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Non-financial CPSE dividends may hit record Rs.80,000 crore in FY27

New Delhi, July 3 -- The Centre expects dividend receipts from non-financial Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSEs) and its minority shareholdings to touch a record Rs.80,000 crore in 2026-27, exce... Read More


Iran's Hardliners Called the Doha Deal a Coup. The Speaker Who Helped Sign It Is Trying to Prove Them Wrong.

TEHRAN, July 3 -- Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf holds one of the three most powerful positions in the Islamic Republic. He is speaker of parliament, a former Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps commander, an... Read More


Gaza Genocide at 1,000 Days: 73,000 Dead, a Ceasefire That Didn't Hold

KHAN YOUNIS, July 3 -- Salim Khader Al-Ashqar did not die on a pitch. He died on a motorcycle, somewhere in the al-Qarara area northeast of Khan Younis, on July 1, looking for a cylinder of cooking ga... Read More


Australia Tables Gambling Ad Reform Bill. Politicians on Every Side Call It Too Weak.

New Delhi, July 3 -- not enough. 30 p.m., ban wagering ads during live sports broadcasts, and prohibit celebrity and sports player endorsements of betting brands. Radio ads near school drop-off and p... Read More


Jersey Mike's Files for NYSE IPO, Targeting $12 Billion Valuation

New Delhi, July 3 -- build a path to a public market exit while the franchise model held its momentum. That path materialized on Thursday, when Jersey Mike's Subs Inc. filed its S-1 registration stat... Read More


'BJP wants to crush voice of Maharashtra through defections': Aaditya Thackeray to HT

India, July 3 -- Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Aaditya Thackeray, whose party suffered a body blow with the defection of six MPs to the ruling Shiv Sena, alleges that the BJP wants to shore up the NDA govern... Read More


The US Declaration of Independence startled the world in 1776, but when will it live up to its ideals?

New Delhi, July 3 -- The second line of America's famous Declaration of Independence has been called "the most potent single sentence in American history." Even if we edit the last bit to 'written in ... Read More


Iran Calls It War Reparations. The Trump Administration Calls It an Investment Fund.

New Delhi, July 3 -- Fatemeh Mohajerani, the Iranian government spokeswoman, told Russia's RIA Novosti in mid-April what everyone at the negotiating table already knew but no one had put on record: th... Read More


Trump Posts AI Deepfake Video Targeting Julia Roberts, De Niro and Other Hollywood Critics

New Delhi, July 3 -- Six of Hollywood's most recognizable faces appeared this week in a video they never agreed to make. turning off the news, saying prayers, and drinking Diet Coke. Representatives... Read More


Amarnath Yatra: Pilgrims Asked to Travel Only on Registered Date

Srinagar, July 3 -- As directed by the Hon'ble Supreme Court, daily maximum number of pilgrims permitted on the pilgrimage route has been fixed. Compliance with this daily ceiling limit is mandatory f... Read More