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Trump dissing Fed chief Powell is new only to the extent that the former is rude. Plenty of govt bosses, in the West or in India, have had a go at chiefs of central banks. Govts like cheap money, it’s feel-good. Central banks hate inflation. There lies the tensionJerome Powell may still be a marked…
At an elevation of 3,200 metres, Ladakh’s rugged mountain sweep in the backdrop, a group of five sat huddled and listened intently to the ‘click-clickclick’ captured in a recording. The insect-like call was proof that one of the most elusive bird species they had come looking for was there.Visual proof came soon enough, making July…
KOLKATA: Three persons awarded death sentence for a murder and incarcerated for the past 11 years were acquitted on Thursday by Calcutta high court, which ruled that the prosecution had failed to conclusively establish their hand in the killing of a 28-year-old woman, whose mutilated body was found at Sealdah railway station in 2014.A division…
Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah BENGALURU: In a faux pas, Meta’s auto-translation tool “digitally” killed off Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah while translating a condolence message posted by CMO on social media Tuesday. Understandably furious at being referred to as “late” CM, Siddaramaiah told Meta to suspend its Kannada auto-translation feature until it learns not to distort facts.The condolence…
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: A 16-year legal battle over toddy strength has ended with Kerala revising the permissible alcohol content in the popular coconut palm beverage to 8.98% v/v, replacing the 2007 cap of 8.1% that triggered prolonged litigation.The decision comes after a SC directive on May 1 last year in a special leave petition filed by Komalan,…
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Kerala govt is set to introduce the Kerala Prohibition of Ragging (Amendment) Bill, 2025, overhauling its two-decade-old anti-ragging legislation. This move comes in the wake of the death of J S Siddharthan — a student of Kerala Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Pookode, Wayanad, at his hostel last February — which highlighted critical loopholes…
Bihar CM Nitish Kumar (File photo) PATNA: Bihar CM Nitish Kumar announced Thursday 125 units of free electricity, unwrapping a potential no-bill bonanza ahead of assembly polls for an estimated 91% of households which consume less than the threshold. The move follows promises of 200 units of free electricity by rival and former deputy CM…
NEW DELHI: Brutality of offence cannot be the sole criterion to award death punishment and mitigating circumstances, including socio-economic background and psychological state of the convict, must also be considered, Supreme Court has said while commuting the death sentence of two convicts in two different cases. It condemned them to spend the rest of their…
LUCKNOW: Enforcement Directorate on Thursday raided 14 locations — 12 in UP’s Balrampur and 2 in Mumbai — linked to Jamaluddin, alias Chhangur Baba, the alleged mastermind behind illegal mass religious conversions, as part of its probe in suspected Rs 100-crore foreign funding and money laundering racket. Preliminary findings indicate that around Rs 68 crore…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court rescued a young man, who impulsively eloped with a college girl and stayed together at Hyderabad for two months but for the next 13 years the man faced the rigour of police investigation and later, was concurrently convicted of kidnapping and rape by the trial court and the Telangana HC.A…
