US President Donald Trump on Wednesday appointed Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy to serve as the interim administrator of NASA, a role that has remained vacant since Trump withdrew his initial nominee. His appointment follows the presidential withdrawal of the nomination of tech billionaire Jared Isaacman. Trump made the announcement Wednesday on his Truth Social platform,…
Harvard’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) is undergoing a leadership shakeup at a critical moment. Lawrence D. Bobo, Dean of Social Science since 2018, will step down from his role and take a sabbatical during the 2025–26 academic year. The decision, confirmed in an internal communication by FAS Dean Hopi E. Hoekstra, comes after…
Air India has started releasing interim compensation of Rs 25 lakh each to the families of the deceased and survivors of the Boeing 787-8 plane crash that occurred in Ahmedabad on 12 June. In a statement issued on Saturday, the airline confirmed that three families have received payments so far, with the rest currently being…
Nikhil Sosale (right) in a photo featuring Virat Kohli and Anushka Sharma. Sosale was arrested by local police in the Bengaluru stampede case. The Karnataka High Court on Thursday ordered the interim release of Royal Challengers Bengaluru marketing head Nikhil Sosale and three others from DNA Entertainment Networks Private in connection with the Bengaluru stampede…
Stampede outside Chinnaswamy Stadium The Karnataka high court on Friday granted interim conditional relief to office-bearers of the Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA), after the cricket board moved the high court to quash the FIR registered against its officials in the Chinnaswamy Stadium stampede case.Justice SR Krishna Kumar ordered that no coercive action should be…
The United States has put forward an interim proposal that would permit Iran to carry out low-level uranium enrichment as part of ongoing nuclear negotiations, according to a report by The New York Times on Tuesday. Citing unnamed Iranian and European officials, the report states that the plan—put forth by the administration of US President…
India-US trade deal: The focus remains on securing an interim trade arrangement before finalising the first phase of the bilateral trade agreement. (AI image) India-US trade deal: A bilateral trade agreement between US President Donald Trump-led US and PM Narendra Modi-led India could be sealed as early as the end of June. A delegation of…
A sense of unease intensified in Bangladesh overnight amid protests in the civil administration and the business sector over the policies of the interim government led by Muhammad Yunus. The mass circulation Prothom Alo newspaper carried a report headlined “protests in the secretariat, NBR turned dysfunctional, Nagar Bhan under lock and key”, referring to an…
Bangladesh’s interim government, under Muhammad Yunus, convened an emergency meeting amid rising tensions with political parties and the military. The administration cautioned that it may resort to ‘public-backed action’ if faced with unrealistic demands. Blaming opposition forces for ongoing disruptions, the government reaffirmed its commitment to conducting elections, enacting reforms, and upholding justice. Meanwhile, political…
Muhammad Yunus will remain as the head of Bangladesh’s interim government, an adviser in his cabinet said on Saturday, two days after a key ally said he mulled resignation. “He (Yunus) didn’t say he will leave. He said that while we face many obstacles in carrying out the work and responsibilities assigned to us, we…