Talks today, Trump says as Iran keeps ships out of Strait

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday that U.S. negotiators would head to Pakistan on Monday for talks with Iran, lifting hopes of extending a ceasefire set to expire by Wednesday.

Anti-sacrilege Bill has now become law with assent of Governor, says Punjab CM

Punjab Governor Gulab Chand Kataria has given his assent to the Jaagat Jot Sri Guru Granth Sahib Satkar (Amendment) Bill, 2026, Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann said on Sunday.

The Bill proposed stricter punishment, including life imprisonment and a fine of up to 25 lakh, for any act of sacrilege against the Guru Granth Sahib. It was unanimously passed by the Punjab Assembly on April 13 and was sent to the Governor for his assent.

Study flags overlooked danger posed by hanging glaciers on mountain slopes in Central Himalaya

Unstable hanging glaciers on steep mountain slopes could trigger devastating avalanches and downstream disasters, a new study focused on a sensitive section of the Central Himalaya has warned.

Delimitation – a case of to be or not to be

A special session of Parliament to consider the Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill, 2026 - and also the Union Territories Laws (Amendment) -Bill, 2026, and the Delimitation Bill, 2026 - for readjustment of Lok Sabha and Legislative Assembly seats across the country and implementation of reservation of seats for women in Lok Sabha and Legislative Assemblies (linking it to proposed fresh delimitation for which there was a separate Delimitation Bill) ended in a spectacular way.

Deceptively benign

While India's March retail inflation, at 3.4%, rose marginally from February's 3.2%, this increase is deceptively benign. This is evident from the upward pressure on the Wholesale Price Index (WPI), which climbed to a 38-month high of 3.88% in March. It is important to note that while the Consumer Price Index (CPI) has transitioned to a new base year of 2024, the WPI continues to use the 2011-12 base year, a divergence that must be kept in mind when interpreting the latest inflation data.

Lessons from Hungary's vote and Orbán's defeat

Hungarians have defeated a national autocrat and challenged a broader illiberal international alliance.

On delimitation and Parliament seats

Delimitation refers to the process of fixing the number of seats and the boundaries of territorial constituencies in each State for the Lok Sabha and Legislative Assemblies. This exercise is carried out by a Delimitation Commission set up through an Act of Parliament. Such exercises have previously been conducted based on the 1951, 1961, and 1971 Censuses. The number of Lok Sabha seats, based on the 1971 Census, was fixed at 543 when the population was 54.8 crore. The number has been frozen, based on the 1971 Census, to encourage population control measures. As per the current constitutional provisions, this number is to be readjusted based on the 2027 Census.

Govt. likely to name Dinesh Trivedi as envoy to Bangladesh

Dinesh Trivedi, former Union Minister and leading figure of the BJP in West Bengal, is expected to be the next Indian envoy to Bangladesh, highly placed sources have confirmed. India's relation with Bangladesh hit a difficult phase with the overthrow of the Awami League government in August 2024 and attempts are currently on to engage the government of Prime Minister Tarique Rahman, who led the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) to a resounding victory in the February 12 election.

'Nuclear plants require lifetime commitment'

As India opens its nuclear power sector to private participation under the newly enacted SHANTI Act, former regulators of the nuclear energy establishment and policy veterans said that nuclear power required "lifetime commitment," and maintaining "financial security" to account for "waste management, settlement of claims (caused by radiation), and decommissioning (nuclear power plants).

V-P Radhakrishnan calls on Sri Lankan President

Vice-President C.P. Radhakrishnan on Sunday called on Sri Lankan Presi-dent Anura Kumara Dissanayake and held wide-ranging discussions on bilateral cooperation across sectors. Energy sector cooperation was among the key aspects discussed, officials said, with India emphasising that there was "no time to lose" on projects, including the proposed 'energy hub' in the eastern Trincomalee district.

Bulgaria votes as pro-Russian ex-President leads the polls

Bulgarians went to the polls on Sunday in the eighth parliamentary election in five years, with the clear frontrunner, pro-Russian former President Rumen Radev, promising to end a spiral of weak, short-lived governments and stamp out widespread corruption.

How altered mosquitoes could reshape malaria control

New research has confirmed that genetically modified mosquitoes can suppress malaria parasites from real-world infections, not just laboratory cultures; it also reported that advanced mosquito genetic engineering can be carried out in malaria-endemic regions, helping build local scientific expertise and regulatory capacity.