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Suvendu Adhikari to Take Oath as West Bengal Chief Minister on Saturday

May 8, 2026 Editor In Chief

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, May 8: The “giant killer” Suvendu Adhikari, who defeated the outgoing chief minister Mamata Banerjee in her stronghold of Bhabanipur constituency in Kolkata city, was on Friday elected the leader of the BJP legislature party in West Bengal to be sworn-in as the chief minister of the first BJP government in […]

Education

India’s first international ophthalmology research conference to be held in Delhi

May 8, 2026 revoi editor

New Delhi: India’s first international ophthalmology research conference will be held at the Manekshaw Centre in New Delhi on May 9 and 10, the defence ministry said on Friday. The event will be inaugurated by Minister of State for Defence Sanjay Seth. The two-day event, titled AIOS-Armed Forces Ophthalmology Update (AIOS-AFOU 2026), is being organised […]

Defence

Operation Sindoor showcased India’s new military ethos, collective resolve: Rajnath Singh

May 8, 2026 revoi editor

New Delhi: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday described Operation Sindoor as a “short-duration, deep-penetration, high-intensity and high-impact” operation that demonstrated India’s growing military capabilities and collective resolve. Addressing the second edition of the Joint Commanders’ Conference in Jaipur, the defence minister said the operation reflected the Indian armed forces’ swift, precise and joint response […]

Business

Trump’s crackdown on China-linked solar firms stalls U.S. factory boom

May 8, 2026 revoi editor

New Delhi: Top solar companies, banks and insurers have stopped doing business with at least a half dozen recently built U.S. panel factories because of uncertainty over whether their ties to China could disqualify them from clean-energy subsidies, according to industry executives and documents reviewed by Reuters. The shift, driven by new Trump administration policies, […]

English

Global perceptions of US fall below Russia under Trump, survey finds

May 8, 2026 revoi editor

New Delhi: Global perceptions of the U.S. have deteriorated for a second consecutive year and are now worse than views of Russia, an annual study on democracy published on Friday showed, as U.S. President Donald Trump’s policies continue to severely strain the NATO alliance. The Denmark-based Alliance of Democracies Foundation, which commissioned the survey, said […]

English

Shivraj Singh Chouhan orders expert panel to address litchi crop crisis in Bihar

May 8, 2026 revoi editor

New Delhi: Union Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has ordered the formation of a special expert task force to tackle the growing crisis affecting litchi farmers in Bihar, where crops are reportedly suffering extensive damage due to the litchi stink bug. The decision comes after farmers raised concerns about the pest attack […]

Business

Sensex, Nifty end lower as US-Iran tensions weigh on market sentiment

May 8, 2026 revoi editor

New Delhi: Indian benchmark indices ended lower on Friday as renewed tensions between the United States and Iran dampened investor sentiment and triggered caution across sectors. The selloff was largely led by banking stocks, while gains in IT shares helped limit the downside. The Nifty ended 150.50 points or 0.62 per cent down at 24,176.15 […]