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After centuries in India, the last Cochin Jews try to keep their history alive

KOCHI, India, August 7, 2026 (AP) — As the sun set over Kochi’s historic Jew Town neighborhood, Keith Hallegua donned a gray kippah and began a solitary walk to the synagogue at the end of his cobbled street. It was Shavuot, the Jewish holiday commemorating God giving the Torah to Moses. Hallegua reached the 458-year-old Paradesi Synagogue where he knew he would pray alone — without a minyan, the quorum of 10 males required for a communal service. Hallegua is the synagogue’s last local congregant — the only Jew left in Jew Town. Across the city at the centuries-old Kadavumbagam

Opposition cannot dictate which minister will come to House and respond, says Rijiju in LS

New Delhi, Aug 7 (PTI) Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju on Friday asserted in the Lok Sabha that the Opposition cannot dictate which minister will come to the House and respond, amid a demand from the Congress and other parties that Home Minister Amit Shah should answer questions on the recent police action on protesting students here. As the House proceedings were disrupted again, Rijiju also said that Shah comes to Parliament every day and stays till late night. Shah is a man whose name sends shivers down the spine of extremists and terrorists, he stated amid thumping of desks

Trump again tries to restrict birthright citizenship after US Supreme Court ruling

WASHINGTON, August 7, 2026 (AP) — President Donald Trump said Thursday that he is once more trying to limit the number of people who are born in the country who can become American citizens, in a sign that even after his first attempt at limiting birthright citizenship was rejected by the United States Supreme Court, he’s ready to try again. The president said he was signing two executive actions on immigration, including one limiting the number of people eligible for U.S. citizenship after being born in the United States, while another focused on stopping people from coming to the U.S.

How drugs leach out of your sweat (and can spoil your sofa)

August 7, 2026 (Conversation) Like all consumer products, sofas come with instructions for how best to use and maintain them. But it may surprise you that many furniture companies warn medicines can seep out of your sweat or body oils to damage your leather sofa. People who repair leather sofas warn about this too. They say this can lead to the leather fading, cracking or discolouring. So which medicines are they talking about? And how worried should you be about them damaging your furniture? Different drugs, different body parts When you take a drug – as a tablet, injection or

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