on his Truth Social Platform.More to follow…

Your bedroom may feel like the safest and most comfortable place in your home, but according to Harvard-trained gastroenterologist Dr Saurabh Sethi, it could be hiding health hazards you don’t even think about.  Dr Sethi, MD, MPH, is board-certified in gastroenterology, hepatology, and interventional endoscopy, trained at AIIMS, Harvard and Stanford. In a recent video, he cautioned against three surprisingly common bedroom items that may be silently harming your health and even disrupting your sleep. “3 toxic bedroom items you should throw out ASAP,” Dr Sethi said, before listing them out one by one. “1. Old pillows. Pillows accumulate dust…

The ongoing pause on the Indian Super League (ISL) seem to stretch on as the meeting between the office-bearers of All India Football Federation (AIFF) and its commercial partners Football Sports Development Limited (FSDL) did not make much headway on Monday in Bengaluru. In a statement issued after the meeting, the AIFF said both parties expressed confidence of “arriving at a mutually agreed proposal”, but there was no mention of whether they have held any discussion on when to start the Indian Super League and the Super Cup. The matter, though, is sub-judice. The Supreme Court, which heard the matter…

Thousands of users in the United States raised their complaints on social media and other platforms regarding an issue with Reddit, which has faced a massive outage in the country as users said comments were not loading, according to DownDetector, a platform that tracks outages. Most of the users reported problems with the comment section of Reddit as they said that comments were not loading. Till now, more than 20,000 people have reported the outage in Reddit, as per DownDetector. Investigating: We are currently investigating elevated errors with comments and are actively working on a fix. https://t.co/siLzY9h9LD — Reddit Status…

Medical staff attend a gathering in support of Palestinians following the Israeli strike on Gaza’s Nasser Hospital, in Tehran, Iran on August 25, 2025. Photo: West Asia News Agency via Reuters The Israeli security cabinet will meet on Tuesday (August 26, 2025) evening in Jerusalem, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s spokesman said, with local media reporting it would discuss renewed negotiations for a ceasefire and hostage release deal.Responding to a request from AFP, spokesman Omer Mantzour did not provide any details on Monday (August 25, 2025) on the meeting’s agenda.The security cabinet approved in early August a plan for the military…

RESERVE BANK OF India Governor Sanjay Malhotra on Monday said the central bank is ready to step in with policy measures to support economic growth and sectors hit by the proposed 50 per cent US tariffs if they start to weigh on India’s economic growth. The tariffs take effect on Wednesday.“Whatever support is required from us for the growth of the economy and including those of the sectors which are impacted more, if it so happens, we would not be found wanting in our job,” Malhotra said at the FICCI-IBA annual banking conclave. He said the RBI has ensured ample…