University of Washington professor fired after sending email criticising Iran war In recent weeks, at least three cases across the United States have brought renewed attention to the limits of academic expression, particularly around the Middle East.At the centre of one such case is Aria Fani, an associate professor at the University of Washington. He…
“Hide your strength and bide your time” – China’s transformational Premier Deng Xiaoping once advised. He was referring to keeping external factors at bay, while rather focusing on internal development, urging patience, strategic restraint and the quiet accumulation of national power. And in Xi Jinping‘s China, the accumulation of power and control over institutions is…
“O chevalier, wine is that wine, poured by the hand of the Unseen into the cup of the heart and drunk by the eye of the spirit. The people became drunk with the passing of the cup, but I became drunk with the one who passed it,” said the prominent 12th-century Persian scholar and Sufi…
Smartphone bans in schools are linked to lower student distress, distraction & better well-being, but a blanket ban may not be advisable Children being distracted by phones is a real concern, with links to weaker academic performance and mental health problems. A recent study by Hungarian researchers Eniko Pozsonyi, Tunde Lengyelne Molnar and Reka Racsko…
Erling Haaland (AP Photo) Manchester City delivered a dominant performance to crush Liverpool 4-0 in the FA Cup quarter-final, with Erling Haaland stealing the show with a hat-trick. The heavy defeat piled more pressure on Liverpool manager Arne Slot, whose team looked out of form throughout the match.City took control late in the first half…
UP Police recruitment 2026: Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has announced the largest-ever recruitment drive for the Uttar Pradesh Police. More than 81,000 vacancies will be filled for various posts including Constables, Sub-Inspectors, Provincial Armed Constabulary (PAC), Jail Warders, and Technical posts.The recruitment notifications will be released in phases by the Uttar Pradesh Police Recruitment and…
As thousands of Oracle employees awoke earlier this week to an email informing them they had lost their jobs, many were unaware that the technology company had been filing large numbers of applications to hire foreign workers. According to federal data from the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), Oracle submitted about 3,126 petitions to…
NEW DELHI: Ahead of the Tamil Nadu assembly elections, actor Vijay Thalapathy has positioned himself as an alternative for the people in a state where politics, for a very long time, has revolved around the DMK and the AIADMK.With its ideological differences with the NDA and political tussle with the DMK, TVK has emerged as…
Sameer Rizvi credits practice after stellar 90 Delhi Capitals (DC) batter Sameer Rizvi credited his intense self-improvement for his match-winning knock against Mumbai Indians (MI) in their IPL 2026 clash at the Arun Jaitley Stadium.Rizvi’s scintillating 90 off 51 balls powered DC to a six-wicket win over MI on Saturday. His innings featured seven fours…
MHT CET 2026 city intimation slip: The State Common Entrance Test Cell Maharashtra (State CET Cell) has released the Maharashtra Common Entrance Test (MHT CET) 2026 city intimation slip, according to media reports. Candidates who registered for the exam can now download the city slip from the official website cetcell.mahacet.org using their login credentials.The MHT…