Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defense said it detected four flights of Chinese military aircraft and six naval vessels around the island as of 6 a.m. local time on Sunday.The ministry said three of the four aircraft crossed the midline of the Taiwan Strait and entered Taiwan’s southwestern and southeastern air defense identification zone (ADIZ).In a post on Twitter, the ministry said, “4 flights of PLA aircraft and 6 PLAN ships operating around Taiwan were detected as of 6 a.m. (UTC+8) today. 3 of the 4 flights crossed the midline of the Taiwan Strait and entered the ADIZ in the southwestern and southeastern parts of Taiwan. The ROC Armed Forces have monitored the situation and responded.

Chinese military activity increased near Taiwan

The latest activity comes a day after Taiwan detected 16 Chinese military aircraft and eight naval ships flying around the island.Of the 16 planes detected Saturday, 13 crossed the center line of the Taiwan Strait and entered Taiwan’s northern, central, southwestern and eastern ADIZ zones.Taiwan’s Defense Ministry said its armed forces monitored the activities and responded accordingly.There have been repeated incursions amid rising tensions between China and Taiwan, with Beijing continuing military operations near the self-ruled island.

Taiwan remains a major flashpoint in US-China relations

Taiwan was a major issue during the recent talks between US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping.China considers Taiwan as part of its territory under the “One China Policy”, while Taiwan operates with its own government, military and democratic system.Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te recently said that US arms sales and security cooperation with Taiwan are vital to maintaining regional peace and stability.

Strategic importance of Taiwan

Taiwan remains strategically important due to its location in the Indo-Pacific region and dominance in semiconductor manufacturing.Taiwan is home to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, the world’s largest contract chip manufacturer, producing advanced chips used in smartphones, artificial intelligence systems, automobiles and military equipment.The United States maintains defense and trade relations with Taiwan under the Taiwan Relations Act, despite officially recognizing China diplomatically in 1979.Tensions around Taiwan have increased in recent years due to US arms sales, visits by US lawmakers and repeated Chinese military exercises near the island.

New Delhi: Cockroach Janata Party founder Abhijit Dubke on Saturday rejected BJP leaders’ claims that almost half of the party’s social media followers are from here. Pakistan. The internet-based movement, which recently went viral and gained popularity among young users, has now become the center of a political controversy.Cockroach Janata Party quickly emerged as one of the country’s latest online sensations, garnering attention through memes and comments around unemployment, education policy and alleged exam paper leaks.Refuting BJP’s allegations, Dupke shared a screenshot of audience analytics on X and wrote, “This is the screen recording of our audience demographic that we shared with the media before our account was hacked.”Claiming that most of the viewers were Indians, he said, “More than 94% of the viewers are from India.” After this he asked, “Why is there a Union Minister?” Kiran Rijiju Terming Indian youth as Pakistani?”Earlier, in a strongly worded post, Union Minister Kiren Rijiju had targeted the cockroach Janata Party and wrote, “I pity those people who look for their followers from Pakistan and George Soros gang on social media.”BJP leader and Union minister Sukanta Majumdar also alleged that there was significant Pakistani participation on the stage. Speaking to reporters, he claimed, “49 percent of the followers of ‘Cockroach Janata Party’ on social media are from Pakistan, while only 9 percent are from India.”BJP’s comment comes amid the growing controversy over the digital campaign, which went viral last week. Kerala BJP president Rajeev Chandrasekhar alleged that the CJP was part of a “classic cross-border influence operation” aimed at destabilizing India and targeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his government.“In the age of social media, bots, AI, and its weaponization, influence operations are dangerous, effective ways to destabilize by creating fake, seemingly organic narratives,” Chandrasekhar said in a post on X.He further alleged that some sections of the opposition were pushing the campaign and claimed that India’s rise under PM Modi has led to resentment among “foreign vested interests”.He said, “I have always said that India’s rise and modernization under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be anathema to many countries and will create many obstacles in our continued rise.”Chandrashekhar also defended the record of the Modi government during the global crisis. “No cockroach, no petty Indian opposition politician, no Modi-hating clown, no foreign vested interest can stop India’s resolve for a developed India,” he said.The trend of ‘Cockroach Janata Party’ came to light after the controversy over remarks allegedly made by Chief Justice of India Surya Kant during the hearing of a petition seeking senior designation for a lawyer. Abhijit Dubike has alleged that the movement has faced a coordinated crackdown on multiple social media platforms.

