New Delhi, Aug 19 (PTI) Expressing support for the tribals staging a ‘satyagraha’ against the Ken-Betwa river-linking project, former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday said he stands with them in this struggle and will visit the site to exert
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Patna, Aug 19 (PTI) RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav was detained in Patna on Wednesday while taking out a march over the recent police action during the NEET paper leak protests in Bihar, SSP Kartikeya K Sharma said. Yadav was taken
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New Delhi, Aug 12 (PTI) Researchers have reviewed 77 meta-analyses spanning 116 different bipolar disorder treatments and identified the most effective ones across age
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GUWAHATI, India, August 19, 2026 (AP) — Rojo Neog left his house in India’s Assam state on the evening of July 19 to buy candles after heavy rain knocked out electricity. As he rode back on his bicycle, the Dikhow River suddenly rose and the current intensified. The floodwaters swept him away, and his body was found three days later,
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Visakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh) [India], August 19 (ANI): Medical students and junior doctors staged a beach rally in Visakhapatnam on Wednesday as part of their ongoing protest, alleging that the Andhra Pradesh government has failed to respond to their demands. The protest comes on the 10th day of their strike and the third day of suspension of emergency services across government
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New York/ New Delhi, Aug 11 (PTI) A US court has dismissed with prejudice the criminal charges against Adani Group chairman Gautam Adani and his nephew, bringing to an end nearly two years of proceedings in an alleged fraud and bribery case. The US District Court for the Eastern District of New York granted the Justice Department’s Rule 48(a) motion
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NEW DELHI, July 20, 2026 (AP) — Thousands of supporters of the youth-led Cockroach movement gathered Monday to march to India’s Parliament, demanding the resignation of the education minister despite police denying permission for the protest. Scores of police surrounded the barricaded protest site of Jantar Mantar in the heart of New Delhi, raising the prospect of a confrontation just
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WASHINGTON, July 17, 2026 (AP) — The Trump administration has finalized a
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New Delhi, Aug 19 (PTI) Expressing support for the tribals staging a ‘satyagraha’ against the Ken-Betwa river-linking project, former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday said he stands with them in this struggle and will visit the site to exert pressure on the government. The Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha shared on X a video of his recent meeting with a group of tribals affected by the project. केन-बेतवा परियोजना के खिलाफ सत्याग्रह कर रहे आदिवासी भाई-बहनों की समस्याएं, मांगें, संघर्ष और आपबीती – उनकी जुबानी। सालों से सिर्फ़ अपने अधिकारों के लिए अन्याय और अत्याचार सह रहे
Patna, Aug 19 (PTI) RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav was detained in Patna on Wednesday while taking out a march over the recent police action during the NEET paper leak protests in Bihar, SSP Kartikeya K Sharma said. Yadav was taken away in a police vehicle near the Income Tax office here. “The government is pushing the future of students into darkness. Exam papers are getting leaked frequently,” he alleged, while being put inside a police van. RJD leaders and workers, led by Yadav, the Leader of Opposition in Bihar assembly, took out the protest march to the Lok Bhavan from
August 19, 2026, Conversation Concerns about students cheating with AI are rife within schools and universities. Some lecturers have even expressed fears students have been “lobotomised by AI” amid reports AI-detection tools are patchy and far from fool-proof. Last week, New South Wales moved to ban take-home assignments for Year 12 to try to stop AI use in assessments. At the same time, a major generative AI system has developed a way to “watermark” whether or not a text is AI. Developer Anthropic, has announced the text output of Claude (one of the five big AI tools) will include a
NEW YORK, August 19, 2026 (AP) — Locked in a competitive reelection race, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass declared on social media last week that a new poll was evidence that her campaign was “gaining momentum.” Just a few days later, the truth emerged: The poll was fabricated. The California results were among at least three “polls” across three states posted online this month by Median Strategies, a previously unknown organization that admitted to the Los Angeles Times on Monday that the purported results were fake. The company wrote before shuttering its website this week that it “was created as
