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French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday reappointed Sébastien Lecornu as the country’s prime minister, the Élysée Palace announced, bringing an end to a week of political turmoil.Lecornu had abruptly resigned on Monday, just hours after unveiling a new Cabinet that drew opposition from a key coalition partner. His sudden departure prompted calls for Macron to…

New Rules Make It Must For 282 Units To Reduce Emissions NEW DELHI: India’s all traditionally high-emission industries, including aluminum, cement and pulp & paper, will have to reduce the intensity of their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to meet specific targets by 2026-27 compared to a 2023-24 baseline as the govt has notified rules for…

NEW DELHI: The Centre on Friday informed Supreme Court that it is in consultation with the elected government of J&K – which was divided into UTs of J&K and Ladakh alongside scrapping of the contentious Article 370 on Aug 5, 2019 – on the issue of restoration of statehood without disturbing the UT status of…

NEW DELHI: Home minister Amit Shah on Friday said infiltration was the main reason for disparity in the rates of growth of numbers of different religious communities, and said that the changes in demography were a threat to country’s culture and democratic ethos while vowing that govt would pursue a “detect, delete and deport” strategy…

J&K chief minister Omar Abdullah SRINAGAR: National Conference (NC) on Friday announced its candidates for three of the four Rajya Sabha seats in J&K, elections to which are scheduled to take place on October 24.The party has named former MLAs Choudhary Muhammad Ramzan and Sajad Kichloo, and Shammi Oberoi, the party’s treasurer and a close…

Trump didn’t treat peace as a process — he treated it as a PR stunt. Donald Trump has spent years chasing a prize he will almost certainly never hold. To him, the Nobel Peace Prize isn’t just a medal — it’s the final validation of his legacy, the cinematic closing scene where history applauds and…

Akhilesh Yadav (File photo) NEW DELHI: Controversy erupted on Friday after Akhilesh Yadav‘s Facebook page became unavailable, which the party leaders claim was suspended by Facebook without warning.“Facebook has dared to cross its limits — it has suspended the official page of Akhilesh Yadav ji without any warning or notice. This is not an ordinary…

At least three terrorists were killed in a blast in Pakistan‘s khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Friday.Local police told Pakistani media outlet the Dawn that a suicide blast was followed by exchange of firing between two terrorists in Dera Ismail Khan.“There are sounds of firing after a blast,” DI Khan Police Public Relations Officer Yaqoob Khan said.“A…

Donald Trump, AP file photo The TOI correspondent from Washington: US President Donald Trump’s MAGA minions went into major meltdown on Friday after the Norwegian Nobel Committee snubbed him by awarding the 2025 Peace Prize to Venezuelan democracy activist Maria Corina Machado. Trump himself offered no reaction – not even a congratulatory message to the…

BluSmart’s social media account appeared to have gone extra candid on X, leaving users both shocked and amused. A post from the verified handle appeared to air out the internal grievances against the company, “Everyone, BluSmart company has been shut since Feb 2025. Founders have done the fraud. Do not expect any refund of your…