Ram Charan apologized to Jasprit Bumrah

actor Ramcharan He attracted attention at the grand music launch of “Peddi” in Bhopal, where he appeared with AR Rahman, Janhvi Kapoor and the film’s team. During a light-hearted conversation, the actor was asked to describe Indian cricketers in a few words. he called Sachin TendulkarThe career of has been described as a “long legendary journey”. ms dhoni as “cool and calm”, and said that Rohit Sharma “is everybody’s man.” For Virat KohliHe simply said, “Fire.” talking about Jasprit BumrahRam Charan said he was his biggest fan but got entangled by mistake Cricket Praising him with the football. This clip quickly went viral online.Later Ram Charan apologized for the mistake on social media. He wrote, “Oops… I really forget names sometimes. Apologies to @Jaspritbumrah93 for this glitch – it was a genuine human error amidst all the excitement and crowd.” He said he deeply respects Bumrah and admires how the fast bowler makes Indians proud with his performances.While Bumrah is playing for now Mumbai Indians The season has not gone well for him in IPL 2026. MI head coach Mahela Jayawardene revealed that the fast bowler was suffering from a minor injury since the T20 World Cup. For this reason, the team gave him extra rest before the start of IPL.Jayawardene said that during the first few matches, Bumrah slowly regained his rhythm, which affected his pace and intensity. Even though he could take only four wickets in 13 matches, opposition teams played cautiously against him. The coach said that Bumrah worked hard on his fitness, no-balls and workload management throughout the tournament.Despite the tough season, Jayawardene believes Bumrah is now close to his best again. He said that this fast bowler has gained his pace, yorkers and confidence in the last few matches. Praising Bumrah’s attitude, the coach said that the bowler is always positive and focuses on improvement. Jayawardene concluded that there were no major concerns about Bumrah and expected him to “come back stronger”.

The CBI investigation into Tvisha Sharma’s death will focus on a “trigger point” before her distress messages.

Bhopal: The moment before newlywed Tvisha Sharma allegedly expressed distress towards her family was a possible “trigger point” once the CBI formally takes over the investigation into her death, sources said, which is expected to become the central focus of the investigation.According to sources, investigators may reconstruct Tvisha’s final days before her death to determine if any specific events match alleged messages she sent her mother describing suffocation, emotional trauma and distress.The focus of the inquiry is expected to shift towards chronology – examining whether Twisha’s condition changed gradually or whether there was any notable change in circumstances shortly before she allegedly started telling her family about the crisis. Investigators are expected to pay special emphasis to the timing of those messages and cross-examine them with key forensic findings emerging from the autopsy. Possible aspects under investigation, apart from multiple external injuries, include a reference in the postmortem report to an “alleged history of undergoing MTP a week earlier”.CBI investigators are expected to independently examine both versions through hospital records, counseling documents, WhatsApp conversations and statements of witnesses to establish the exact circumstances surrounding the alleged MTP (medical termination of pregnancy) and whether it coincided with any change in Twisha’s emotional state. The last WhatsApp chat and phone call are also expected to become an important part of the investigation.

Police at Giribala Singh’s house in Bhopal

For investigators, the significance of these chats and calls may lie in the chronology – whether they mark a clear change in Twisha’s emotional state and whether any specific events preceded them.The numerous injuries recorded on Twisha’s body are expected to be another main focus.The postmortem reportedly noted multiple antemortem blunt-force injuries, described as simple in nature. However, investigators are expected to gain clarity on the approximate age of those injuries: whether they were inflicted near the time of death or at a later date.“For the CBI, once it formally takes over, the investigation is expected to move beyond individual allegations and focus on reconstructing the timeline: when Twisha’s crisis began, what happened before that, whether the alleged MTP changed the circumstances, how the injuries fit into the chronology, and what her last messages reveal about the hours before her death,” said a senior police officer on condition of anonymity.

Panaji: The Times of India emerged with multiple honors at the 57th edition of the ABBY Awards held in Goa from May 20 to 22, reaffirming the power of print-based storytelling and purpose-driven campaigns in the rapidly evolving media landscape. The festival received over 4,000 entries from over 300 participating organizations spanning creative, media and publishing disciplines.times of India The campaign ‘Systemic Intelligence Plan’ won the Gold Medal in the Print: Corporate, Media, Entertainment and Other category. Keeping in mind the familiarity of SIPs or systematic investment plans among the young audience, the campaign positioned newspaper reading as a daily investment in sharp thinking and informed decision making. Through impactful print creatives and visual metaphors, the campaign addressed issues such as doomscrolling, fake news and echo chambers, while advocating conscious media consumption over endless scrolling.Publisher ABBYY category for best marketing of printed newspaper/edition, times of India ‘I am Kolkata, Amar Para’ won silver. The campaign celebrated Kolkata’s neighborhood culture by highlighting the city’s touchstones – hyperlocal communities that define its social and cultural identity. The evocative print storytelling initiative combined with digital engagement, grassroots activism and community engagement encouraged Kolkatans to reconnect with the stories and spirit of their neighbourhood.times of India Also won Bronze in the Sustainable Development Goals ABBYY category for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion with ‘Cancel Patriarchy’. In partnership with Khaitan & Company, the initiative provided women anonymous access to legal guidance on issues such as domestic violence, inheritance, child custody, workplace bullying and dowry harassment through a dedicated online platform.Another bronze came in Print: ‘Colors of India – Independence Day 2025’ for the FMCG – Personal Care, Home Care, Healthcare & Others category, where a times of India The jacket ad transformed the Asian Paints shade card into a tribute to the colors that unite India.

