The budget session of the Kerala assembly commenced on Tuesday with Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar reading out the Left government’s policy which claimed that the state was under financial “pressures” due to the economic “curtailments” placed on it by the state. In his policy address marking the commencement of the 16th session of the 15th Kerala Legislative Assembly, Arlekar said due to the restrictions on the state’s borrowing limits and adjustments to the Integrated Goods and Services Tax, led to it being denied Rs 17,000 crore in the 2025-26 financial year. Besides that, it suffered a further “loss” of Rs 4,250 crore due to the “Gross State Domestic Product (GSDP) methodology “which deviates from the accepted recommendations of the 15th Finance Commission”, he said. Arlekar said that it has raised these concerns before the central government. The concerns raised by Kerala also include the “excessive centralisation of powers” and the union government’s “interventions” in t

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From brains to blood, microplastics have been reported across the human body; now researchers warn that weak methods and contamination may be distorting the evidence and fuelling unnecessary fear

Two luxury real estate brokers and their brother are scheduled to go on trial in New York City on sex trafficking charges Tuesday, just days after their lawyers renewed their request to a New York judge to toss out charges that they sexually abused dozens of women over the course of a dozen years. Jury selection was expected to last about two days, with opening statements scheduled for next Monday for a trial projected to last until early March. In papers filed in Manhattan federal court on Saturday, defence lawyers complained that prosecutors have unfairly treated their clients by rewriting the indictment as recently as last week and by recently adding charges the defence has not had time to investigate. The latest iteration of the indictment was filed Thursday, the third time in two months that prosecutors have updated an indictment that accuses Oren, Tal and Alon Alexander of showering women with free travel and luxury accommodations before drugging and raping them in vacation ..

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Bank of Maharashtra officers’ union has urged Centre to amend Section 17 and Rule 3 to exclude leased accommodation and concessional staff loans from perquisite taxation or align valuation with norms

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Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Tuesday announced that all pending applications for land measurement will be cleared by January 31 through a special drive. He asserted that the decision is part of the seventh resolve ‘Sabka Samman Jeevan Aasan’ of the government’s Saat Nischay-3 programme (2025-30), which focuses on reducing day-to-day hardships faced by citizens. In a post on X, Kumar said, “The reforms would prove highly beneficial for citizens and ease their daily lives by simplifying and making the land measurement process more transparent, time-bound and citizen-friendly.” He introduced a set of time-bound measures to streamline the land measurement process in the state. From April 1, measurements of undisputed land will be completed within a maximum of seven working days from the date of deposit of measurement fees, while disputed land will be measured within a maximum of 11 working days, Kumar added. The CM said the government has also made it mandatory for the survey

The UK may follow Australia in banning under-16s from social media as ministers seek public views on curbing screen time and harmful online features for children

Gujarat Mineral Development received advanced technology from the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) for its Ambadungar Rare Earth Project.

Senior Congress leader Salman Khurshid said the Supreme Court missed a crucial chance to examine federalism in its “extreme form” in the Article 370 case after accepting the government’s assurance on restoration of Jammu and Kashmir’s full statehood. Speaking at the launch of two books by journalist-writer Bashir Assad, “Kashmir: The Unfiltered Truth” and “House Without Witness”, on Monday, Khurshid argued that while the Constitution speaks of fraternity, equality and liberty, federalism has not always received the attention it deserves in judicial interpretation. “Federalism is something we perhaps lost out on when there was a chance for the SC to take up what was a true test case of federalism… There was a crucial moment when an Article 370 matter came before the SC to examine federalism in its extreme form. “However, on the government’s assurance, conveyed by the Attorney General, that Jammu and Kashmir’s full statehood would be restored swiftly, the court felt that it need not

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The ‌group said that ​the 2.5-gigawatt data center park will be the largest of its kind in India; firms including Amazon and STT Global Data Centers ‍have purchased ‌land parcels at ​the site

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Analysts at JM Financial seen strong C&W demand from institutional players; but caution that a correction in copper prices could pose a risk to primary off-take for these companies.

Despite a slight improvement on Tuesday, Delhi is witnessing its worst January air quality in five years, with Grap Stage IV restrictions continuing amid unfavourable weather and dense fog

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A US federal judge Monday refused to temporarily block the Trump administration from enforcing a new policy requiring a week’s notice before members of Congress can visit immigration detention facilities. District Judge Jia Cobb in Washington concluded that the Department of Homeland Security didn’t violate an earlier court order when it reimposed a seven-day notice requirement for congressional oversight visits to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facilities. Cobb said she wasn’t ruling on whether the new policy passes legal muster. Rather, she said, plaintiffs’ attorneys representing several Democratic members of Congress used the wrong “procedural vehicle” to challenge it. The judge also concluded that the January 8 policy is a new agency action that isn’t subject to her prior order in the plaintiffs’ favour. Plaintiffs’ lawyers asked Cobb to intervene after three Democratic members of Congress from Minnesota were blocked from visiting an ICE facility near Minneapolis ..

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Intimidation,” threats and blackmail are just some of the terms being used by European Union leaders to describe US President Donald Trump’s warning that he will slap new tariffs on nations opposing American control of Greenland. European language has hardened since Trump returned to the White House 12 months ago. Now it’s in reaction to the previously unthinkable idea that NATO’s most powerful member would threaten to seize the territory of another ally. Trade retaliation is likely should Trump make good on his tariff announcement. A year into Trump 2.0, Europe’s faith in the strength of the transatlantic bond is fading fast. For some, it’s already disappeared. The flattery of past months has not worked and tactics are evolving as the Europeans try to manage threats from an old ally just as they confront the threat of an increasingly hostile Russia. Trump’s first term brought NATO to the brink of collapse. I feared that NATO was about to stop functioning, former Secretary-General