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Union Minister Piyush Goyal in Tokyo, Japan, during a meeting with business representatives, on August 24, 2026. | Photo Credit: X/@PiyushGoyal India is in negotiations with at least 8 to 9 more groups of countries and individual nations that together account for another $15 trillion of GDP, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said on Monday (August 24, 2026).He added that the country’s free trade agreements would eventually cover about 75% of global trade and help position India as a trusted partner in global value chains.India has a large domestic market and it opens its doors to the world with…

Russian drone strikes Ukraine’s SBU security services HQ, Zelenskyy says, as he orders retaliationUkraine’s president Volodymyr Zelenskyy has just reported a Russian drone hit the headquarter of the Security Service of Ukraine, SBU, in central Kyiv.In a post on X, he said: “I spoke with the Head of the Security Service of Ukraine, Oleksandr Poklad. Unfortunately, a Russian drone struck the central building of the Security Service of Ukraine on Volodymyrska Street in Kyiv, across from St. Sophia Cathedral. All emergency services are on the scene. Everyone affected will receive the necessary assistance. The drone was aimed directly at the…

Developments in number theory in the last two weeks illustrate how artificial intelligence is helping advance the frontiers of mathematics, but also raising questions about what mathematics means vis-à-vis humans.The first development is about the Riemann zeta function, a mathematical idea connected to the distribution of prime numbers.The prime numbers, 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, and so on, are divisible only by 1 and themselves. Scientists have used this property to secure communications and financial transactions, putting prime numbers at the heart of contemporary digital security.Stepping stonesThe Riemann zeta function has many solutions called non-trivial zeroes. The Riemann hypothesis states…

MacKenzie Scott donations to HBCU crosses $1 billion mark MacKenzie Scott has set a new milestone in her philanthropy to historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs), with her latest donations taking her total giving to the institutions to more than $1 billion. The former wife of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, who sold about half of her Amazon stake in 2020, has given tens of millions of dollars to individual HBCUs, including a $42 million gift to Elizabeth City State University that pushed her total HBCU donations past the $1 billion mark.MacKenzie Scott donations to HBCU crosses $1 billion markMacKenzie Scott’s…

Following Farage’s difficulties, Labour is also now losing fewer of its 2024 voters to Reform. But the same is true of the Conservatives, whose loss of support to Reform in the polls during this Parliament has always been much greater than that suffered by Labour. Far from suffering from a Burnham bounce, Kemi Badenoch’s party has edged up to 20% in the polls for the first time since last spring.Burnham’s arrival has given Labour new hope. But despite having overtaken Reform in the polls, the new Labour leader still has to prove he can win back the working class pro-Brexit…

Russia’s liberal Yabloko party said Friday that law enforcement authorities in Moscow detained two of its members who are running for seats in the lower-house State Duma, though it was not immediately clear what, if any, charges they face. The press service for Yabloko said Anna Shatunovskaya-Byurno and Grigory Grishin were detained separately during the day and taken to local police stations. Their detentions come after another Yabloko candidate, Artyom Snegovsky, was detained Tuesday and charged with “discrediting” the Russian military in social media posts. Snegovsky was later released from police custody. While Russia’s Supreme Court ruled last month to cancel the registration of Yabloko’s federal slate of candidates…

Police have handed over the man to the Embassy of Nepal (Image-Delhi Police) NEW DELHI: Timely intervention by Delhi Police helped rescue a 24-year-old Nepalese man who allegedly attempted suicide at a park in Defence Colony, officials said on Friday.According to sources, the man had been wandering around south Delhi for the past four days without money or food after losing contact with his friend.On Friday, police received information that a man had climbed a tree at Hudco Park and was about to take his life, officials said.A team from the Defence Colony police station immediately rushed to the spot…

Dr Chandran’s AquaCare has been designed as an inclusive facility catering to persons with disabilities and others requiring aquatic rehabilitation. COIMBATORE: A wheelchair-friendly aquatic therapy and wellness centre, aimed at expanding access to water-based rehabilitation, was opened in the city on Friday.Dr Chandran’s AquaCare has been designed as an inclusive facility catering to persons with disabilities and others requiring aquatic rehabilitation, mobility support and wellness services. The wheelchair-friendly pool enables people with mobility challenges to access therapy in a safe, supportive and dignified environment.The facility is equipped with specialised hydrotherapy equipment to harness the therapeutic benefits of water. The buoyancy…

Dr Anitha Punyodaya Misra (Image credit-@___anitha1) LUCKNOW: When patients in Gonda describe their ailments using vivid expressions such as “jee michlaat hai”, “maatha bhanbhanaat hai” and “shareer jhanjhanat hain”, Dr Anitha Punyodaya Misra understands not only their symptoms but also the emotion behind their words. Two decades after arriving in Gonda from Karnataka’s Mangaluru, the gynaecologist and laparoscopic surgeon has become so fluent in Awadhi that many patients refuse to believe she is a South Indian at all.The doctor recently went viral on social media after speaking fondly about Awadhi phrases and describing the language as “poetry”. What began as…

Buxar: Police on Friday arrested a teacher accused of being one of the main suspects in the alleged sexual abuse of a minor student at a middle school in Dumraon block, while efforts were intensified to trace another accused.Dumraon SDPO Sameer Kumar Singh said the accused, Arvind Kumar, was arrested from Brahmpur on Friday. Police are conducting raids to arrest another teacher, Virendra Prasad, named in the case, while a third teacher has been detained for questioning.The case came to light after allegations emerged that a minor student was sexually abused and a video of the alleged incident was recorded.…