MAY 7, 2025
India's security drill and blackouts.
India is conducting one of its largest civil defence mock drills today, May 7, 2025, across 244 districts to test emergency preparedness amid heightened tensions with Pakistan following the recent Pahalgam terror attack.
This mock drill is the first of its scale since 1971 and reflects the government's zero-tolerance stance on security threats after...
MAY 6, 2025
IPL Playoffs scenarios: Hardik Pandya looks dejected after Mumbai Indians lost the Indian Premier League (IPL 2025) game to Gujarat Titans at the Wankhede Stadium. (Sportzpics for IPL)
MUMBAI, INDIA - The Gujarat Titans defeated Mumbai Indians by three wickets via the Duckworth Lewis method in a final-ball thriller in the Indian Premier League game that was stopped...
MAY 6, 2025
Paul Tudor Jones has a stark warning for investors. - Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Robin Hood
Paul Tudor Jones, the hedge fund legend who predicted the Black Monday stock market crash, has another dark prediction for Wall Street.
Stocks, he said Tuesday morning, will likely "go down to new lows" because of Donald Trump's tariffs—and that's likely to happen even...
MAY 6, 2025
India strikes Pakistan after Pahalgam attack.
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — The Indian military said early Wednesday it had launched strikes against Pakistan in retaliation for last month’s militant attack in Indian-administered Kashmir, putting the nuclear-armed neighbors in direct conflict for the first time in six years.
India’s armed forces said nine sites “from where terrorist attacks against India have been planned...
MAY 6, 2025
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the presidential palace in New Delhi, 3 May, 2025. - AP Photo
The United Kingdom and India have said they have agreed on a long-stalled free trade agreement that will slash tariffs on Scotch whisky and scores of other products.
The deal comes more than three years after negotiations started and stalled under...
MAY 6, 2025
Indo-Pak: Indus Waters Treaty.
Former Indian diplomat and ex-Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Dilip Sinha, has made a strong case for abrogating the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT), calling it an outdated, unfair agreement that handed over a disproportionately large share of water to Pakistan — and did so under external pressure. He argued that India gave away...
MAY 6, 2025
Blackout Drills.
A blackout during wartime refers to a method used in civil defense that is meant to hinder visibility of enemy forces. It seeks to prevent submarine and aircraft enemy forces from detecting and targeting specific places by minimizing artificial light.
The blackout aids in hiding critical infrastructure, industrial sites, and residential areas by contouring vital areas and,...
MAY 6, 2025
The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Tuesday issued a sharp rebuttal after the OIC Group statement on India-Pakistan tensions.
India on Tuesday hit out strongly at the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) for its recent statement on the ghastly Pahalgam terror attack, calling it “absurd” and “politically motivated." The MEA also blamed Pakistan for manipulating the group...
MAY 4, 2025
FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump walks after disembarking from Air Force One at Palm Beach International Airport, West Palm Beach, Florida, U.S. May 1, 2025. REUTERS/Leah Millis/File Photo
WASHINGTON, D.C. - President Donald Trump said he was unsure whether people in the U.S. are entitled to due process rights guaranteed in the U.S. Constitution as his administration...
MAY 4, 2025
Couple wins fight with Wells Fargo over $40,000. - Fox26Houston.com
Jose Vasquez says he went online to check his Wells Fargo business account on Jan. 27 when he noticed something suspicious — a pending direct pay transfer for $20,000. He contacted the bank.
"I said, 'Hey, please stop the transaction. It's still pending. I don't recognize it. I don't authorize this transaction,"...
