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VIJAYAWADA: The suspected honour killing of a 23-year-old woman in Macherla has taken a dramatic turn with the victim’s father, the main accused, confessing to police that a couple of officers had helped him trace his daughter in lieu of money.According to investigators, Chowdeswari was murdered allegedly by her father Chandra Srinu on March 18…

“O sleep, O gentle sleep, Nature’s soft nurse, how have I frightened thee…” wrote William Shakespeare centuries ago. Today, those lines feel less like poetry and more like a diagnosis.Sleep, once considered a passive, restorative necessity, has quietly turned into one of India’s most pressing yet under-recognised public health concerns. In a country racing toward…

The wounded US airman stranded deep inside hostile Iranian territory after his F-15E Strike Eagle was shot down, survived for more than a day by relying on training, terrain and sheer discipline, according to details reported by CNN.Hiding in a mountain crevice and constantly on the move, the weapons systems officer evaded Iranian search teams…

Jon Jones (Image Source: Getty) Former two-division UFC champion Jon Jones was recently involved in a tense roadside confrontation in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The incident surfaced after a video was shared online by a local driver. He claimed that he was nearly hit multiple times by a black truck. What started as a frustrating moment…

NEW DELHI: A suspected terror module with alleged links to foreign handlers and extremist organisations, including ISIS, has been uncovered, with investigators claiming the network was involved in radicalising young people in India.The development comes after Andhra Pradesh Police sent teams to multiple states, Bihar, Delhi, Karnataka, Maharashtra, West Bengal, Telangana and Rajasthan, to arrest…

File photo: US President Donald Trump with Democratic Republic of the Congo President Felix Tshisekedi (Picture credit: AP) The Democratic Republic of Congo will begin accepting third-country nationals deported from the United States from April under a new agreement with the Trump administration, the government in Kinshasa said on Sunday.In a statement, the Congolese government…

Nodirbek Yakubboev’s ‘Namaste’ gesture to India’s Harika Dronavali (Photo Credit: ChessBase India) NEW DELHI: A light and heartwarming moment grabbed attention at the Grenke Freestyle Open when Grandmaster (GM) Harika Dronavali extended her hand to resign, but Uzbek GM Nodirbek Yakubboev responded with a polite “Namaste” instead. Both players smiled and walked away, making it…

UAE pulled the plug on financing the development of the upgraded F5 fighter jet after negotiations on joint financing with France broke down.This comes after Paris offered Abu Dhabi the opportunity to join the program in December 2025 in exchange for investment, but without the participation of local companies or access to technology.According to La…

Oracle’s Q3 FY2026 earnings release, filed the same week thousands of employees received termination emails, contained a quiet but telling admission: the company had already been restructuring its product development teams into smaller groups, using AI code generation to build software with fewer people. The layoffs, Oracle’s largest-ever restructuring, hit teams across Oracle Health, Cloud,…

Iran hails strike on aircraft as victory after second F-15 pilot rescued Iran on Sunday claimed a “bitter defeat” for the United States in southern Isfahan following the rescue of a second F-15 crew member, who went missing after Tehran downed the jet.According to news agency ANI, Ebrahim Zolfaghari, spokesperson for Iran’s Khatam al-Anbiya Central…