According to police, the accused, 35-year-old Vikas Kumar Yadav, is a resident of Shabdoun village under the Fatehpur police station area. (File Photo)Police in Bihar’s Gaya district arrested a man on Saturday for allegedly creating and circulating objectionable images of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s son and JD(U) leader Nishant Kumar and folk singer-turned-MLA Maithili Thakur using Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology and photo editing tools and posting them on Facebook last week. According to police, the accused, 35-year-old Vikas Kumar Yadav, is a resident of Shabdoun village under the Fatehpur police station area. The images reportedly went viral soon after being posted, prompting complaints and drawing the attention of the police. Taking note of the seriousness of the matter, the Fatehpur police launched a probe and traced the social media activity through digital and technical analysis.

March 16, 2026 03:57 UTC

“A balance between proximity and independence is extremely important for ageing parents,” Dr Shankar said. How families can support ageing parents without taking away autonomy“Healthy involvement begins with open communication,” Dr Shankar said. “Older adults should be supported in maintaining hobbies, social activities and community engagement because these preserve their individuality,” she explained. Story continues below this ad“Families can assist with things like scheduling medical appointments, managing technology or occasional household tasks,” Dr Shankar said. “When help is offered in a respectful and collaborative way, ageing parents feel valued rather than dependent,” Dr Shankar added.

March 16, 2026 03:50 UTC

Brigitte Bardot, Malcolm-Jamal Warner, James Van Der Beek and Eric Dane were among the names missing from the In Memoriam segment at the 98th Academy Awards on Monday. The annual tribute, presented during the ceremony at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, honoured film industry figures who died over the past year. ADVERTISEMENT“It’s been an unimaginably hard year where we’ve lost a lot of icons and titans of the film industry. Actors Warner, Van Der Beek and Dane were also absent from the broadcast tribute. However, all three performers are better associated with television than with the film industry, which might explain their exclusion from the telecast.

March 16, 2026 03:31 UTC

जागरण न्यूज नेटवर्क, नई दिल्ली। ईरान रिवोल्यूशनरी गार्ड कोर (आईआरजीसी) ने कहा है कि अगर इजरायली पीएम बेंजामिन नेतन्याहू जिंदा हैं तो वो उनका पीछा कर उन्हें मार डालेगा। आईआरजीसी ने नेतन्याहू को बच्चों का हत्यारा बताया है। हालांकि कई खबरों के मुताबिक, इजरायली पीएम कार्यालय ने नेतन्याहू की मौत की बात को फेक न्यूज बताया है।मीनाब में स्कूल पर हमला गौरतलब है कि अमेरिका-इजरायल और ईरान के बीच युद्ध के पहले दिन दक्षिणी ईरान के शहर मीनाब में लड़कियों के एक स्कूल पर हमला हुआ, जिसमें 160 से ज्यादा लोग मारे गए। इनमें छात्राओं के अलावा स्कूल के कर्मचारी भी शामिल थे। ईरान में इस हमले के बाद लोगों में जबरदस्त आक्रोश देखा गया और इन लड़कियों के जनाजे में बड़ी संख्या में ईरानी जनता शामिल हुई थी। नेतन्याहू को अज्ञात अंजाम ईरानी सरकारी मीडिया की रिपोर्ट के अनुसार आईआरजीसी ने एक बयान में कहा, जियोनिस्ट अपराधी प्रधानमंत्री का अज्ञात अंजाम, और उनकी मौत या कब्जे वाले इलाकों से अपने परिवार के साथ उनके भाग निकलने की संभावना है। यह एक संकट और जियोनिस्ट की डगमगाती स्थिति को उजागर करती है।आईआरजीसी ने आगे कहा, अगर बच्चों की हत्या करने वाला अपराधी जीवित है तो हम पूरी ताकत से पीछा करके उन्हें मार डालेंगे। रिवोल्यूशनरी गा‌र्ड्स की ओर से कहा गया है कि इजरायल और अमेरिका ने बिना किसी कारण के ईरान पर हमला करते हुए युद्ध शुरू किया है। ईरान इस युद्ध को पूरी मजबूती से लड़ रहा है और इजरायल के प्रधानमंत्री बेंजामिन नेतन्याहू को छोड़ा नहीं जाएगा।

March 16, 2026 03:17 UTC

However, they found an unusual amount of DNA of modern humans on the Neanderthal X chromosome. Comparison of Neanderthal and modern human genomes yielded a startling discovery — current human genomes contain segments of Neanderthal DNA. Later, it was discovered that most of the human X chromosome lacks Neanderthal ancestry. The recent study has now established that the X chromosome of Neanderthals across time had 62 per cent more modern human DNA compared to their autosomal chromosomes. The simplest explanation is that, over a large number of generations, Neanderthal males mated more often with human females than human males mated with Neanderthal females.

March 16, 2026 03:07 UTC

Irish actress Jessie Buckley won the Oscar for Best Actress in a Leading Role for her performance in Hamnet, capping a dominant awards season at the 98th Academy Awards on Monday. ADVERTISEMENTThe Oscar win follows an impressive sweep through the awards circuit, with Buckley already taking home the Bafta, Golden Globe, Critics’ Choice, and SAG Award for the same role. Directed by Chloé Zhao, Hamnet is a historical drama based on Maggie O'Farrell’s bestselling novel inspired by the life of William Shakespeare. Her mother was a vocal coach and her father a poet, influences that shaped her early love for performance. Buckley later moved to London to study at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, graduating in 2013.

