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The Lok Sabha on Tuesday passed the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Bill 2026, amending the original 2019 Act, with a voice vote.
All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM)leader Asaduddin Owaisi has announced that his party will contest the upcoming West Bengal Assembly elections in alliance with Humayun Kabir’s Aam Janata Unnayan Party (AJUP)
Robert Mueller, the former FBI director who led the historic probe into alleged collusion between Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign and the Russian government, has died. He was 81.
The five-day “energy truce” is hanging by a thread as Iran and the U.S. remain deadlocked over ceasefire terms. While Israel continues to dismantle Iran’s naval and submarine capabilities with surgical strikes in Tehran and Isfahan, the conflict has spilled over into Kuwait, where a major airport fuel hub was hit by drones. With the UN warning of a war that is “out of control,” the international community is now scrambling to prevent a total regional collapse.
A consortium comprising Aditya Birla Group, The Times of India Group, Bolt Ventures (David Blitzer) and a Blackstone fund has acquired Royal Challengers Bangalore, one of the most valued franchises in the Indian Premier League, for $1.8 billion, setting surging valuation benchmarks for T20 cricket franchises in India’s most watched cricket tournament.
