Author: Aneek Chatterjee

Former American President Donald Trump has been convicted on all 34 counts of falsifying business records in his ongoing hush money case. The verdict, delivered by a Manhattan jury after 2 days of meticulous deliberations, stemmed from a $130,000 payment orchestrated to silence adult film star Stormy Daniels about an alleged extramarital affair during Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign. This landmark conviction marks the first time a former U.S. president has been found guilty of criminal charges. What next for Donald Trump? Despite facing a maximum sentence of four years in prison for each of the 34 felony counts, Trump is…

Bollywood’s recent online support campaign for the beleaguered citizens of Rafah has sparked a firestorm of backlash and criticism. Prominent celebrities like Alia Bhatt, Kareena Kapoor, Madhuri Dixit, and Ritika Sajdeh took to social media to vocally condemn Israel’s airstrikes on the Palestinian city, sharing images and messages as part of the “All Eyes on Rafah” campaign. However, this display of outrage over the crisis in Rafah has called into question these Bollywood stars’ apparent indifference to equally serious humanitarian issues much closer to home. As the #BoycottBollywood hashtag gained traction online, many called out the celebrities for their silence…

Western allies are divided over whether to allow Ukraine to use their weapons to strike deep inside Russian territory in retaliation for Moscow’s relentless missile attacks. French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz have called on Ukraine to use missile attacks to “neutralise” Russian military bases used as launchpads for strikes, but stress that civilian targets remain off-limits. However, the White House has maintained its stance and ruled out enabling Ukraine to use US-supplied weapons to hit Russian soil. As Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy pushes for greater military support to defend his nation, Russian President Vladimir Putin issued…

In a stunning upset, 14-time French Open champion Rafael Nadal succumbed to Alexander Zverev 6-3, 7-6 (5), 6-3 in a hard-fought first-round battle. Nadal’s exit at Roland Garros has left the tennis world reeling with the possibility that this could be the legendary Spaniard’s final bow on the Parisian clay. Though Nadal has remained coy about his future, the emotional outpouring from the crowd hinted at a farewell to the undisputed “King of Clay” on the very court where he etched his name into immortality. A Last Hurrah for Nadal? As Rafael Nadal’s battle against Alexander Zverev unfolded on the…