NEW DELHI: Stating that the new criminal laws shall be regarded as the biggest reform since Independence, home minister Amit Shah on Tuesday said they will shift the people’s mindset from “what will happen if I file an FIR’ to a strong belief that ‘filing an FIR will lead to prompt justice”.Addressing the programme ‘A…
NEW DELHI: The affordable housing segment in India’s 15 major tier 2 cities witnessed a sharp 54 per cent decline during the January-March quarter (Q1) of 2025, according to the latest analysis by real estate data firm PropEquity, quoted by ANI. Overall new housing supply in these cities dropped by 35 per cent year-on-year to…
NEW DELHI: Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Guwahati, have found that clay particles interact differently in the presence of SARS-CoV-2 — the virus that causes COVID-19 — a finding they used for developing a simple, affordable testing alternative.The approach developed looks at how quickly particles of clay settle in a salt water…
A sweeping domestic policy package, referred to by President Trump as his “One Big Beautiful Bill,” is moving quickly through the House of Representatives, with House Speaker Mike Johnson indicating a floor vote could come soon after the Rules Committee concludes its review this week.The legislation—still subject to changes in the Senate—extends Trump’s 2017 tax…
This spring brought the annual wave of prospective students to colleges nationwide, with young people and their parents eager to learn about majors and campus life. Unfortunately, the most important issue of all — the cost of college — was too often omitted from those conversations. Confusion about what a college education will cost any…
During his presidential campaign, Donald J. Trump pledged to quickly bring down prices for American households, including making housing more affordable. “We’re going to open up tracts of federal land for housing construction,” Mr. Trump said in August. “We desperately need housing for people who can’t afford what’s going on now.” The Trump administration is…
On Friday, amid a tariff-induced frenzy that drove hordes of consumers to panic-buy iPhones, President Trump announced a tariff exemption on electronics like smartphones and computers. For a moment, widespread anxiety about a potential $2,000 iPhone dissipated. But two days later, the Trump administration said smartphones and computers were likely to be hit with new…
“The capital need is in the trillions, not billions,” Ms. Anadu said. “It’s no secret that there’s a big market opportunity,” said Bennett Goodman, the executive chairman and a co-founder of Hunter Point Capital, an investment firm that backed Vistria in 2022. “What’s hard is being able to put together a scalable platform where you…
Mercedes-Benz said on Thursday that the latest version of its least expensive sedan would be available first as an all-electric car and then as a hybrid. And the company will no longer sell a gasoline-only version of the car. That’s a big break from how Mercedes and other established carmakers have typically operated. Until recently,…
The Trump administration is halting a $1 billion program that helps preserve affordable housing, threatening projects that keep tens of thousands of units livable for low-income Americans, according to a document obtained by The Associated Press. The action is part of a slew of cuts and funding freezes at the U.S. Department of Housing and…