French parliament passed a law banning social media for children under-15 France on Tuesday approved a nationwide ban on social media use by children under the age of 15, becoming the first European Union country to adopt such a sweeping restriction as governments grapple with the impact of digital platforms on young users.The legislation, backed…
India’s Gurnoor Brar (ANI Photo) India pacer Gurnoor Brar endured a difficult outing at Lord’s on Sunday, registering the most expensive bowling figures by any bowler in the venue’s ODI history during the series-deciding third match against England. The right-arm seamer finished with figures of 0 for 97 from his 10 overs as England piled…
SRIHARIKOTA: A sudden hold in the final five minutes of the countdown briefly froze the celebration waiting to erupt at Sriharikota. Then, after a tense 35-minute delay and a restart of the launch sequence, Skyroot Aerospace’s Vikram-1 roared off the first launchpad at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre here at 12.05 pm Saturday, becoming India’s…
For most people, opening their eyes underwater turns the world into a blur. The human eye is designed to focus light passing through air, and once submerged, much of that focusing power is lost. Yet for generations, the children of the Moken, an Indigenous sea-nomad community living around the Andaman Sea between Thailand and Myanmar,…
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi scripts history (Image: BCCI/X) Vaibhav Sooryavanshi etched his name in the records books after registering the maiden fifty against Zimbabwe in the 1st T20I at Harare. Teenage sensation Vaibhav Sooryavanshi endured a difficult start to his international career during India’s T20I series against England in July 2026. The 15-year-old, who arrived with huge…
John (R, image enhanced with AI) admitted to modelling his criminal lifestyle on notorious conman Charles Sobhraj (L, image enhanced with AI) RAIPUR: For nearly three decades, Bingson John allegedly travelled across India posing as a respectable guest, checking into luxury hotels, vanishing without paying bills and staying one step ahead of authorities.When finally caught,…
Haitians living in the US A federal judge has cleared the way for the Trump administration to end Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for around 350,000 Haitians living in the US, removing their protection from deportation and work authorization after a months-long legal battle.According to CNN, US District Judge Ana Reyes on Wednesday formally lifted an…
Savitha Shri will represent India at Women’s Chess Olympiad this year (Special Arrangements) NEW DELHI: The last time the Indian women’s team took part in the biennial Chess Olympiad, they won gold. The team consisted of Harika Dronavalli, Rameshbabu Vaishali, Divya Deshmukh, Vantika Agrawal, and Tania Sachdev. Two years have passed since that Budapest conquest,…
Health workers interact at the Evangelical Medical Center in eastern Congo. (AP Photo) Seven American aid workers who had been involved in responding to the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are being quarantined at a US-backed bio-isolation facility in Kenya after the US government introduced new travel restrictions requiring Americans returning…
Lionel Messi has praised Spain teenager Lamine Yamal ahead of the FIFA World Cup 2026 final but made it clear that Argentina will do everything possible to stop him from making history.The defending champions will face European champions Spain on Sunday at New York New Jersey Stadium, with Yamal aiming to add another milestone to…
