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US Judge Rejects Bid to Break Up Google's Ad Business
A federal judge in California has rejected the U.S. Justice Department's request to break up Google's online advertising business, delivering a significant setback to…
1Password Faces Backlash After $300,000 Donation to Linux Project Created by DHH
Password manager company 1Password is navigating mounting customer anger after becoming a leading financial backer of a Linux distribution project created by software developer…
Venice Film Festival Opens With George Clooney, a Murdoch Biopic, and Geopolitics on the Lido
The 83rd Venice International Film Festival opened on the Lido on Wednesday with a ceremony that blended Hollywood glamour, political commentary, and one of…
Goyal to Visit US This Month for G20 Trade Talks, US Ambassador Announces
Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal will travel to the United States later this month to participate in G20 discussions, US Ambassador Sergio Gor…
Priyanka Chaturvedi Says Padmaavat Jauhar Scene Is "Perhaps One of the Most Powerful Part of the Movie"; BJP Leaders Push Back
Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Priyanka Chaturvedi publicly described the Jauhar sequence in Sanjay Leela Bhansali's 2018 period drama Padmaavat as "perhaps one of the…
Kargil Gets Second Passport Seva Kendra Under Joint MEA-Department of Posts Initiative
The Ministry of External Affairs, working with the Department of Posts, has opened a Passport Office Post Office Seva Kendra (POPSK) at a sub-post…
White Froth Found in Periyar River; Pollution Control Board Issues Notice to FACT
The Kerala State Pollution Control Board has issued a formal notice to Fertilisers and Chemicals Travancore Limited, one of India's oldest fertiliser manufacturing facilities,…
Elderly Man Dies After Falling Into Abandoned Quarry at Angamaly in Kerala
An elderly man died after falling into an abandoned stone quarry at Angamaly in Kerala's Ernakulam district, according to a first information report registered…
Two Kuki-Zo MLAs Return to Manipur Assembly After Three-Year Absence
Two Kuki-Zo legislators from Manipur returned to the State Assembly on Monday after a gap of roughly three years, a development Chief Minister Yumnam…
Mallojula Venugopal Rao Alias Bhupati: From Maoist Commander to Gondwana University Coordinator in Gadchiroli
GADCHIROLI, Maharashtra — Mallojula Venugopal Rao, once a feared Maoist commander known by the alias Bhupati, has reemerged in Maharashtra’s Gadchiroli district as a…
Congress Protests Against FIR Filing Against Rahul Gandhi
The Congress party has launched widespread demonstrations across multiple states following the filing of a First Information Report (FIR) against party leader Rahul Gandhi,…
Australian Government Proposes 30% Tax on Discretionary Trusts in Major Tax Reform Push
The Australian government has released draft legislation imposing a 30 percent tax on discretionary trusts, marking one of the most significant restructuring attempts of…
Female Film-Makers Still Being Squeezed Out of Industry, London Film Festival Director Says
Kristy Matheson, director of the BFI London Film Festival (LFF), has warned that female film-makers continue to face structural barriers across the film industry,…
A Crisis of Authenticity: The Truth About Food Influencers
The British restaurant industry is confronting the long-term consequences of its decade-long bet on influencer marketing, as hospitality figures and media analysts increasingly describe…
Assam Truckers Lift 70-Hour Blockade After Mizoram Assures Vehicle Safety
Truck drivers from Assam called off a 70-hour blockade on Tuesday following assurances from Mizoram authorities that vehicles operated by Assam-registered drivers would be…
Doctor Found Dead in Guwahati Private Hospital; Police Suspect Suicide
A 41-year-old intensive care unit physician was found dead at a private hospital in Guwahati, the largest city in the northeastern Indian state of…
Odisha Warns of Fresh Flooding in Balasore as Subarnarekha River Swells
The Odisha state government has issued a fresh flood warning for Balasore district after upstream rainfall in neighbouring Jharkhand caused the Subarnarekha River to…
Allahabad High Courts HC Quashes NSA Detention of Law Student, Orders Compensation
Akriti Chaudhary, a law student in Allahabad, was arrested during a workers' protest in Noida in April and subsequently detained under the National Security…
Gaps Found in Air Pollution Control Measures at Units in Edayar Industrial Area
Inspections conducted by pollution control board officials at industrial facilities in the Edayar area have uncovered significant operational deficiencies in air pollution control infrastructure,…
Differences Surface in CPI(M) Kerala Leadership Over Assembly Poll Defeat
Former Kerala Finance Minister and CPI(M) Central Committee member T.M. Thomas Isaac has publicly criticized the party's internal posture following the Left's loss of…
Pawan Kalyan's Birthday Marked With Rallies, Welfare Drives Across Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Beyond
Supporters and Jana Sena Party (JSP) cadres marked actor-turned-politician Pawan Kalyan's birthday on Monday with rallies, public gatherings, blood-donation camps, and food-distribution drives across…
Peatland Fires Darken Skies in Indonesia Amid Drought Conditions
Peatland fires are burning across drought-affected regions of Indonesia, producing dense smoke plumes visible from satellite imagery and degrading air quality across parts of…
LA Clippers Fined $30 Million by NBA Over Leonard Signing
The NBA has fined the Los Angeles Clippers $30 million for violating league salary cap rules during the 2019 free agency pursuit of Kawhi…
BBC Documentary "Stolen Babies" Exposes Decades-Long Practice of Forced Baby Adoptions in UK
A new BBC documentary is bringing renewed attention to a decades-long scandal in which thousands of unmarried mothers in the United Kingdom were systematically…