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Hangover cures are big business. Do they actually work?

IV drips are now offered at clinics and 'drip bars' for hangovers. But unless you’re severely dehydrated, there’s little evidence they work any better than water, food, and rest.

Putin keeps bombing Ukrainian civilians. Is he desperate or impatient?

What Putin sees when he surveys the international scene is weakness. In his thinking, such weakness needs to be exploited – now is the time to hurt Ukraine as much as possible.

Core training is the new ab workout. What’s the difference?

There’s evidence suggesting core stability training can help reduce bouts of lower back pain. However, it doesn’t appear to be any more effective than walking or weight training.

Yunus govt cleared path, Bangladesh top court showed the way. Jamaat back in poll fray after 12 yrs

Last week, Bangladesh’s Supreme Court overturned death sentence of senior Jamaat-e-Islami leader Azharul Islam, acquitting him of war crimes charges dating back to 1971 war.

Shake-ups & protests lay bare simmering fault lines between Yunus govt & Bangladesh’s diplomats

In a sudden reversal last week, Bangladesh foreign affairs ministry cancelled transfer of Shabab Bin Ahmed, who was set to head the country’s mission in Kolkata. The move sparked a row.

LAC tensions, China aiding Pakistan’s WMD ambitions—what US flagged in annual worldwide threat report

In an unclassified threat assessment paper, US' DIA says Islamabad sees New Delhi as an ‘existential threat’ & will push its development of nuclear weapons to offset India.

As Asim Munir spoke in Quetta, separatist group claimed control of a city in Balochistan

Munir Friday talked about apparent need for peaceful resolution of 'Kashmir issue' & condemned India for what he claimed was ‘hydro-terrorism’, a reference to New Delhi putting Indus treaty in abeyance.

In video shared by Hasina’s son, LeT terrorist claims role in her ouster & ‘Modi’s defeat in Bangladesh’

A video of US-designated terrorist senior LeT commander Muzammil Hashmi is doing the rounds on social media. Hashmi is purportedly seen claiming LeT 'defeated Modi in Bangladesh' last yr.

India preempted Pakistan’s offensive, struck military sites, Rawalpindi airport, says PM Shehbaz Sharif

Speaking at the Pakistan-Turkey-Azerbaijan trilateral summit, Sharif confirmed Pakistan’s military had prepared a targeted strike against India 'on the night of 9 and 10 May'.

Pakistan likely to hold open sessions at UNSC on J&K, Operation Sindoor during its presidency in July

India, though not a member of UN Security Council, has been diplomatically active with 13 of its 15 members. Pakistan is set to assume UNSC presidency after a little over 12 yrs.

On Camera

What copyright, plagiarism mean for art and artists

Columbia Law School professor Timothy Wu, referring to a copyright dispute in the US, had said ‘if the underlying art is recognisable in the new art, then you have got a problem’.

Global financial system is reaching a major turning point. Why interoperability is important

While digital assets are speeding ahead, the tech and regulatory frameworks behind them aren’t keeping up. Each blockchain still operates with its own governance, standards andcompliance assumptions.

Losses are not important, outcomes are—CDS General Anil Chauhan on Operation Sindoor ‘setbacks’

Pakistan wanted to get India to its knees in 48 hours but instead folded up in about 8 hours, he asserts. 'India is not going to live under shadow of terror & nuclear blackmail.'

Asim Munir just stole his 5th star & has nothing to show for it. It’ll make him desperate, dangerous

Asim Munir locked up Imran Khan, had his handmaiden parliament give himself an extended tenure. But the additional jingle of that fifth star will not change facts on the ground.