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Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka on sit-in outside PM’s home over Delhi crackdown

Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on sit-in outside PM Modi’s residence over crackdown on students in Delhi
Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra have initiated a protest demonstration outside Prime Minister Narendra Modi's residence today. The move comes as a response to recent law enforcement actions against student activists in the national capital.

IIT-Roorkee tells students not to ‘show affinity to political movements like the one currently’
BJP leader Nainar Nagenthran condemns police officer for ‘threatening’ Thoothukudi journalists
A police officer made aggressive gestures and reportedly threatened journalists in Thoothukudi when they attempted to get the comments of arrested Vilathikulam DMK MLA G.V. Markandayan.
He couldn’t find anyone to fund his movie. Now this Adivasi filmmaker has won a National Film Award

Lupin takes 82.2% stake in Kaveri Therapeutics, licences 2 oncology assets for $1.6mn
LI has received 332,000 common shares in Kaveri, which will advance the oncology programme through global clinical trials

Strike on Ukraine-bound gas tanker in Black Sea wounds three
The Black Sea has been a regular theatre of confrontation between Ukraine and Russia since the Kremlin's full-scale invasion began in 2022

Tesla cash burn to test investor faith in AI bets
TESLA-RESULTS/ (PREVIEW, PIX):PREVIEW-Tesla cash burn to test investor faith in AI bets

Google DeepMind’s India chiefs on the race to make AI cheaper, safer — and finally good at code
Manish Gupta, who leads research for Google DeepMind India, and Seshu Ajjarapu, who heads applied AI for the unit, agree that closing the coding gap is now a top-tier priority internally
Who’s afraid of the big, bad GPU?
How does AI make you feel? Are you excited to “vibe-code” your smart home? Or anxious about all the added pollution and billions of gallons of water used by data centers? Dig a little deeper and you’ll start to question
Gritt exits stealth with $34 million for robots to build solar plants—then, everything else
Gritt is coming out of stealth with $34 million and plan to automate the hardest tasks on construction sites.
Farmers’ collective demands probe into irregularities in Regulated Market Committees in Puducherry
Two-year-old girl undergoes complex renal cancer surgery at Tiruchi’s Mahatma Gandhi Memorial GH
The girl was diagnosed with a right-sided ‘Wilms tumour’, a malignant tumour arising from the right kidney and underwent a radical right nephrectomy with extensive lymph node dissection.
Woman, two daughters killed in house fire at Delhi's Lodhi Colony
At 10.21 a.m. Delhi Fire Services received a call informing about fire in a residential building in south Delhi's Lodhi Road

GBA engineer assaulted during footpath clearance drive near Shivajinagar, five persons detained
Authorities said all those involved in the attack will be booked under Section 307 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), which deals with attempt to murder

New planet revealed around a young star after a decade in hiding
The new planet is slightly bigger than Jupiter and takes 91 years to orbit its star, a little longer than it takes Uranus to orbit our sun

Even Healthcare raising $50 million in fresh equity led by Khosla Ventures
Even Healthcare's fresh round comes barely six months after it raised $20 million in January led by former Stripe executive and Physical Intelligence co-founder Lachy Groom as well as global alternative asset manager Alp

'Don't Drag Us Into It': Delhi High Court On Plea Alleging Use Of Force On Students
The Delhi High Court has declined to grant an urgent hearing for a petition alleging excessive police force against student protesters. The bench expressed a desire for the judiciary to remain separate from the immediate political conflict surrounding the march.

Dangerous Wedding Prank Leaves Bridesmaid Permanently Disabled, Court Awards Rs 32 Lakh
A bridesmaid in China was awarded Rs 32 lakh in compensation after a dangerous wedding 'hazing' prank left her permanently disabled. The incident occurred when groomsmen repeatedly tossed the woman into the air using a bedsheet, leading to a catastrophic fall.

"Doors Of Dialogue Open": Government Sources To Protesting Students
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has called for the strictest punishment regarding the NEET exam paper leak, emphasizing that national stability depends on exam integrity. Government sources indicated a willingness to engage in dialogue with student protesters to address their grievances systematically.

Jantar Mantar: How an 18th-Century Observatory Became India’s Best-Known Protest Street
Imagine a place where giant stone instruments once tracked the movement of planets and measured time with the sun. Now imagine that same place becoming one of the most recognisable public spaces for people to gather, spe

France advances bill to ban social media for under-15s
In addition to restricting children’s use of social media, the bill also bans smartphone use in high schools

"Surrender Or...": Supreme Court Gives 2 Options To Honeymoon Murder Accused Sonam Raghuvanshi
The Supreme Court of India has directed Sonam Raghuvanshi, an accused in a high-profile honeymoon murder case, to choose between surrendering or facing judicial consequences. The court indicated it would reconsider her bail application on its merits once key prosecution witnesses have recorded their

"Surrender Or...": Supreme Court Gives 2 Options To Honeymoon Murder Accused
The court suggested that Sonam surrenders while the trial court records the evidence of key prosecution witnesses. The court offered to reconsider her bail on merits.
