Feds have UFO transparency problem: Ex-security official

Feds have UFO transparency problem: Ex-security official

(NewsNation) — A former top-ranking U.S. security official believes the federal government needs to be more transparent in its attempts to engage with detected unidentified anomalous phenomena rather than trying to hide its encounters from the general public. Christopher Mellon, who served as the deputy assistant secretary of defense for intelligence in the Bill Clinton … Read more

Feds’ alcohol guidance review stirs debate on health vs. freedom

Feds’ alcohol guidance review stirs debate on health vs. freedom

(NewsNation) — A federal review of alcohol consumption guidelines is drawing criticism from lawmakers and industry advocates who view it as government overreach. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has convened a six-member advisory board to reassess current drinking recommendations. Three researchers on the board have previously argued that any amount of alcohol … Read more

The US Is Being Flooded by Chinese Vapes

The US Is Being Flooded by Chinese Vapes

In late March, a smoke shop in Dyersburg, Tennessee, announced the arrival of a new product in its store: a disposable nicotine vape with an LCD display that can be connected to a smartphone via Bluetooth. Marketed under the brand name RAMA, the strawberry- and kiwi-flavored vape looks more like a cell phone from the … Read more

Benny Gantz, man in the middle squeezed out by Israel’s Netanyahu

Benny Gantz, man in the middle squeezed out by Israel’s Netanyahu

In the traumatic aftermath of the Oct. 7 attacks on Israel, as hundreds of thousands of Israeli reservists rushed to join the ranks to fight Hamas, Benny Gantz said he felt it was his duty to join the war effort. “This is not a political partnership I am in,” the centrist former general told a … Read more

IHCL: India well poised to benefit from great opportunities coming from hotels and hospitality sector: Puneet Chhatwal, IHCL

IHCL: India well poised to benefit from great opportunities coming from hotels and hospitality sector: Puneet Chhatwal, IHCL

“Achche din ki sabse badi guarantee hai the growth in the GDP. So, India having reached fifth largest economy status and all the pundits and all the gurus from IMF to investment houses to all the economists predict that India will be number three in a very short duration of time,” says Puneet Chhatwal, MD … Read more

all eyes on rafah: Palestinian Islamic Jihad group releases video of Russian-Israeli hostage Sasha Trufanov alive in Gaza around 200 days after abduction

all eyes on rafah: Palestinian Islamic Jihad group releases video of Russian-Israeli hostage Sasha Trufanov alive in Gaza around 200 days after abduction

The Palestinian Islamic Jihad group has released a 30-second video featuring hostage Alexander (Sasha) Trufanov in the Gaza Strip. The undated 30-second video showed Trufanov identifying himself and indicating that he would soon discuss his and other hostages’ experiences. Sasha Trufanov was Abducted in October 2023 On October 7, a large-scale attack by Hamas-led terrorists … Read more

election 2024: In a ‘no-option’ election, despite absence of a Modi wave, he remains the central factor: Neerja Chowdhury

election 2024: In a ‘no-option’ election, despite absence of a Modi wave, he remains the central factor: Neerja Chowdhury

Neerja Chowdhury, Journalist & Political Commentator, says BJP leaders are super confident that they are already home and dry. It goes without saying that the BJP will form the government. Whatever be the number, BJP is going to be the single largest party and is likely to be invited by the Election Commission of India … Read more

Vijay Shekhar Sharma: Inclusive growth should be priority of government: Vijay Shekhar Sharma, Paytm

Vijay Shekhar Sharma: Inclusive growth should be priority of government: Vijay Shekhar Sharma, Paytm

Vijay Shekhar Sharma, MD, Paytm, says economic growth will be reaching every nook and corner and every village and place and that should be the priority. “That is what I believe the next government should be focused on,” he says.How has been the overall experience in terms of carrying out your business, the last government … Read more

More than 115,000 flee as Cyclone Remal approaches Bangladesh

More than 115,000 flee as Cyclone Remal approaches Bangladesh

Patuakhali, Bangladesh: More than 115,000 Bangladeshis left their coastal villages on Sunday for concrete storm shelters further inland as the low-lying nation prepared for crashing waves when a cyclone makes landfall, officials said. Cyclone Remal is set to hit the southern coast and parts of neighbouring India on Sunday evening, with Bangladesh’s weather department predicting … Read more

markets: Markets peak on optimism, not on relative pessimism: Deepak Shenoy

markets: Markets peak on optimism, not on relative pessimism: Deepak Shenoy

“I think while the markets are going up, the mood seems to be less elevated across the globe. So, I still think there is some place to go. Just speaking, of course, as a portfolio manager you have to be long and therefore very optimistic, so a little bit of biased stance. But I do … Read more