People have always said that heartbreak really hurts. Poets like this idea. Movies depend on it. Doctors used to roll their eyes and call it rhetoric. But here’s the big deal: Heartbreak as learned by modern medicine can actually break your heart, at least for some people.This year, researchers in the UK began the first large drug trial for the bizarre and devastating “broken heart syndrome” (real medical name Takotsubo cardiomyopathy).

Woman suffering from ‘broken heart’ syndrome: What happened?

Brenda Young, a 57-year-old social worker from Aberdeenshire, Scotland, had her life changed last November when she felt an “intense, massive pain in the middle of my chest” just minutes after watching her mother die.“I just remember thinking, ‘This can’t be happening, not today,'” she told scientists at the University of Aberdeen, as reported by People. “I knew something was really wrong.”That terrible pain in the chest took him to the hospital. At first, doctors thought it was a classic heart attack. But his tests told a different story.She’s been diagnosed with Takotsubo cardiomyopathy, a rare condition where major emotional or physical stress basically causes your heart to stop. Instead of the artery being blocked, the heart muscle itself suddenly weakens. Brenda is now part of a long, complex study underway in several countries, which may eventually uncover a real treatment. For heart doctors, this is a big deal: After so many years, no one has understood why it happens or how to fix it.

What ‘broken heart syndrome‘?

If you want science: In the ’90s, Japanese doctors named it octopus tentacles (“takotsubo”) because of the strange way the heart changes shape during an attack. This phenomenon is usually caused by stress – losing a loved one, divorce, scary health news, accidents, money problems, even big surprises (good or bad). Sometimes, if pure joy triggers it, people call it “happy heart syndrome.”The theory is that your stress hormones (like adrenaline) flood your system, and the heart can’t handle the surge. It stops pumping properly — thinking fast, severe chest pain, trouble breathing, dizziness — symptoms that look exactly like a heart attack. Many people go to emergency care because, for all they know, it could actually be a heart attack.But with broken heart syndrome, the arteries are not blocked. The muscles simply wear out, usually bouncing back in a week or two. Still, doctors warn that it’s not as harmless as it seems. Complications can include heart failure, irregular heartbeat, blood clots, and, on rare occasions, it can be fatal.Strangely it is women who are most affected by this; About 90% of diagnosed cases occur in women over the age of 50. The thinking is that hormonal changes probably play a big role, but scientists are still trying to figure out why.Currently, there is no direct treatment for broken heart syndrome. Doctors do what they can: beta blockers, blood thinners, things you would use for any other type of heart problem, and just try to help people recover. But an actual, proven treatment? He is still missing.

Inside the unprecedented test

According to The Guardian and the BBC, this new study is looking to see if a targeted therapy can do what no one else has done so far: control inflammation, help the heart heal, and prevent people from contracting the syndrome again. Researchers say it was ignored for too long, because people usually recover quickly. But now, we know that in some patients the symptoms persist for months, even years: fatigue, anxiety, their heart is actually not working properly. Sometimes it also comes back.What is really being called attention to is the mind-body connection. Emotional Trauma and Your Heart: It is impossible to suddenly ignore the relationship. Chronic stress already increases the risk of heart disease, stroke and inflammation. Takotsubo is like the intense end of that: pure emotion that causes real, lasting change of heart in a matter of hours.In Brenda’s case, sudden grief triggered a chemical meltdown. For some people, losing someone causes a storm of stress hormones so intense that it can instantly disrupt heart function.But one of the hardest things is that most patients end up feeling discouraged. People still don’t fully believe that sadness alone can land you in the hospital. The symptoms seem to be “all in your mind” – except they’re not. Doctors can actually see the damage from scans and blood tests. The “broken heart” syndrome is no longer a poetic metaphor. This is a medical fact.

the way forward

This month, researchers at the university announced the start of a seven-year study funded by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR).Scientists will assess whether a class of drugs that relax blood vessels, called renin-angiotensin system (RAS) inhibitors, could be an effective long-term course of treatment for broken heart syndrome.Young is now set to become one of about 1,000 takotsubo patients from 40 hospitals taking part in the world’s first clinical trial for broken heart syndrome with the University of Aberdeen in Scotland.Meanwhile, Professor Dana Dawson, chair of cardiovascular medicine at the University of Aberdeen, is leading the study.Researchers now hope that testing the new drug may eventually help change understanding of the syndrome from an unusual medical curiosity to a treatable heart disorder.That’s why this trial is a big deal. Scientists want to take it from weird curiosity to a treatable, real thing — another way to remind us that what happens inside your head can change your body in ways we’re just beginning to understand.

