India’s central government budget for fiscal year 2026-27, known as the Union Budget, was presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to Parliament on February 1, 2026. It marks Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s latest effort to steer India toward technological and economic
Iranian officials warned Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei that public anger after last month's deadly crackdown has reached a tipping point, and that a limited U.S. strike could embolden protesters and threaten the regime's survival
The singer mistakenly named the late Luther Vandross when presenting the award for Record of the Year to Kendrick Lamar and SZA for their collaboration "Luther"
The fuel switches were at the center of last year's crash involving an Air India Dreamliner, which killed 260 people in Gujarat state, triggering tighter scrutiny of the airline.
Elizabeth Stone, Netflix’s top technology executive, is now adding oversight of the streaming giant’s product teams to her purview. Stone has been promoted to chief product and technology officer, leading Netflix’s product, engineering and data teams. She joined Netflix in 2020
The Super Bowl is a scammer’s dream, according to online safety experts, and fans should be on “high alert” for fraudulent tickets and counterfeit websites while hunting for seats to the big game.
An international research team headed by scientists from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore and the Center for Structural Systems Biology and Bernhard-Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine in Germany has revealed fresh insights into the dynamic network of protein
The Hennepin County Medical Examiner has ruled that Alex Pretti, the Minneapolis nurse who was shot and killed by Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents in Minneapolis last month, died by homicide. The report from Dr. Andrew Baker, posted to the county medical examiner’s
Final Fantasy 2 comes to Xbox Game Pass tomorrow, and its best feature is the innovative Word Memory system.
Prior to the establishment of the Environmental Protection Agency in 1970, Americans lived in communities awash with lead from industrial sources, paint, water supply pipes and, most significantly, tailpipe emissions. A dangerous neurotoxin that accumulates in human tissues and
Some tropical land regions may warm more dramatically than previously predicted, as climate change progresses, according to a new CU Boulder study that looks millions of years into Earth's past. Using lake sediments from the Colombian Andes, researchers reveal that when the
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A research team from the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology has shown in a new study that ants returning from habitats affected by air pollution are attacked when they re-enter the colony. The cause: air pollution, especially ozone, changes the colony-specific odor
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) will address reporters on Monday afternoon amid a partial government shutdown. The House is expected to vote Tuesday on legislation to reopen shuttered federal agencies, after the House Rules Committee takes up the measure late
This spring, the UK pop artist Arlo Parks will return with the new club-influenced album Ambiguous Desire. We’ve already posted lead single “2SIDED,” and now she’s followed it up with her new track “Heaven,” which is not a Warrant cover. It’s an insular, softly pulsing track
Marvel fans may not see movie trailers for Avengers: Doomsday or Spider-Man: Brand New Day during Super Bowl LX commercials.
WASHINGTON/NEW DELHI, Feb 2 - U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday said he had agreed on a trade deal with India that slashes U.S. tariffs on Indian goods to 18% from 50% in exchange for India lowering trade barriers, stopping its purchases of Russian oil and buying oil
Xfinity's commercial casts Sam Neill, Jeff Goldblum, and Laura Dern as their younger selves and reimagines the ending of Jurassic Park.
A federal judge on Monday blocked the Trump administration's latest bid to limit lawmakers from conducting unannounced visits to immigration detention facilities, ruling that it likely runs afoul of oversight measures that Congress implemented. It's the second time U.S.
Kicking the can down the road hasn’t worked. It hasn’t produced reform, it hasn’t restored trust, and it hasn’t stopped the same abuses from happening again. A two-week extension doesn’t buy leverage — it just buys time for the status quo to survive.
By changing the physical structure of gold at the nanoscale, researchers can drastically change how the material interacts with light—and, as a result, its electronic and optical properties. This is shown by a study from Umeå University published in Nature Communications.
Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory have developed a novel artificial intelligence (AI)-based method to dramatically tame the flood of data generated by particle detectors at modern accelerators. The new custom-built algorithm uses
Capcom has released a new teaser for Resident Evil Requiem, a live-action short film that puts Maika Monroe in Raccoon City.
Current school-based mental health support for children from multilingual backgrounds can be "lost in translation" because it is reliant on good proficiency in English, a new study warns. The work says greater linguistic flexibility, including more choice over the languages
As you probably heard, Don Lemon has been arrested and charged, in connection with his decision to join a group of anti-ICE protesters who entered a church in St. Paul, Minn., and interrupted services in order to protest the pastor, who they alleged was aiding government
A research group has revealed through seismic wave analysis that the oceanic plate beneath the Ontong Java Plateau—the world's largest oceanic plateau—was extensively altered by massive volcanic activity during its formation. The study is published in Geophysical Research
The rootsy, passionate Florida emo crew Home Is Where were a Stereogum Band To Watch in 2021. Last year, they came back with their album Hunting Season . Over the weekend, guitarist Tilley Komorny tweeted a surprising update: "been a while since i’ve been on here but im playing
Despite its deadly impacts, the recent winter storm that battered much of the United States was not historically exceptional, official data showed Monday.
