The Pentagon has issued a new directive that will begin the process of discharging up to 1,000 openly transgender service members, while allowing others 30 days to self-identify before further action is taken. The move comes after a recent Supreme Court decision that cleared the way for the Trump administration to implement a ban on…
The Telangana High Court directed the Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA) not to remove the name of former India captain Mohammad Azharuddin from the North Stand of the Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium in Uppal. The court’s order comes in response to a recent directive issued by HCA Ombudsman Justice Eswaraiah, who last week ordered the…
Trump-era deportations rattle US campuses, foreign talent at risk, over 4,000 foreign students face deportation As a wave of deportation threats sweeps across US campuses, over 4,000 foreign students—many of them from India—are facing potential removal under the Trump administration’s renewed immigration crackdown. University officials, legal experts, and students themselves are scrambling to respond, with…
Cricket commentators Harsha Bhogle (L) and Simon Doull (R). The Cricket Association of Bengal has requested BCCI to remove commentators Harsha Bhogle and Simon Doull from Kolkata Knight Riders’ home matches after they publicly criticised the Eden Gardens curator. The controversy emerged when Doull suggested KKR should relocate if they don’t get spin-friendly tracks, while…
A young mother in New York City has died following a botched cosmetic surgery performed by an unlicensed practitioner, according to an update posted by her family on a GoFundMe page. Maria Penaloza Cabrera passed away on April 11, weeks after undergoing a butt lift implant removal procedure at her home in Queens on March…
President Donald Trump on Thursday ordered that “improper, divisive or anti-American ideology” be removed from the Smithsonian Institution, the vast museum and research complex that is a premier exhibition space for US history and culture. The Republican president, in an executive order, directed that Vice President JD Vance undertake the action. The order also directs…
US President Donald Trump took to Truth Social to express his frustration over a portrait of himself displayed at the Colorado State Capitol. On his social media platform, Trump alleged that the portrait had been deliberately distorted to an extent that he had never seen before. He wrote, “Nobody likes a bad picture or painting…
NEW DELHI: Union minister Ramdas Athawale in a demands to remove Mughal emperor Aurangzeb’s tomb in Maharashtra’s Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, instead advocating for a grand memorial to Chhatrapati Sambhaji at the site.Speaking to reporters in Dehradun on Sunday, the Republican Party of India (Athawale) leader said that removing the tomb would not serve any purpose. “Don’t…
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has made sweeping changes to the company’s policies in recent days. Among the reported shifts was the removal of tampons from men’s bathrooms in the tech titan’s offices, according to The New York Times (NYT). Facilities managers across Meta’s Silicon Valley, Texas, and New York offices were instructed to remove tampons…
BHOPAL: Women prisoners in Madhya Pradesh will, for the first time, get hair removal cream once a month and shampoo once a week from New Year’s Day, reports.The aim is to help women prisoners maintain personal hygiene, say officials. Also, all prisoners will now get a salad with their meal, and there will be a…