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The Supreme Court has laid down an eight-point formula for deciding alimony amount amid the ongoing debate surrounding the suicide of Bengaluru-based techie Atul Subhash, who had alleged harassment by his wife and in-laws. Before he took the extreme step, Atul Subhash, a native of Bihar, recorded an 80-minute video in which he accused his […]

Amid the outcry over Bengaluru techie Atul Subhash’s death by suicide over alleged harassment by his wife, Nikita Singhania, details have emerged of a complaint filed by her in 2022, alleging harassment and assault for dowry. Ms Singhania has alleged that he treated the husband-wife relationship “like a beast” and his family’s demand for dowry […]

An Indian-origin student pursuing PhD at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has been suspended until January 2026 following his pro-Palestinian activism and is currently appealing the university’s decision. Prahlad Iyengar, also a National Science Foundation fellow, has been “suspended until January 2026,” according to a post on X by a group called ‘MIT Coalition […]

A 55-year-old man hailing from Kerala died after being run over by a bus operated by BEST in south Mumbai on Wednesday evening, officials said, in second fatal accident involving a vehicle of the Mumbai civic transport body in three days. The victim was first hit by a speeding motorcycle and then run over by […]

Beijing has announced that it will impose visa restrictions on US officials who have “interfered” in Hong Kong affairs. This move comes after Washington said it would impose visa restrictions on Hong Kong officials last month. According to Mao Ning, a spokesperson for China’s foreign ministry, the US has “violently interfered in China’s internal affairs” […]

In a case of moral policing, a woman was socially ostracised and fined Rs 5,000 for wearing salwar-kameez in Darrang district of Assam, officials said on Wednesday. According to an official of the district commissioner’s office, the incident took place in Gongajani Kuwori village in Sipajhar revenue circle area recently. The woman, identified as Meghali […]

A seventeen-year-old Hindu girl from Bangladesh ran through the night and crossed over to the Indian side where she was detained by border security officials and handed over to the West Bengal police. The reason she had to run away was because she was an ISKCON devotee. She said her family has been facing threats […]

Harish Salve, senior advocate and the country’s leading constitutional expert, today explained the larger-than-life image of the Supreme Court, indicating that it is executive inaction that led to such a situation. The court, he added, was placed in the spot which it still occupies, but it has to be clearly understood that it is not […]

Meta Platforms’s social media offerings Instagram, Threads and Facebook, and messaging app WhatsApp were down for thousands of users across the globe on Wednesday, according to Downdetector.com. Facebook was down for more than 50,000 users while Instagram was down for more than 23,000 users, according to the outage tracking website. Downdetector tracks outages by collating […]

President Vladimir Putin announced Russia’s plan to collaborate with BRICS nations and global partners to develop artificial intelligence (AI) as a counter to U.S. dominance. At an AI conference in Moscow, Putin introduced the AI Alliance Network, a platform uniting BRICS countries and other states, including Serbia and Indonesia, in AI innovation. #PutinAI #BRICSAI #ArtificialIntelligence […]

Tech giant Apple is planning to bring satellite connections to its smartwatch and working on a blood-pressure feature, hoping to entice its customers, especially hikers and health-conscious people, to upgrade their devices in 2025. The satellite capability is expected to feature in next year’s Apple Watch Ultra, the company’s top-of-the-line model, Bloomberg reported, learning from […]

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday incorporated Kolkata’s ISKCON chief in the board of trustees of a Jagannath temple at the coastal town of Digha, one of her most ambitious religious projects of current times. The move is being interpreted by certain quarters as ‘subtle messaging’ from Mamata Banerjee in the wake of […]