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NPR’s Scott Detrow speaks with political scientist EJ Fagan about the president’s nominee for the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the relationship between the Trump administration and the Heritage Foundation. SCOTT DETROW, HOST: When it comes to President Trump’s second term in office, The Heritage Foundation has had a pretty big influence. That is the conservative think tank that published Project 2025, widely seen as the blueprint for many of Trump’s recent actions, like cracking down on immigration, gutting the federal workforce and ending funding for public media, among other things. More recently, Trump picked The Heritage Foundation’s chief economist…

India’s Test captain Shubman Gill might find it difficult to get into the Asia Cup T20 side, with selectors struggling to find a way to slot him into the squad of 15. The Indian team management and selectors are of the opinion that Gill at the moment doesn’t fit into their T20 scheme of things. Which means there are chances of Gill not boarding a flight to Dubai as the Indian team management want to stick to players whom they have backed post the 2024 T20 World Cup. The Indian Express understands that the selectors will convey this to the…

In 2021, the Government of India had said it will move to 20% ethanol blending in petrol by 2025 with the two-pronged goal of cutting carbon emissions and reducing the country’s dependence on foreign oil. While vehicles modified to be compatible with the new composition started rolling out in April 2025, the government’s push for 20% ethanol-blended petrol (E20) has left vehicle-owners worried about the impact on their older vehicles and about a surge in maintenance costs. Ethanol, or ethyl alcohol, is a biofuel: it is made from plant waste called biomass. Regular petrol is a hydrocarbon made from the fossilised…

Here are the key events on day 1,271 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.Here is how things stand on Monday, August 18:Politics and diplomacy The leaders of several European countries announced that they will accompany Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to meet with United States President Donald Trump at the White House on Monday to discuss ending Russia’s war on Ukraine. The leaders accompanying Zelenskyy will be: German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, French President Emmanuel Macron, United Kingdom Prime Minister Keir Starmer, Finnish President Alexander Stubb, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte.…

With the Government proposing to overhaul the GST regime with a special rate of 40 per cent on “sin and demerit goods”, the top slab is likely to see the inclusion of pan masala, tobacco, cigarettes, luxury cars, SUVs — and online gaming.According to sources, the Department of Revenue has kept in mind the country’s “social ethos” while tagging goods and services in the “sin and demerit” category, and online gaming is seen to be fitting that definition. If this move is finalised, it is likely to cause an upheaval among online gaming companies, ranging from fantasy sports and real…

Officials say about 10 people rescued after accident in African country’s northwestern region.Rescuers are searching for more than 40 people who are missing after a boat capsized in Nigeria’s northwestern state of Sokoto, according to authorities.Nigeria’s National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) said on Sunday that its Sokoto operations office had deployed a response team to support rescue efforts following the “tragic boat mishap”.NEMA’s director general, Zubaida Umar, said the agency responded after “receiving reports that a boat conveying over 50 passengers to Goronyo Market had capsized”.NEMA said in a statement shared on social media that about 10 people had been…

Scientists have warned that a potentially catastrophic mega-tsunami, triggered by a major earthquake along the Cascadia Subduction Zone (CSZ), could hit parts of the US Pacific Coast. Researchers from Virginia Tech have said that the Cascadia Subduction Zone is one of North America’s most hazardous fault lines. The recent warning takes us back to a May 2025 report that claimed that three US states could face direct impact of mega-tsunamis in the next 50 years. Mega-tsunami warning: These 3 US states could face direct impact in next 50 years (Unsplash – representational image) A groundbreaking study from Virginia Tech, published…

A 20-year-old student of the BITS Pilani campus in Goa has been found dead in his hostel room, police said on Sunday (August 17, 2025).According to police, the report of the post-mortem conducted at the district hospital in Margao has remained inconclusive, and the viscera were sent for toxicological tests to ascertain the exact cause of his death.The student Kushagra Jain, was found lying unresponsive on his bed in a sideward sleeping position in the hostel room at Vasco in South Goa district at around 11 a.m. on Saturday (August 16, 2025), a senior police official said.Police said that they…

Updated on: Aug 18, 2025 07:06 am IST At least three homes and a recreational vehicle (RV) were damaged in a fire that broke out Sunday evening in West Jordan, Utah. At least three homes and a recreational vehicle (RV) were damaged in a fire that broke out Sunday evening in West Jordan, Utah. According to KJZZ, the blaze began near 5900 West and 7000 South. Two homes were completely destroyed, while a third sustained siding damage. Homes on fire in West Jordan, Utah.(Representational Image/ UnSplash) Witness reportsWitnesses and residents reported seeing a massive plume of smoke visible across the…

Heavy rainfall across South Asia this summer has taken hundreds of lives. Experts say it’s a combination of climate change, poor infrastructure and industrialization.