Hyderabad, Telangana: CM Revanth Reddy says, “When the voting age was 21, the minimum age to contest Assembly and Parliament elections was 25. Today, the voting age is 18. I want to reduce the minimum age for contesting elections from 25 to 21. Because, at the age of 21, young people can become IAS and…
New Delhi: The Congress-led opposition is set to keep the pressure on the government in Parliament over the alleged police brutality against protesting students, demanding action against those responsible for the assault and an apology from Prime Minister Narendra Modi, sources said on Sunday. However, the opposition’s floor strategy and its stand on the bill to…
United Nations: The United Nations has said it is “aware” of the students’ demonstrations in New Delhi and that it is important that people wishing to protest peacefully be allowed to do so without any fear of harassment, arrest or injury. Stephane Dujarric, Spokesman for Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, was replying to a question on Friday…
Dubai: The Iranian-backed Houthis have claimed a missile attack on Saudi Arabia, after Riyadh launched strikes on targets linked to the group on Friday. Early on Saturday, the Houthis’ Ansarollah media said on Telegram that a “Yemeni missile strike” had caused fires in the Saudi city of Jizan. Saudi authorities had issued emergency alerts for…
Toronto: Top-seed Anahat Singh has scripted history by becoming the country’s first squash player to win the junior world title after defeating Egypt’s Ruqayya Salem 3-0 in the girls’ singles final of the World Squash Junior Championships 2026 at Niagara-on-the-Lake, Canada. The 18-year-old Indian prodigy overcame second seed Salem 11-3, 11-7, 11-9 to win the…
Fresh coaching controversy raises questions over governance, transparency and institutional reforms Special Correspondent The cracks within the Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA) are widening. What began as criticism from the Telangana Cricket Association (TCA) over alleged violations of the HCA and BCCI rule books has now found resonance from within the HCA itself. The latest controversy…
A wave of the world’s best-selling drugs is about to lose patent protection. When that happens, cheaper copies (generics and biosimilars) flood in, prices crash, and someone has to manufacture all those cheaper copies. That “someone” is very often an Indian company. This is called a patent cliff. It has happened before, but the one…
If there is one image that captures the sheer complexity of quantum computing, it is perhaps this: Google’s quantum computer operates at temperatures close to -273°C—colder than outer space itself. Layer upon layer of refrigeration technology is needed merely to keep it alive before it can perform computations. Now imagine a quantum computer that sits…
Vijayawada: The ongoing protests surrounding the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) took a political turn in Andhra Pradesh on Thursday. Deputy Chief Minister Pawan Kalyan claimed the student-led agitation has been co-opted by “divisive forces,” drawing immediate and fierce condemnation from the state’s CPI(M) leadership. In a detailed statement released on social media, the Deputy Chief…
Lege-Cap Ferret, France: France sent a hulking military cargo plane to dump tons of flame retardants as it battled raging wildfireson Saturday and slashed the final stage of the Tour de France to redeploy security personnel to the blazes that forced tens of thousands of people to flee their homes. The latest wildfires in southern Europe…
