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Can marriage override consent? Supreme Court takes up India’s marital rape debate
Can marriage override consent? Supreme Court takes up India’s marital rape debate
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The Supreme Court has agreed to examine whether the marital rape exception in Indian law can survive constitutional scrutiny, reopening a debate that sits at the intersection of marriage, consent, ind ...
US Open: Shelton Stuns Alcaraz; Tendulkar Says ‘That Was Some Tennis!’
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Ben Shelton ended Carlos Alcaraz’s title defence in a four-hour, 28-minute quarter-final in New York, setting up an all-American semi-final against Frances Tiafoe. Sachin Tendulkar applauded the five- ...
India-US trade deal nears finish line: The tariff advantage India still wants from Washington
5 min read
India says the broad contours of its trade deal with the US are “more or less” settled. But before the two sides put pen to paper, one crucial piece still needs to fall into place: preferential market ...
What happened on KBC that left Amitabh Bachchan heartbroken? His latest note has fans talking
3 min read
After hearing contestants’ deeply personal struggles on Kaun Banega Crorepati, Amitabh Bachchan shared a rare and heartfelt reflection, calling some of their stories “heart-breaking” and admitting the ...
‘India is Ready’: Sunita Williams on Future Space Stations, Astronaut Autonomy & the Next Giant Leap
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Sunita Williams says India is ready to build future space stations and take on new human spaceflight challenges. At the Space Expo in Bengaluru, she outlined why missions farther from Earth will need ...
‘AI could kill us all’: Why this Anthropic researcher walked away
4 min read
Jacob Coxon worked on AI pretraining at both OpenAI and Anthropic. Now, at 27, he has walked away from the race — warning that the companies building increasingly powerful AI may not know how to contr ...
Teacher Jobs in India Rise 14% as Contract and Language Roles Surge, Reveals Indeed Report
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Education-sector job postings increased nearly 14% between July 2025 and July 2026, while contract teaching roles grew nearly 40% and demand for language teachers accelerated
BJP Announces Month-Long ‘Seva Sankalp Abhiyan’ to Mark Modi’s 25 Years in Office
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The campaign will run from September 17 to October 17, spanning Modi’s birthday and the anniversary of his first swearing-in as Gujarat chief minister. BJP president Nitin Nabin announced blood donati ...
Satya Niketan Collapse: Delhi CM Orders Demolition Drive, Inspections of All PGs
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After the building collapse killed seven people, Rekha Gupta has directed MCD to act against illegal construction and inspect PG hostels across Delhi. Officials must also examine building records to e ...