JOHANNESBURG: When South African infectious disease expert Lucille Blumberg checked her email on the morning of May 1, as the country was celebrating the Labor Day holiday, an urgent message caught her attention.A UK-based affiliate, which monitors diseases in remote British overseas territories in the South Atlantic Ocean, wrote about a passenger on a cruise ship sailing thousands of miles across the Atlantic who was admitted to a Johannesburg hospital with suspected pneumonia. Other people on board the ship were also ill. Blumberg and other experts at South Africa’s National Institute for Communicable Diseases were suddenly thrown into a race to identify the cause of the outbreak on the Dutch cruise ship MV Hondius. Despite the holidays, “it got busy,” she says. Within 24 hours, they had determined that the man’s illness was caused by hantavirus, a rare rodent-borne virus. But first, Blumberg and his colleagues had to rule out several other possible infections before narrowing down the root cause. At first, they thought it might be Legionella, a bacterium that causes pneumonia, a severe form of bird flu. “Legionella has been well described in outbreaks in hotels and on cruise ships, and influenza certainly has.” The tests on all of them were negative. The experts also ran a comprehensive panel of tests for other respiratory diseases. Also, all negative.The team then began tracking bird watchers more closely and reportedly went to parts of South America where there were birds, but also rodents. This pushed South African disease experts toward another theory: a rare, rodent-borne hantavirus infection, which is found in parts of South America. “In Chile and Argentina this is a well-characterized virus, not common,” Blumberg said. Timely help also arrived – hantavirus experts from South America and the United States, assisted by WHO, the United Nations health agency, were a Zoom call away. “That was quite extraordinary,” she said.By then it was Saturday morning. Blumberg was said to head South Africa’s only laboratory that can test for hantavirus. “I said, we want to do hantavirus, and she said, ‘Yes, I’m coming.'” Tests conducted on blood samples from the sick man came back positive for hantavirus that afternoon. And the team conducted a second set of tests to confirm this.

Bhopal/New Delhi: Following a Madhya Pradesh High Court order, a four-member forensic team from AIIMS New Delhi reached Bhopal on Saturday evening in a state government charter flight to conduct the fresh autopsy of model-turned-actress Twisha Sharma, hours after her husband Samarth Singh was sent on seven-day police remand in an alleged dowry death case.Tvisha, 33, daughter-in-law of retired Bhopal judge Giribala Singh, was found dead under suspicious circumstances in her marital home in Bhopal on May 12. His family later challenged the autopsy findings and demanded an independent forensic review, alleging inconsistencies in the investigation.Dr Sudhir Gupta, head of forensic medicine at AIIMS New Delhi, said, “The body is currently in the mortuary of AIIMS Bhopal. Our team will conduct the post-mortem in the interest of justice.” He said forensic experts will also examine the crime scene, ligature material and other medico-legal evidence related to the case. “The team will also talk to the parents of the deceased and resolve their grievances,” Gupta said.Earlier on Saturday, the police presented Samarth in Bhopal court and sought seven days’ custody for questioning.Twisha is likely to have been at the center of several wounds recorded on her body.ACP Rajneesh Kashyap, who is heading the SIT, told the court of Judicial Magistrate First Class Anudita Gupta that the accused was allegedly not cooperating and insisted on talking to his lawyer. The court gave police remand till 29 May.Investigators are expected to question him about his actions on the day of his newlywed wife’s death, the circumstances behind alleged disputes in the marriage and allegations related to medical termination of pregnancy (MTP), which police believe may have contributed to the deterioration of the relationship.Police Commissioner Sanjay Kumar said that the SIT will investigate where Samarth was while running away after Tvisha’s death and who might have helped him avoid arrest. Police said her mobile phone will be sent for forensic testing to retrieve the allegedly deleted content.Police plan to recreate the crime scene and examine CCTV footage and DVR recordings seized from her home, including footage from the week before Tvisha’s death.It is expected that Twisha’s last phone call and WhatsApp conversations will be an important part of the investigation. Sources said investigators are focusing on what they described as a possible “trigger point” when Twisha allegedly began sending distressing messages to her mother describing suffocation, emotional trauma and harassment.Investigators can compare the timing of her messages with the forensic findings of the autopsy report, which also includes a reference to undergoing MTP a week before death.The numerous wounds recorded on Twisha’s body are likely to remain another central focus. The post-mortem examination reportedly noted several pre-mortem blunt-force wounds which were reported to be simple in nature. Investigators are expected to gain clarity on the age of the wounds and whether they were caused near or before the time of death. news network