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Last Updated: December 23, 2025, 13:52 IST China’s comments come in the backdrop of massive unrest in Bangladesh, with journalists and civil society members raising an alarm about deteriorating security conditions Rapid Read Summarized by AI. + China has expressed support for safe and stable elections in Bangladesh amid violent unrest, attacks on media, and

Last Updated: December 23, 2025, 13:27 IST The FDA has approved the first daily pill for obesity, Wegovy, giving Novo Nordisk an edge over Eli Lilly in offering an oral weight-loss option. A woman holds up a dosage of Wegovy, a drug used for weight loss (Photo: AP) The US Food and Drug Administration has

Last Updated: December 23, 2025, 13:22 IST At the centre of these claims is Gopal Singh Chawla, a Sikh leader in Pakistan’s Punjab province, who has allegedly been under de facto house arrest for nearly three years. Sikh leader Gopal Chawla’s past associations complicate the picture. He had earlier worked closely with Jamaat-ud-Dawa founder and

Last Updated: December 23, 2025, 13:20 IST Amid protests and calls for justice for Hadi, Bangladesh’s Yunus has promised polls on time. News18 decodes intel assessment of how the crisis could impact political situation Rapid Read Summarized by AI. + Hadi’s killing triggers violent protests, heightening instability before Bangladesh polls Yunus vows elections on Feb

Last Updated: December 23, 2025, 12:32 IST The first ship, named Trump-class USS Defiant, is expected to enter construction soon. Trump said the first vessels would become operational within two-and-a-half years. US President Donald Trump. (File photo) US President Donald Trump has announced plans to commission a new series of heavily armed Navy battleships named

Myanmar’s junta is set to preside over voting starting Sunday (December 28, 2025), touting heavily restricted polls as a return to democracy five years after it ousted the last elected government, triggering civil war. Former civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi remains jailed and her hugely popular party dissolved after soldiers ended the nation’s decade-long

Come winter and the national capital wakes up with thick smog and severely low air quality, which cripples the city and poses serious health challenges. The directions given by the Delhi government and the Directorate of Education to ensure work from home and to run classes in schools in hybrid mode respectively do not bring

The story so far: Millions of naturally occurring Micrometeoroids and Orbital Debris (MMOD) orbit the earth, posing a constant threat to all spacecraft and space stations. The menace attracted global attention recently when a piece of debris struck the Chinese crewed vehicle Shenzhou-20, causing a minor crack in the window of its return capsule, rendering