Los Angeles, June 7 (IANS) Hollywood actress Jodie Foster is looking back at her days on the sets of the cult-classic ‘Taxi Driver’. The actress recently spoke about her time playing 12-year-old sex worker Iris in ‘Taxi Driver’ alongside Martin Scorsese, Robert De Niro and Paul Schrader during the film’s 50th anniversary reunion at the Tribeca Festival, reports ‘Variety’.One memory that remains “seared in (her) memory” is arriving on set and finding Scorsese and Robert De Niro …

New Delhi, June 7 (IANS) Artificial intelligence has emerged as the leading reason behind job cuts in the United States this year, with AI-driven layoffs in the first five months of 2026 already surpassing the combined total recorded over the previous two years, according to a report by outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas.The report showed that US employers announced more than 97,000 job cuts in May 2026, making it the highest May layoff total since the onset of the Covid-19 pande…

New Delhi, June 7 (IANS) China’s education policies in Tibet are increasingly becoming a battleground over identity, history and cultural preservation, according to a report. The Eurasia review, said in a report that educational reforms implemented under the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) are reshaping how Tibetan children understand their own heritage.In its report titled “Tibet Is Not Han China: Reject The Rewriting Of A Living Civilisation”, it contends that the struggle for Tibet extends beyo…

New Delhi, June 7 (IANS) External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar and his Indonesian counterpart, Sugiono, co-chaired the 8th Indonesia–India Joint Commission Meeting in New Delhi on Sunday, discussing key priorities under the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership. Sugiono stated that he looked forward to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s upcoming visit to Indonesia.”Delighted to co-chair the 8th Indonesia–India Joint Commission Meeting with Dr S Jaishankar, External Affairs Minister of India…

New Delhi, June 7 (IANS) The DMK and CPI-M on Sunday came down heavily on the Congress, accusing the party of “backstabbing” and “abusing” its partners in the INDIA bloc, and also charged its leaders with not taking everyone along in the Opposition alliance.The reaction came amid rifts between the Congress and its INDIA bloc allies, the DMK, the CPI-M and the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM). While the DMK has conveyed its decision not to participate in the Opposition alliance’s meeting on June 8, f…

Chandigarh, June 7 (IANS) The CBI arrested a Chandigarh Police Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) for demanding a bribe of Rs 50,000 from the owner of a vehicle involved in a road accident, an official said on Sunday.Hitesh Kumar, posted as an ASI at Police Station Sector-39, Chandigarh, was arrested on Saturday after receiving a complaint, the CBI said.The CBI registered a case against the ASI on Saturday after the complainant alleged that the accused ASI demanded a bribe of Rs 50,000 from him to re…

Patna, June 7 (IANS) The controversy surrounding popular educator and YouTuber Faisal Khan, widely known as Khan Sir, has escalated in Bihar following the registration of an FIR against him, as the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) said that appropriate action will be taken against those who break the law. The case stems from a disturbance reported on June 2 at a coaching institute in Patna’s Kadamkuan area.Besides Khan Sir, the police have also registered an FIR against his two arrested security gua…

Gangtok, June 7 (IANS) Sikkim Chief Minister Prem Singh Tamang on Sunday expressed profound grief over the death of four residents of Lingdok under the Kabi-Lungchok constituency, who lost their lives in a tragic incident while travelling to Siliguri in neighbouring West Bengal. In a social media post, the Chief Minister conveyed his heartfelt condolences to the bereaved families and prayed for strength and courage for them to cope with the irreparable loss. “It is with deep sorrow that we mourn…

New Delhi, June 7 (IANS) When historian Ramachandra Guha remarked that he did not believe Congress leader Rahul Gandhi was equipped to handle major national challenges such as an energy crisis or a war, he gave voice to a question that has lingered in Indian politics for years. The significance of the observation lay less in the remark itself and more in who made it. Guha is hardly known for being sympathetic to Prime Minister Narendra Modi or the BJP. His criticism of the government has been co…

Mumbai, June 7 (IANS) Music composer Jigar Saraiya of Sachin–Jigar has shared that it’s the responsibility of Indian artistes and listeners to make our sound global. Sachin–Jigar spoke with IANS during the promotions of their latest film album ‘Chand Mera Dil’ in the city.When asked if the global sound is eroding the Indian culture of our music or our mainstream sound, Jigar said, “I think it’s only our responsibility that if something is going on globally, then how can we globalize …