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Why quota for kids of well-off parents, asks SC | India News

TazaPulseMay 23, 2026

NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Friday raised a question on why children of economically and educationally advanced families within backward classes be allowed to avail the benefit of reservation under OBC category.“If both parents are IAS officers, why should they have reservations? With education and economic empowerment, there is social mobility. So then again to...

SC to hear PIL against CBSE’s 3-language policy | India News

TazaPulseMay 23, 2026

NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear a PIL by parents and teachers in NCR and Chennai challenging the validity of CBSE‘s recent policy mandating three languages, two of which must be Indian for Class 9 and said it would lead to chaos and confusion.Seeking urgent hearing of the PIL, senior advocate Mukul...

Centre sets up panel to unclog port bottlenecks | India News

TazaPulseMay 23, 2026

NEW DELHI: Govt has stepped in to unclog piling up of containers at India’s busiest container port, Jawaharlal Nehru Port Authority (JNPA) (Mumbai), and has set up a panel of top officials to remove bottlenecks at all the 12 major ports. It will meet every week or fortnight to address concerns faced by businesses.The issue...

Will not invalidate just for omission of legal heirs: SC | India News

TazaPulseMay 23, 2026

NEW DELHI: Observing that a person is legally entitled to dispose of his property as he wishes, Supreme Court has ruled that a will cannot be invalidated just on the ground that legal heirs have been denied a share, reports Amit Anand Choudhary.A bench of Justices Ujjal Bhuyan and Vijay Bishnoi said the exclusion of...

India, Cyprus upgrade ties, sign pact to counter terror | India News

TazaPulseMay 23, 2026

NEW DELHI: India and Cyprus upgraded their ties to a strategic partnership, launched a roadmap for defence cooperation and signed an MoU for establishing a joint working group on counterterrorism as PM Narendra Modi hosted President Nikos Christodoulides for talks. Modi said ties with Cyprus, which currently holds the EU Council presidency, were based on...

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Kilmar Abrego Garcia charges dropped, judge says Trump DOJ case vindictive

TazaPulseMay 23, 2026

Kilmar Abrego Garcia leaves a check-in at the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Baltimore Field Office the day after a federal judge ordered his release from a detention in Pennsylvania, on Dec. 12, 2025 in Baltimore, Maryland. Chip Somodevilla | Getty Images A federal judge in Tennessee on Friday dismissed human smuggling charges against Kilmar...

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Tulsi Gabbard resigning as Trump’s intelligence chief

TazaPulseMay 23, 2026

Director of National Intelligence (DNI) Tulsi Gabbard speaks during a press briefing, at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., July 23, 2025. Kent Nishimura | Reuters Tulsi Gabbard is resigning as President Donald Trump‘s director of national intelligence, becoming the latest Cabinet official to leave his administration, she announced Friday. Gabbard, in a resignation...

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Trump skipping wedding of son Donald Jr. to Bettina Anderson

TazaPulseMay 22, 2026

US President Donald Trump and Donald Trump Jr. walk on the south lawn toward the White House in Washington, DC, on May 3, 2026. Mandel Ngan | AFP | Getty Images President Donald Trump on Friday said he won’t attend the wedding this weekend of his eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., to socialite Bettina Anderson....

india successfully tests agni 4 ballistic missile off odisha coast

India successfully test-launches Agni-1 ballistic missile | India News

TazaPulseMay 22, 2026

NEW DELHI: India on Friday successfully test-fired short-range ballistic missile ‘Agni-1’ from the integrated test range at Odisha’s Chandipur, the defence ministry said.The launch validated all operational and technical parameters, it said.“The test was carried out under the aegis of the Strategic Forces Command,” the ministry said.The Agni 1 to 4 missiles have ranges from...

Dept of Space clears 2 new space hubs in Gujarat, TN to build rockets, payloads, launch ecosystem | India News

TazaPulseMay 22, 2026

In a bid to expand the space infrastructure in the country amid growing global competition in the sector, the Department of Space has approved setting up of common technical facilities (CTFs) in Gujarat and Tamil Nadu. These facilities will be equipped with high-end testing, validation and integration infrastructure. The govts of Gujarat and Tamil Nadu...