NEW DELHI: Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis on Thursday announced the formation of a seven-member panel, headed by retired Supreme Court judge Justice Ranjana Desai, to draft legislation for a Uniform Civil Code (UCC).The committee comprises former high court judges R C Chavan and S G Mehare, former Maharashtra chief secretary D K Jain, former…
At the interbank foreign exchange market, the rupee opened at 95.52 and remained weaker against the U.S. dollar, down 4 paise from its previous close. File | Photo Credit: Getty Images/istockphoto The rupee fell 4 paise to 95.52 against the U.S. dollar in early trade on Thursday (July 9, 2026), weighed down by surging crude…
No parent gets everything right, and the truth is, they don’t have to. Children don’t grow up remembering whether every lunchbox was perfect or every homework assignment was completed on time. They remember how home felt. They remember whether they could talk without being judged, make mistakes without being shamed and celebrate small victories without…
Flight instructor Leandro Andrés Bertazzo (left) and a Cessna 150 training aircraft. A routine flight lesson in Argentina turned into an unimaginable emergency after a flight instructor told his 22-year-old student, “You know what to do,” before jumping from the aircraft without a parachute. Left alone in the cockpit, the trainee remained calm, contacted air…
Masik Karthigai in the month of Ashadha will be observed on July 10, 2026. This day will gain increasing importance for emotional truth, relationship clarity, attraction, and love. Karthigai is associated with divine light, purification, and the removal of darkness from the heart, and Friday has Venus’s energy. Lord Shiva and Lord Murugan are the…
Image used for representational purposes. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto The rupee slipped 20 paise to 95.16 against the greenback in early trade on Wednesday (July 8, 2026) as the U.S. launched fresh strikes on Iran after Tehran struck three ships in the Strait of Hormuz, pushing up crude oil prices and strengthening the dollar….
When she meets with children, healthcare providers, volunteers, or members of the community, Kate Middleton focuses her attention on the people she is engaging with. By establishing eye contact, she invites people to be heard and gracefully considers the conversation. She gives people the space to be acknowledged through consistent eye contact, listening, and true…
Go slowly today. That’s the whole song of the stars. The Moon creates mild irritation, and Mars stirs haste, so careless steps can lead to avoidable trouble, on the road, at work, even in ordinary conversations. This isn’t a day for proving a point or racing the clock.There could be some disturbing, or even negative…
Health isn’t something most of us think about until it starts slipping away.One week, you’re powering through long workdays, skipping meals, surviving on coffee, and telling yourself you’ll “start taking care of yourself from Monday.” Before you know it, the tiredness catches up. Stress becomes normal, sleep gets lighter, and even small tasks begin to…
Joseph Weizenbaum realized that programs like his Eliza chatbot could “induce powerful delusional thinking in quite normal people” Joseph Weizenbaum set out to prove that computers could imitate conversation. Instead, his experiment convinced him that people could become emotionally attached to machines far more easily than he had imagined. That discovery changed the course of…
