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Democrats are frothing at the mouth to center President Donald Trump’s tariff chaos in their affordability messaging as they charge into the midterms. The party was already planning to slam Republicans over the economy on the campaign trail, riding the playbook that helped propel New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill, Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger and NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani to victories last year. Then, on Friday, the Supreme Court in a remarkable rebuke slapped down Trump’s tariffs — declaring illegal his favorite lever to bend the global economy to his will. But for Democratic strategists and party officials who spoke with…

THIS week’s AI Impact Summit in Delhi — the fourth in a series that began at Bletchley Park in 2023 and continued in Seoul (2024) and Paris (2025) — marks a decisive shift in the global conversation on artificial intelligence.What began in Britain with an emphasis on safety, moved through South Korea’s concern for guardrails, and acquired a rhetorical layer of inclusiveness in France, has now evolved in Delhi into a call for the rapid, widespread adoption of AI —especially for the developing world — tempered not by binding rules but by voluntary safeguards. That the summit emphasised “voluntary” commitments…

NEW DELHI: India on Sunday strongly condemned Pakistan’s overnight airstrikes on neighbouring Afghanistan during the holy month of Ramadan. The strikes reportedly targeted alleged terror hideouts that Islamabad has blamed for recent suicide bombings in Pakistan.In an official statement, the ministry of external affairs highlighted the casualties of women and children in the attack. “In response to media queries about Pakistan’s airstrikes on Afghanistan, Official Spokesperson Shri Randhir Jaiswal said: India strongly condemns Pakistan’s airstrikes on Afghan territory that have resulted in civilian casualties, including women and children, during the holy month of Ramadan.”Meanwhile, Kabul has repeatedly denied allegations that…

Clint Eastwood’s journey from a working-class background to a Hollywood titan is a remarkable rags-to-riches tale. His career, propelled by iconic Westerns and the ‘Dirty Harry’ franchise, saw his net worth soar, especially after launching Malpaso Productions. Beyond acting, his Oscar-winning directorial work and shrewd real estate investments solidified his immense wealth. Few stars embody the grit of classic Western heroes like Clint Eastwood. With his steely gaze and trademark squint, he became the face of the lone gunman archetype. From humble beginnings as the son of a migrant worker to one of Hollywood’s most powerful filmmaker-actors, his journey is…

3 min readFeb 20, 2026 07:38 AM IST First published on: Feb 20, 2026 at 06:10 AM IST After the Union Budget, the focus will now shift to states’ budgets to get a holistic picture of general government finances. These budgets will outline states’ revenue growth projections and spending priorities, which tend to vary. But as we await their presentation, the trends of the ongoing financial year offer interesting insights into state finances. The analysis of key indicators of 18 major states (which comprise 89 per cent of India’s GDP) for the first nine months of 2025-26 suggests that actual…

For hundreds of years, night didn’t mean a long sleep. Long before electric lights lit up homes and streets, people lived their lives according to the natural rise and fall of daylight. People changed their routines when the Sun went down and darkness came quickly. Historical records indicate that in various regions of Europe, Africa, and Asia, individuals frequently engaged in two distinct phases of sleep, a phenomenon now referred to as biphasic sleep. This was not a strange habit or cultural quirk. It was a normal part of life that was made by darkness itself.People would go to bed…

‘You can’t always get what you want … ‘These lines from Rolling Stones song land differently in Washington. Presidents push. Courts push back. And sometimes the lyrics fit a little too well.After the Supreme Court struck down his earlier sweeping tariffs, ruling he had exceeded his authority, US President Donald Trump did not hold back. He blasted the justices as “fools” and “lapdogs,” dismissed the ruling as “ridiculous” and “extraordinarily anti-American,” and moved quickly to rework his approach. On Friday, he imposed a 10 per cent global tariff for 150 days starting February 24. By Saturday, he raised it to…

Taylor Swift has done what most artists only dream about: she’s turned her own messy, real-life thoughts about love and marriage into a story fans have followed for almost twenty years. Before anyone even knew her name, Taylor was out there writing songs and talking in interviews about love, weddings, and what it means to find ‘The 1’, long before her engagement to NFL star Travis Kelce made headlines.Over time, her music and her interviews have revealed how her ideas about commitment have changed: from wide-eyed fairy-tale dreams, to heartbreak, to hope, and, finally, to something that feels real. Taylor…

The Artificial Intelligence Summit in Delhi has once again exposed a persistent weakness that continues to shape India’s economic trajectory: The gap between ambition and execution. Coming barely two weeks after the Union Budget, the summit provides an immediate and uncomfortable lens through which to assess the credibility of policy promises. Together, the two events tell a familiar story. India does not lack vision, announcements, or fiscal intent. What it lacks is consistent administrative capability and reliable last-mile implementation.Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s ninth consecutive budget, presented on February 1, avoided the usual extravagance of rhetoric. It also, however, avoided a…

Mars in 30 days – Russian scientists are building a plasma engine that could slash travel time Long before any spacecraft can attempt a faster journey to Mars, scientists must first solve one of space exploration’s biggest challenges: propulsion. Chemical rockets, used to launch spacecraft into space from Earth, burn fuel quickly and produce a large amount of thrust for a short time. These engines don’t perform well for long-distance travel once in space. Because of this, missions to Mars usually take six to nine months.In early 2026, news about a new propulsion system being worked on in Russia started…