Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday labelled the Congress “naked”, referring to a “shirtless protest” by the party’s youth activists two days earlier at the AI Impact Summit in New Delhi. Congress leaders arrived at the venue, in front of foreign guests, without clothes,” Modi told a gathering in Meerut. Whatever the Congress leaders did there shows that the oldest political party of the country is ideologically bankrupt,” the Prime Minister said. The entire country is spitting on the Congress’s behaviour but Congress leaders are hurling invectives (at Modi) shamelessly. “The eccentric and uncontrolled (sirfire aur belagaam) Congress leaders alone are hell-bent on destroying the country….

The maximum temperature touched 30 degrees on Wednesday after nearly three months. On Sunday, the maximum temperature was 31.2 degrees Celsius, while the minimum was 20.4 degrees Celsius. Met officials cited two main factors: the consistently cold winter that just passed and the rising humidity. Rain forecastThe Met office has discounted the possibility of any significant change in the minimum temperature in the next seven days. If it rains, the overcast conditionsmay lower the maximum temperature by a couple ofdegrees.

A young woman was allegedly pulled into a car by an acquaintance, molested and thrown out of the vehicle at Behala Chowrasta on Saturday evening, police said. She was then assaulted inside the car by the same person before being kicked out of the vehicle, said the officer. Based on her complaint, police have started a case of outrage of modesty of a woman and arrested the 18-year-old student. Last week, a similar incident was reported in Kasba, where a young woman had boarded a car as she knew two of the men inside. But inside the car, she was allegedly molested by the men before being dropped off near Anandapur.

Last year, as tourism grew worldwide, the United States was the only major destination to see a decline in foreign visitors, recording a 6% drop, according to the World Travel and Tourism Council, an industry group. Visitors from Canada, usually the second-largest source of U.S. tourism after Mexico, plunged by 28% in January compared with January 2024. Headwinds in FloridaWith so many international tourists interested in visiting Florida, the state serves as a bellwether for foreign visitation to the United States. In January, Germany updated its travel advisory to the United States, warning of increased risks from political violence, demonstrations and immigration enforcement in cities like Minneapolis. He said that while some customers have raised questions about the political climate in the United States, demand is historically driven by prices.

Protesters said the turnout represented “the whole of JNU”, and described it as one of the largest mobilisations on campus in recent months. “Such a V-C has no place in a campus like JNU,” he said. The protest followed a JNUSU statement on Friday demanding the VC’s resignation over what it called “blatantly casteist statements” made during the media interview published last week. In the interview, Pandit said, “You cannot progress by being permanently a victim or playing the victim card. Story continues below this adOn the equity regulations, Pandit said during the interview that they had been introduced without adequate consultation.

India condemns Pakistan’s airstrikes on Afghan territoryIndia on Sunday (February 22, 2026) strongly condemned Pakistan’s fresh airstrikes on Afghan territory that resulted in civilian casualties. Looking forward to Israel visit: PM ModiPrime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday (February 22, 2026) said he was looking forward to his upcoming visit to Israel. The Prime Minister said this on X in response to Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s comment that Mr. Modi would visit Israel on Wednesday (February 25, 2026). “Thank you, my friend, Prime Minister Netanyahu. Gunshots fired at student outside BHU hostelGunshots were allegedly fired at a student outside the Birla hostel at Banaras Hindu University (BHU), officials said on Sunday (February 22, 2026).

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Since Budget 2025, the new tax regime has clearly eclipsed the old for most income groups, aided by friendlier slabs and lower rates. In such cases, the savings are significant enough to tilt the choice in favour of the old regime. *Assuming the proposed rules related to the new Income Tax Act, 2025 are finalised in their current form and implemented from 1 April 2026. #Tax-savings calculations factor in standard deductions of Rs.50,000 under the old regime and Rs.75,000 under the new regime. Though the arithmetic may favour the old regime if the draft rules are finalised, not all exemptions may be available to every employee.

In April 2016, the government first imposed a partial ban on country liquor, which soon expanded into a complete statewide prohibition. Later that year, Bihar enacted the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act, 2016, introducing stringent penalties, imprisonment provisions, and collective fines. “Why Most Women in Bihar Want Liquor Ban to Continue.” The Federal. “Nine Years into Liquor Ban, State Logs 190 Hooch Deaths.” The Times of India. The Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act, 2016.

At India’s AI summit last week, controversy erupted briefly when a private university official described a Chinese-made robot dog as homegrown. But experts say the episode should not obscure India’s expanding AI deployment, although it underscores the persistent concerns that India trails China in investment and research. Yet the scale of India’s ambitions is underscored by the size of the gap with the US and China. IIT Gandhinagar faculty, for instance, can guide teachers on the choice of large language models for specific tasks. The robot-dog episode briefly punctuated a summit that, analysts say, was focused on AI expansion.

The college also plans to make its website accessible to persons with visual challenges and build tactile paths across campus to aid navigation. ADVERTISEMENT“At present, we don’t have any students who are visually challenged, but we need to be inclusive in our approach. Earlier last week, Loreto College celebrated its 114th Foundation Day with a presentation on the Braille installation, highlighting the step as part of fostering a more inclusive future. The college has installed Braille signs outside 15 classrooms, with plans to cover all rooms soon. “In departments where there have been students with disabilities, our girls have been sensitive to their needs.

The classroom, once the unquestioned centre of intellectual life, has gradually lost its gravity. The idea of the university as a shared space, demanding presence and participation, appears to be weakening. Such habits are cultivated through repeated encounters, through shared attention, and through the discipline of showing up. The quiet classroom raises a larger concern about how education is now being experienced. It is a pause that invites reflection and perhaps a renewed commitment to the life of the classroom.

A clutch of states and small American businesses had sued Mr Trump’s administration, arguing that he had encroached upon the US Congress’s powers and autonomy by inflicting the worldwide tariffs. Mr Trump, characteristically, has dug in his heels. How, for instance, would the court’s decision affect Mr Trump’s leverage on China, a nation that he is expected to visit? But will Mr Trump acquiesce, given his domestic political compulsions? What makes this decision-making particularly challenging is the unpredictability that has been ushered in, first by Mr Trump’s tariff regime and, now, by the US Supreme Court’s dismissal of it.

Mexico’s most wanted man, drug cartel leader Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, known as “El Mencho”, has been killed during a military operation, according to the BBC. The 59-year-old head of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) died on Sunday after being seriously injured in clashes between his supporters and security forces in Jalisco state. After the operation, cartel members set up roadblocks, burned vehicles and attacked security forces in several states. Former US ambassador to Mexico Christopher Landau described El Mencho as “one of the bloodiest and most ruthless drug kingpins”. It may also affect ties with US President Donald Trump has called for stronger action by Mexico on security and drug trafficking.

The three-day India-US trade talks, set to start Monday in Washington DC to finalise the legal text of the agreement struck earlier this month, have been rescheduled. This comes after the US Supreme Court ruled that President Donald Trump overstepped his powers by imposing sweeping tariffs under International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA), The Indian Express has learnt. India and the US had agreed to a framework but were yet to officially sign the deal. The talks assumed significance as the agreement, like all Trump deals in this regard, was unconventional in nature and could fall out of the ambit of traditional World Trade Organisation (WTO) norms. Government officials had said that market access from the Indian side would only be possible after the legal agreement is signed.