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The Bharatiya Janata Party and its Mahayuti ally Shiv Sena took an early lead on Monday as counting began for the Zilla Parishad and Panchayat Samiti elections across Maharashtra. Initial trends showed the BJP ahead in 26 Zilla Parishad seats, while Eknath Shinde’s Shiv Sena was leading in 13. The Nationalist Congress Party was ahead in 13 seats, the Congress in 10, and the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena (UBT) in six. Out of 731 Zilla Parishad seats, early trends showed BJP leading in 145 seats, Shiv Sena in 85, NCP in 80, Congress in 30, and Shiv Sena (UBT) in…
Mumbai: Amid India’s rising cancer burden, what gives the country its strongest chance to bend the curve is a vigilant preventive strategy one that can act as a shield, preventing patients from slipping into the vicious spiral of late-stage interventions.While WHO commissioned studies estimate that four out of every ten cancer cases are preventable, Indian clinicians believe the impact could be far higher. In certain indications such as oral and breast cancers are the leading causes of cancer-related mortality among men and women in India prevention could potentially avert up to 70 per cent of cases.Decoding this model, Dr Pankaj…
An MS orthopaedics seat at a govt institute in Rohtak was allotted to a candidate with just 4 marks out of 800, while obstetrics and gynaecology at a premier Delhi medical college went to a candidate who scored 44 marks. A general surgery seat was filled at 47 marks.New Delhi: A steep cut in NEET-PG qualifying standards has led to postgraduate medical seats in govt colleges being filled at shockingly low scores – including in high-risk clinical specialties – triggering alarm across the medical fraternity, reports Anuja Jaiswal. The impact was stark in third-round PG counselling, where candidates secured seats…
Vin Diesel revs up excitement for the upcoming ‘Fast and Furious’ installment, hinting at an exhilarating new roller coaster at Universal Studios Hollywood. As fans gear up for the much-anticipated ‘Fast Forever,’ scheduled for a 2028 release, this installment will shatter records with the longest interval between films. The ‘Fast and Furious’ franchise is back again for another ride-along, and famed actor Vin Diesel is all about taking over the film once more. A new trailer video for the latest ‘Fast and Furious’ feature was played during the Super Bowl event, and fans of the film series could not get…
Last Updated:February 09, 2026, 12:38 ISTiQOO 15 Ultra made its debut in China recently and many are eager to know if the brand will launch this phone in India as well.iQOO 15 Ultra with a cooling fan sounds like a gamer’s delightiQOO 15 Ultra was announced for the China market and immediately people were eager to see if the brand decides to bring its premium device to other markets like India. It has all the latest hardware specs along with special focus on gamers with a built-in cooling fan to handle the heavy stress of gaming for long hours but…
Signage is seen outside the Moody’s Corporation headquarters in New York. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Moody’s Ratings on Monday (February 9, 2026) projected India’s GDP to grow at 6.4% in the next fiscal, the fastest pace among G-20 economies, driven by strong domestic consumption, policy measures, and a stable banking system. In its banking system outlook report, Moody’s said their asset quality will remain resilient, with some stress among micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs). Regardless, banks have sufficient reserves to absorb loan losses, it said. The operating environment for banks will remain strong in 2026, supported by robust…
Almost 1,000 Google employees have signed an open letter demanding that the company cut ties with the US Department of Homeland Security due to the Donald Trump administration. The petition cites Google contracts with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection CBP), and alleges that the company’s technology is being used to power “state violence and repression”.The employees are demanding an immediate Q&A session regarding Google’s Homeland Security and military contracts, and are seeking disclosure of the company’s ties and “red lines” around use of its products for what they call ‘state violence’ and ‘repression’. Calling more…
Riyadh airport will shift flights across terminals in February, urging passengers to check terminals carefully/Representative Image Passengers using King Khalid International Airport will need to plan carefully later this month as the airport prepares for a large-scale terminal reshuffle. From February 16 to February 25, 2026, flights will be gradually reassigned across several terminals in a phased operation that airport officials describe as the most extensive operational change in its history.The 10-day transition will affect both international and domestic services operated by Saudia, flynas, flyadeal and foreign airlines. The airport said the changes are aimed at easing passenger movement, improving…
Wikipedia unveiled new business deals with a slew of artificial intelligence companies on Thursday as it marked its 25th anniversary. The online crowdsourced encyclopedia revealed that it has signed up AI companies including Amazon, Meta Platforms, Perplexity, Microsoft and France’s Mistral AI. Wikipedia is one of the last bastions of the early internet, but that original vision of a free online space has been clouded by the dominance of Big Tech platforms and the rise of generative AI chatbots trained on content scraped from the web.Aggressive data collection methods by AI developers, including from Wikipedia’s vast repository of free knowledge,…
Juan Pablo Guanipa, a key ally of Venezuelan opposition leader and Nobel Peace laureate Maria Corina Machado, was abducted by armed men just hours after being released from prison, in a dramatic turn that has again placed him at the centre of Venezuela’s political crisis.Machado said Guanipa, a former vice president of the National Assembly and one of her closest political associates, was forcibly taken away in Caracas shortly after his release on Sunday. “A few minutes ago, Juan Pablo Guanipa was kidnapped in the Los Chorros neighborhood of Caracas. Heavily armed men dressed in civilian clothes arrived in four…