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The courts have held that Andhra Pradeshs 34% BC quota in local bodies breaches the 50% ceiling without the empirical data the law requires

Move attributed toan irreconcilable difference of opinion with the legislator.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi virtually inaugurated five development projects worth around 3,350 crore in Ladakh, including a new Leh airport terminal and the Nimmu-Padum-Darcha road, and said proposals for satellite campuses of IIT Jammu and IIM Jammu were being advanced

This year's southwest monsoon ended with 759.4 mm of rain, 12.6% below the normal of 868.6 mm according to the IMD

A team of scientists in Argentina and Brazil scored the adaptability of nine rodent species on three parameters, suggesting the method can be used for other animals in other parts of the world.

On the asset quality front, the banks Gross Non-Performing Asset (GNPA) ratio contracted sharply to 1.33% while the Net NPA ratio dropped to 0.30%

Highlighting the operational rationale behind the move, Logitech stated that establishing assembly capabilities in India is rooted in a market-driven strategy designed to enhance operational agility and supply chain resilience

Anthropic told investors it was free cash flow positive and had an 11 percent operating margin, both adjusted, in the third quarter

The FDA cited several deficiencies during inspections and re-inspections, including cockroach and insect infestations, food packets gnawed by rats, improper storage of raw and cooked food, use of spoiled food items and burnt or overused cooking oil, inadequate pest control and failure to maintain mandatory food safety record

I have made every effort to be honest with the public about my beliefs and intentions and I am wholly prepared to accept the consequences, the author said in a statement

Pramila Jayapal, the Democratic Congresswoman from Washington State, said she supported the non-violent protests to counter anti-democratic efforts in India

There were no casualties in the attack, which the officials said damaged the building's top three floors

Following the Pahalgam terror attack in April 2025, the Indian government had banned the direct or indirect import or transit of all goods originating in or exported from Pakistan, in the interest of national security and public policy

At present, only persons purchasing tickets online are provided the benefit of insurance coverage upon payment of a nominal additional amount

Just four individuals of the endangered Jeypore ground gecko have been documented in the past year in Odishas Balda hills, the site of a proposed bauxite mine that resident Adivasis have also protested for two years, asserting it is their ancestral land

Over the course of his lifetime, Raman represented Keralas agricultural community on international platforms, including the International Conference on Biodiversity Conservation in Hyderabad in 2011 and a world agricultural seminar in Brazil.

PMC has pointed out that in the Khadakwasla dam, which provides water to Pune, as of October 12, water storage is less compared to the available water storage every year

Haier has its domestic manufacturing in Pune and Greater Noida which supply to the nationwide network, with Pune serving as the primary hub for premium and large-capacity manufacturing

It can feel effortless to sign up online for a gym membership, a grocery subscription, a mobile phone plan, or a magazine delivery. When one wants to cancel the same service, however, the process is often so convoluted and time-consuming that customers end up keeping a subscription theyd prefer to eliminate

The ChatGPT-maker noted that it used its models to understand the device and where it had come from

Arms shares were down more than 1% in afternoon trading

Leading U.S.-based AI firms have disclosed over recent months a series of incidents where models under development have escaped containment measures to access the internet and have gone on to hack websites

The new models can soon be used in Meta's new personal agent app, known as Muse, for paid subscribers only

The Centre must help States once inter-ministerial team gives finding

The research firm said that OEMs passed on higher component costs to consumers, pushing global smartphone retail prices up by 20% so far in 2026, further increasing market average selling price

Young, land-based animals were worse at acclimatising to rising temperatures than aquatic animals.

Sex reversal is well documented in the animal kingdom, where an individual can begin life with one sex and later switch to another. But a warming planet is making these changes more frequent: in a population skewed towards one sex, individuals may run out of mates to reproduce with

It is easier to count acres of invasive alien species removed than to measure the shifts in moisture regimes or soil chemistry that aided their growth

In early September, two AI models made history when they took the top spots in the Metaculus Cup, a competition among prediction champions, both human and nonhuman

Global forecasters have been warning for months that this El Nino would likely become the strongest ever observed and the latest record has tumbled even before the episodes expected peak later this year

All 10 monitoring stations in Visakhapatnam breached the annual PM10 limit over 12 months; the citys bowl-shaped terrain and winter temperature inversion trap pollutants, an APPCB scientist says

Residents of villages along the Kulsi River gather under the banner of Assam-Meghalaya Joint Protection Committee, saying the dam would affect 46 villages

Student representatives say the university has agreed to form an inquiry committee to examine their grievances and has accepted their demand to exclude proctor Sreekumar from the panel.

From sculptural forms to translucent alabaster, explore lighting designs that transform interiors

The Minister arrived in Cote d'Ivoire from Ghana on the second leg of his three-nation tour of African countries, which also includes Ethiopia

The current state of some of Indias endangered species is encouraging, but sustained conservation, science and local action remain essential

Between April 2021 and June 2026, the Assam Forest Department and WWF-India tracked four female-led herds and a solitary male in three high-conflict districts of Udalguri, Sonitpur and Biswanath

National laboratories need to be liberated from insularity; the bulk of our national labs are currently poorly accessible to researchers, students and companies outside their walls

Indias conservation efforts must go beyond symbolism

Instead of winning in the first round, as his supporters had expected, Lula trailed his challenger Flvio Bolsonaro by about 1.8 percentage points, or 2.2 million votes

Gyanesh Kumar row: Supreme Court says changes to Form 6 not made by court, issues notice to ECI, Centre.