US President Donald Trump. A US federal judge has struck down the Trump administration’s policy suspending the issuance of immigrant visas to applicants from 75 countries, calling the nationality-based restrictions “patently unlawful.”US District Judge Jeannette Vargas in Manhattan ruled on Friday that the policy exceeded Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s legal authority and conflicted with…
NY judge’s query procedural, unlikely to derail DoJ bid to drop charges, says US lawyer in Adani case (Image credit: AP) NEW YORK: A US federal judge’s decision to seek a fuller explanation from prosecutors before approving the dismissal of criminal charges against billionaire Gautam Adani is a procedural requirement and does not signal that…
Srajan BS celebrating his success with his parents There are exams that end when the paper is submitted. And then there are exams that quietly extend into everyday life in weekly tests, timed practice sheets, and the steady rhythm of preparation that never really pauses.For Srajan BS, who has now secured State Rank 2 in…
Petroleum ministry clarifies ethanol programme amid debate NEW DELHI: Petroleum and natural gas ministry on Friday said that E20 petrol is currently costlier to produce than pure petrol at prevailing global crude oil prices, but maintained that the ethanol blending programme has helped protect Indian consumers from volatile international oil prices while improving the country’s…
Meet the 18-year-old Nikola Veselinov whose new mathematical theorem earned the top prize at the world’s biggest student science fair While many science fair winners build robots, develop medical technologies or tackle climate challenges, one 18-year-old student from Bulgaria impressed judges with something far less visible but equally powerful: pure mathematics. Nikola Veselinov, a student…
Jayant Chaudhary and Akhilesh Yadav’s parties are former allies NEW DELHI: Union minister and Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) chief Jayant Chaudhary on Saturday hit back at former ally and Samajwadi Party (SP) president Akhilesh Yadav over his “chavanni” remark, warning that “such arrogance only leads to downfall.”“You could have taken my name if you wnated…
NIT Rourkela records 1,340 placement offers in 2025-26 NIT Rourkela placement 2025-26: National Institute of Technology (NIT) Rourkela students received 1,340 placement offers during the 2025-26 placement drive, along with 364 six-month internship offers. Pre-final-year students also secured 258 summer internships, the highest number of such offers recorded in the institute’s history.The B.Tech programme recorded…
NEW DELHI: Essar Energy Transition’s retail arm has agreed to acquire independent UK forecourt operator SGN Retail in a deal estimated at about 400 million pounds ($540 million or Rs 5,166 crore), adding 118 sites to its network and creating a 235-site estate as it seeks to build a vertically integrated fuel business in Britain.EET…
The National Testing Agency (NTA) has ordered a fresh examination for UGC-NET June 2026 candidates in English, Commerce and Sociology after an expert committee found serious errors in the question papers. The re-test will be held on September 9 and 10. Candidates who appeared for the three affected subjects will not have to pay any…
The EPF Scheme, 2026 replaces the Employees’ Provident Funds Scheme, 1952. (AI image) For millions of salaried employees in India, the Employees’ Provident Fund (EPF) remains one of the most important financial safety nets. It helps build retirement savings, provides support during emergencies and serves as a long-term social security benefit that continues throughout an…