A University of Missouri researcher is pioneering an innovative solution to remove tiny bits of plastic pollution from our water. Mizzou's Susie Dai recently applied a revolutionary strain of algae toward capturing and removing harmful microplastics from polluted water. Driven
The Minnesota-bred band is actively fighting against the agency’s brutal takeover in Minneapolis
LuckyChap is attached to produce the project that has studios and streamers throwing their hats in the ring.
“The Lincoln Lawyer” is filming the second episode of Season 4, and the Lincoln Lawyer himself, Mickey Haller, played by Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, sits at the defense table in the courtroom that’s been carefully recreated at L.A. Center Studios. Watching from the stands is Legal
After several months of stalemate, the long-overdue State budget for 2026 has finally been adopted.
NASA fueled its new moon rocket in one final make-or-break test Monday, with hopes of sending astronauts on a lunar fly-around as soon as this coming weekend.
The Portuguese singer won the Grammy in the category of Best Rock Performance for his participation in 'Changes (Live from Villa Park)'. The show took place in Birmingham in 2025 at the final concert of legendary British heavy metal singer Ozzy Osbourne.
Recently, scientists from institutions including the University of Science and Technology of China made a fundamental breakthrough in nuclear-spin quantum precision measurement. They developed the first intercity nuclear-spin-based quantum sensor network, which experimentally
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth warned Iran's leaders on Monday that the Pentagon is “more than prepared” to act if Tehran refuses to negotiate with the U.S. over its nuclear program. "The President's been clear from the beginning, as he was before Midnight Hammer. Iran will
Harry Styles has debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 with “Aperture,” the lead single off his upcoming album “Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally.” “Aperture” marks his third song to hit the peak on the singles chart. “As It Was” bowed atop the chart in April 2022 and
A federal court on Monday halted the last of five stop work orders issued by the Trump administration in December to block major offshore wind farms, giving the wind energy industry five legal wins in a row over the government. Reagan appointee Royce Lamberth granted an
An analysis of an unusual enzyme could result in a new generation of antimicrobial medicines to counter antibiotic resistance. Key details in the enzyme-driven biosynthesis of a natural molecule with potent antibiotic activity have been revealed by chemists at RIKEN. This
The day after the FBI raided an elections office in Fulton County, Georgia, last week, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard arranged a call between the agents on the scene and President Trump. The New York Times reports that Gabbard called the president on her cell
Mistborn's wild tone and scope shifts might lose a lot of viewers. And a Warbreaker adaptation will be necessary to set up the characters anyway.
During an exhibition, Japanese volleyball player Yuji Nishida hit a courtside judge in the back with an errant serve. He immediately sprinted across the court and dove prostrate in apology. The gesture was a sort of sliding dogeza : Even in a country where a sincere apology can
Water powers our lives. It feeds our crops, keeps factories running, generates electricity, and fills our taps. But until now, no one had a clear, national picture of how much water we're using—and for what.
Blackgaze veterans Bosse-de-Nage will return this March with their first album in eight years, Hidden Fires Burn Hottest. The San Francisco combo announced the album with the release of its gorgeously chaotic lead single “No Such Place,” and today they’ve got another one.
House Oversight and Government Reform Chair James Comer (R-Ky.) on Monday rejected the latest offer from lawyers for former President Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton regarding their clients’ testimony regarding the panel’s probe into Jeffrey Epstein.
Turning Point USA has announced the performers for the alternative Super Bowl halftime show it is planning to livestream on Sunday during the NFL season finale. "The All-American Halftime Show," will celebrate "American faith, family, and freedom," the organization, founded by
Whether for drug screening or toxicity testing, stem cell-based 3D tissue models are key to biomedical research. However, producing cell aggregates in bioreactors is highly complex and cost-intensive. Until now, quality has only been checked at the end of the process. This
Every so often, the British Broadcasting Corporation will open up the Radio 2 Piano Room at Maida Vale Studios, and artists will head in there and record sessions with the BBC Radio Orchestra. Typically, those artists will play a couple of their own songs and then throw in a
Build a Rocket Boy's boss issued a bizarre cease and desist demand in Discord The post MindsEye CEO Threatens YouTuber With Legal Action Following Epstein Video appeared first on Kotaku .