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Trump signs orders to limit US birthright citizenship, despite Supreme Court ruling US President Donald Trump on Thursday signed two executive orders seeking to further restrict birthright citizenship, renewing his immigration crackdown weeks after the Supreme Court rejected his earlier attempt as unconstitutional.The new orders take a narrower approach than Trump’s previous directive and target categories the administration argues are not protected under the Citizenship Clause of the 14th Amendment. These include children born to people travelling to the United States for “birth tourism”, children of foreign government employees in the US and children of people classified as alien enemies.…
Mohammed Siraj, Shubman Gill and Ravindra Jadeja India will take on Sri Lanka XI in a three-day warm-up match at the Nondescripts Cricket Club Ground in Colombo from Friday. However, the weather forecast does not look encouraging.According to the forecast, rain, including heavy showers, is expected to affect the city from Friday morning until Sunday afternoon. This could reduce the amount of play and affect India’s preparations ahead of the first Test.India vs Sri Lanka warm-up: Weather reportThere is a 90 per cent chance of rain on Friday morning, with around 9.4 mm of rainfall expected. The temperature is likely…
Chennai: Two MDMK MLAs have refused to resign from their Assembly seats and announced that they would continue to function as DMK legislators.Addressing a joint press conference on August 5, Kadayanallur MLA T M Rajendran and Sirkazhi MLA R Senthil Selvan stated that since they contested and won the recent elections on the DMK’s ‘Rising Sun’ symbol, they are officially DMK members and will operate under its banner in the Assembly.The announcement comes after a recent political realignment where the Vaiko-led MDMK severed ties with the DMK. Revealing that MDMK General Secretary Vaiko had asked them to resign, the MLAs…
Becton Dickinson on Thursday raised the lower end of its adjusted profit forecast for full-year 2026 after beating Wall Street estimates for third-quarter profit and revenue, helped by demand for its drug-delivery devices and surgical equipment.The medical device maker’s shares were up 4% higher in early trading.The company expects fiscal 2027 revenue growth to start from a low-single-digit baseline, taking a conservative posture due to volatility in oil prices, CEO Tom Polen said on a post earnings call.Resins and molded plastics, used to make syringes and catheters, account for about 5% of cost of goods sold and higher oil prices…
DURHAM, N.C. — The Justice Department on Thursday accused Duke University’s law school of unlawfully considering race in admissions in the latest Trump administration action against higher education institutions.Justice Department says Duke Law School illegally considered race in admissionsIn a findings letter to the school, the department said that while administrators paid lip service to being race-neutral in admissions, they used other factors as stand-ins for race, including personal essays and whether someone was a first-generation college student.The Durham, North Carolina, school said in an emailed statement it was reviewing the letter and is committed to following the law “in…
‘Vishwanath & Sons’ synopsis revealed_ Suriya’s character bonds with his child’s surrogate mother. Suriya’s upcoming Tamil-Telugu bilingual ‘Vishwanath & Sons’ is one of the most anticipated releases of the month. The romantic drama, directed by Venky Atluri, is scheduled to arrive in theatres worldwide on August 14, 2026.Suriya’s character detailsAhead of its release, fresh details about the story have surfaced online through the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC).According to the BBFC listing, “In this Tamil-language romantic drama, a former Olympic shooter becomes emotionally entangled with the surrogate mother of his child when the infant falls ill.”Director promises an entertaining…
The city of Dunedin in New Zealand has a public tap outside a working brewery that pumps spring water straight up from beneath the building for the public, for free.People pull over on Rattray Street with empty containers to fill; its untreated, non-chlorinated, and non-fluoridated water make it an ideal base for beer, carrying the very act of brewing out of the brewery and back into the city. The tap is siphoned through Speight’s Brewery, a Dunedin institution founded in 1876 and still operating on the same site.The 150-year-old beer-making operation has outlived every local competitor and still shapes how…
RBI noted that core inflation excluding precious metals stood at 2.3% to 2.5%, while headline inflation pressures were driven largely by supply-side factors MUMBAI: RBI raised its growth projections and lowered inflation estimates while the monetary policy committee voted unanimously to keep the repo rate unchanged at 5.25% and retain a neutral stance, signalling no immediate rate hike this year despite concerns among forecasters.“There is a need for greater clarity to emerge, especially regarding inflation, its path and composition before taking any policy action,” RBI governor Sanjay Malhotra said, even as the MPC revised the core inflation forecast for FY27…
US President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday that imposes a 15% tariff on imported products made from polysilicon, a crucial material used in semiconductors and solar panels.The order also set minimum import prices on polysilicon and related products. It comes after a national security investigation into the production of the material overseas.The move is intended to help protect US manufacturers as they face increasing competition from China’s chip industry – a key source of friction between the world’s two largest economies.The Chinese embassy in Washington said the move “seriously disrupts” trade between the two countries and Beijing…
In this screengrab fom a video posted on Aug. 6, 2026, Indian-origin NASA astronaut Anil Menon conducts his first spacewalk outside the International Space Station. Photo: @NASA/YT via PTI Photo NASA astronauts Anil Menon and Jessica Meir on Friday (August 6, 2026) concluded their spacewalk outside the International Space Station to assemble the modification kit for its power channel that would allow addition of solar arrays.The spacewalk – 281st in support of the space station – sixth for Ms. Meir and first for Mr. Menon began at 8.33 a.m. EDT (6.03 p.m. IST) on Thursday (August 5, 2026) and concluded…