UK unemployment rate falls to 4.9%. The UK’s unemployment rate fell unexpectedly to 4.9% in the three months to February, while wage growth slowed to its weakest pace in more than five years, according to data from the Office for National Statistics, the BBC reported.The decline came despite expectations that the rate would remain at…
NEW DELH: Voting for the 2026 assembly elections in Puducherry began at 7 am on Wednesday, with an unusual attraction at a polling booth in the VOC Government School where a robot named “Nila” welcomed voters arriving to cast their ballots.The robot is seen all decked up and holding a flower tray to welcome the…
What are the most valuable assets for a country — gold, silver, currency? In Emilia-Romagna, northern Italy, the answer looks far less conventional. Here, vast climate-controlled warehouses store one of the region’s most unusual forms of wealth: hundreds of thousands of wheels of Parmigiano Reggiano cheese, slowly ageing and quietly getting more valuable over timeTo…
Google employees have been buzzing about a new internal tool called Agent Smith, named after the antagonist in The Matrix. The tool is created to automate various tasks such as coding, run asynchronously in the background, and even be accessed via mobile phones. According to a report by Business Insider, the tool became so popular…
New Delhi: A Delhi court on Wednesday took cognisance of charges against businessman Robert Vadra in a money laundering case linked to the Shikohpur land deal in Gurgaon, directing him and eight other accused to appear on May 16, reports Koushiki Saha.ED’s prosecution complaint (equivalent to a chargesheet), filed in July 2025, characterised the deal…
The Union Public Service Commission has formulated guidelines to release the provisional answer key on its website after conducting the civil services preliminary examination, the Centre said in the Rajya Sabha.The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) conducts the civil services examination annually in three stages – preliminary, main and interview – to select officers for…
I have always thought sending memes counted as maintaining a friendship. Like, if we are exchanging reels at 2 am, we must be close, right? Well, in social media language yes, but in reality? Not quite. Social media has created what experts call a kind of “ambient closeness,” where you know everything and nothing at…
A court in Delhi has sent biology lecturer Manisha Mandhare to 14 days of CBI custody in connection with the NEET-UG 2026 paper leak case.During the hearing, Mandhare’s lawyer opposed the custody request and argued that her arrest was illegal. The lawyer told the court that she was arrested after sunset and brought to Delhi…
युक्ताहारविहारस्य युक्तचेष्टस्य कर्मसु।युक्तस्वप्नावबोधस्य योगो भवति दुःखहा॥ “For one who is balanced in eating, recreation, work, sleep, and activity, life becomes harmonious.” The Gita does not glorify excess. It values balance and children desperately need that lesson today. Modern childhood often swings between extremes: overstimulation, endless screens, packed schedules, academic pressure, and emotional burnout. The Gita’s…
Strait of Hormuz (AP photo) Will the UAE enter the Iran war and side with the US against Tehran? After being struck multiple times over the past month and with Iran tightening its grip on the crucial oil chokepoint – the Strait of Hormuz — Abu Dhabi has enough reasons to make an entry in…