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For nearly a decade, a California town fought to seize its privately owned water utility California’s highest court has rejected a key legal argument in a decade-long effort by a Southern California town to take control of its local water system. The California Supreme Court ruled 7-0, August 24, against the Town of Apple Valley, finding that judges do not have to automatically defer to local governments seeking to take private utilities through eminent domain. Writing for the unanimous court, Associate Justice Leondra Kruger rejected Apple Valley’s argument that its declaration of public necessity should receive only limited judicial review.…

School holidays today, August 26, 2026: State-wise status across India Schools in several parts of India are closed today, Wednesday, August 26, 2026, for Eid-e-Milad, also known as Milad-un-Nabi. However, the holiday is not a blanket school closure across the country. School schedules are determined by state holiday calendars, education departments, district orders and individual institutions.Eid-e-Milad is listed as a gazetted holiday in the Central Government holiday calendar for August 26. The National Portal of India also provides separate holiday calendars for individual states and Union Territories, reflecting differences in local observances.School holiday status on August 26The following state-wise position…

After Tom Felton, the Broadway stage is now gearing up for the return of another ‘Harry Potter’ star – Rupert Grint, aka, the original Ron Weasley.The actor, best known for his leading role in the ‘Harry Potter’ movies, will reportedly slip back into his old role on Broadway next year in ‘Harry Potter and the Cursed Child’. Grint, who starred in all eight of the ‘Harry Potter’ movies from 2001 to 2011, will join the play at the Lyric Theatre from Feb. 2 to May 30, 2027.Rupert Grint joins ‘Harry Potter and the Cursed Child’In an official announcement the show’s…

Few things unsettle a parent quite like hearing “I hate school” for the first time, especially when it comes out of nowhere from a kid who used to bound out the door every morning. The instinct is often to either brush it off as normal grumbling or panic and assume the worst, but child psychologists are fairly consistent on one point: this kind of reluctance is rarely about laziness or drama, and it’s almost never worth jumping to conclusions before actually understanding what’s behind it. According to PubMed Central (PMC), research shows school refusal isn’t even classified as its own…

Shubman Gill, left, and Prasidh Krishna on day three of the second Test cricket match between India and Sri Lanka, in Colombo, Sri Lanka. (PTI Photo) MUMBAI: Another impressive outing by Prasidh Krishna, who returned figures of 3-47 in 14 overs on a day when Sri Lanka’s batters showed plenty of resolve before rain halted play, emerged as one of India’s biggest positives on Day Three of the second Test at SSC.The tall pacer used the short ball effectively to dismiss Kamil Mishara and Kamindu Mendis, underlining his growing stature in India’s pace attack.Krishna’s journey to becoming a dependable Test…

An old iron fitting found among scrap metal in eastern Poland has turned out to be part of a burial that disappeared from the archaeological record long ago. The object, recovered in Hrubieszów, is a shield boss dating to around the 2nd century CE. More unexpectedly, traces of cremated human bone were still preserved within soil lodged inside it.The discovery does not amount to a complete grave. The shield is gone, as are the other objects that would normally help archaeologists understand who was buried and when. Yet the surviving piece carries several clues about a cremation ceremony associated with…

How Aadhaar solved a billion-person biometric computing challenge In 2009, when the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) was formed, the task before its founding team, led by Nandan Nilekani, went far beyond creating another national identity database. India needed a system capable of enrolling more than a billion people while ensuring that one person could not obtain multiple identities and that two different individuals were not mistakenly treated as the same person.The scale was unprecedented. Large biometric databases already existed in several countries, but Aadhaar represented a leap into largely uncharted territory. The challenge was not simply storing a…

Blake Lively has been awarded just around USD 400,000 in legal costs from actor and director Justin Baldoni after settling their legal battle over the production of their 2024 film ‘It Ends With Us’.A federal judge, Lewis J. Liman ruled Wednesday that the actress would get only a fraction of the USD 8 million she sought. He explained in a written decision in Manhattan why Lively was not entitled to the full amount that her lawyers claim was spent after Baldoni and his production company, Wayfarer Studios LLC, filed their own claims in response to her December 2024 lawsuit.Judge cites…

June 17 started like any other workday. Sani Krishna had to reach her office by 10 AM. She booked a bike taxi on Rapido, a platform she trusted, one that markets itself heavily on the promise of women’s safety. She had enough time. She was not rushing. She even told the rider, “We have time. You can drive slowly.” He did not listen. Just 300 meters from her home, the rider attempted to overtake a tractor. He lost control. The bike skidded. Sani went under the tractor. Its rear tyre ran over her body. The rider who had ignored her…

NEW DELHI: Vaishnavi Adkar has climbed more than 300 places in the world rankings since returning from a career-stalling ACL injury, risen to become India’s No. 1 women’s singles player and broken new ground on the international circuit. Yet, at 21, the Pune tennis player has been left out of India’s Asian Games squad.For a young player building her career, ACL was a devastating setback. For Adkar, however, it eventually became a turning point.“I think it was a blessing in disguise,” Adkar said of the injury layoff.The forced break gave her time to rebuild her body, work on her fitness…