March 16, 2026 03:01 UTC

Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another emerged as the big winner at the 98th Academy Awards, taking home the Best Picture trophy and capping a strong awards-season run for the film. ADVERTISEMENTIn the weeks leading up to the ceremony, Sinners had been widely tipped by sections of the industry and awards watchers as a potential Best Picture winner after its strong showing across critics’ groups and guild awards. However, when the final envelope was opened on Oscar night, it was One Battle After Another that secured the Academy’s top honour. The Best Picture win capped an impressive awards-season run for the film. In addition to the Oscar, One Battle After Another collected several major honours across the circuit, including Bafta, Golden Globes and Critics Choice Awards.

March 16, 2026 02:53 UTC

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March 16, 2026 02:41 UTC

Director Paul Thomas Anderson finally secured his first Academy Award, winning Best Director for his political drama One Battle After Another after years of near-misses at the Oscars. In February, he won the Directors Guild of America (DGA) Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement, the BAFTA for Best Director, and the Golden Globe for Best Director, all for One Battle After Another. Despite the acclaim, Anderson had repeatedly come up short at the Academy Awards. In 2007, he lost the Best Director prize to Joel Coen and Ethan Coen for No Country for Old Men, which also won Best Picture. The film also bagged three more Oscars on Monday, with Anderson winning one for best screenplay.

March 16, 2026 02:33 UTC

The actor won the Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role for his ambitious dual performance in the supernatural thriller Sinners, capping off one of the most talked-about performances of the year. Jordan portrayed twin brothers Smoke and Stack in the film, delivering two sharply distinct characters that anchored the film’s eerie, genre-bending story. ADVERTISEMENTThe film marks the fifth collaboration between Jordan and director Ryan Coogler, following Fruitvale Station, Creed and two Black Panther movies. The genre-bending film became one of the Academy’s biggest contenders, earning a record 16 nominations. His victory also places him among a small group of Black actors to win the Academy Award for Best Actor.

March 16, 2026 02:33 UTC

Golden, the hit song from the Netflix animated film KPop Demon Hunters, was awarded the Best Song title at the 98th Academy Awards on Monday. The other songs nominated in this category were I Lied to You from Sinners (Raphael Saadiq/Ludwig Göransson), Train Dreams from Train Dreams (Nick Cave/Bryce Dessner), Dear Me from Diane Warren: Relentless, and Sweet Dreams of Joy from Viva Verdi!. ADVERTISEMENTEJAE, REI AMI and Audrey Nuna have lent their voice to this breakout single, which became the first female K-pop song to reach No. KPop Demon Hunters won Best Animated Feature at the Academy Awards, beating Arco, Elio, Little Amélie or the Character of Rain, Zootopia 2. KPop Demon Hunters follows K-pop superstars Rumi, Mira and Zoey, who lead double lives as demon hunters protecting their fans from supernatural threats.

March 16, 2026 02:23 UTC

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar says diplomacy, not warships, may be the most effective way to reopen the Strait of Hormuz after direct talks with Iran allowed two Indian gas tankers to pass safely through the crucial waterway. Iran has largely closed the waterway amid the widening Middle East conflict, choking off tanker traffic and sending global energy prices sharply higher. For India, which imports around 85 per cent of its oil and gas, reopening the strait is critical for the economy. This means oil tankers can load and store crude there without having to pass through the Strait of Hormuz. Separately, Union Minister Piyush Goyal said over the weekend that “on crude oil, on fuel, we are pretty well placed.

March 16, 2026 02:01 UTC

Last year, an upper-caste person in Himachal Pradesh had locked a 12-year-old scheduled caste boy in a cowshed for the 'crime' of entering a space meant for a dominant caste. In many areas, people of the same caste reside together, a pattern visible in rural India and now in modern towns. This kind of segregation creates an invisible divide where dominant castes often treat the marginalised as territorial intruders. In segregated villages, Dalit communities are often economically dependent on dominant caste groups. Every state should establish SPSs in its districts, and the legislature should enact a uniform witness protection Act.

March 16, 2026 01:57 UTC

An “appropriate” benchmark means a fund’s alpha will be useful for evaluation only if it holds stocks from the chosen benchmark. Regulation allows large-cap funds to invest not more than 20% in stocks outside of the benchmark. So, comparison of a large-cap fund’s performance to its benchmark may not be technically meaningful. In this article, we discuss when it is acceptable, though not necessarily accurate, to compare large-cap fund performance to its large-cap benchmark. At the first level is the comparison of the fund’s performance with its benchmark index.

March 16, 2026 01:56 UTC

President ​Donald Trump said ‌on Sunday (March 15, 2026) that the ​United States ⁠could soon reach a deal with Cuba or ‌take other action, signalling that ‌developments in the long-strained ‌relationship ⁠may come ⁠quickly. “Cuba also wants to make a deal, ​and I ‌think we will pretty soon either make a deal or ‌do whatever we ​have to do,” Mr. Trump said. “We’re talking ⁠to Cuba, but we’re going to ‌do Iran before Cuba.”The comments come as tensions between Washington and Havana remain elevated following ‌years of sanctions, diplomatic friction ​and disputes over migration and ⁠security, with regional allies and ⁠investors watching closely for signs ‌of a policy shift.

March 16, 2026 01:33 UTC