Spread the love CM Suvendu Adhikari tucks into fish-and-pulao bhog at Kalighat temple on the occasion of Kaushiki Amavasya on Thursday NEW DELHI: West Bengal chief minister Suvendu Adhikari on Thursday visited Kolkata’s Kalighat Temple and partook of the traditional fish and pulao bhog, days after Dhirendra Krishna Shastri triggered a row by asking Bengalis to give up non-vegetarian food...
Putin, Xi and a bigger Brics: India takes its vision for the bloc to global stage
Spread the love BRICS began with Brazil, Russia, India and China (BRIC). South Africa joined in 2010, turning it into BRICS. NEW DELHI: Delhi has been turned into a fortress. Roads are being secured, security has been stepped up and the capital is preparing for the arrival of some of the world’s most powerful leaders.Russian President Vladimir Putin, Chinese President...
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US-based couple flags ‘scam’ at Delhi airport, authorities respond
Spread the love Image Credit: Instagram NEW DELHI: A US-based Indian couple has alleged that staff at a duty-free shop at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport scanned the passports of their entire family, including their two young children.Pooja Tomarr Sikarwar shared a video on Instagram alleging that the incident took place at Terminal 3 after the family arrived in Delhi...
Before 9/11, US knew Bin Laden was a threat. India-Pakistan tensions were the bigger worry
Spread the love The towers of the World Trade Center pour smoke shortly after being struck by hijacked commercial aircraft, September 11, 2001. (Image source: Reuters) 9/11 has been one of the most horrifying incidents of terrorism to happen on American soil. It claimed 2,977 victims not even accounting for the collective trauma it resulted in.By the time four hijacked...
Low funding for postdoc roles fuelling brain drain, govt. funds only 2,500 positions
Spread the love Walk into MIT, Stanford, Caltech, or Bell Labs, and you will find Indian-origin scientists driving quantum computing, mRNA therapeutics, agentic AI, and graphics processor design. They run corporate research divisions, win Nobel Prizes, and turn lab prototypes into trillion-dollar companies. Their schooling, their instincts, their work ethic—all of them trace back to India. (Sign up for THEdge, The...
Mathematicians around the world are very angry with Sam Altman’s OpenAI
Spread the love Mathematicians around the world are very angry with Sam Altman’s OpenAI OpenAI has pulled its support for a Caltech mathematics event after a group of current and former mathematicians criticised the growing use of AI in mathematical research. According to a Business Insider report, the dispute comes as AI companies increasingly use large language models (LLMs) to...
Bipasha Basu finds worms in protein powder, seeks Tukaram Mundhe’s help: ‘Our only hope’
Spread the love 3 min readNew DelhiSep 11, 2026 12:30 PM IST When Bipasha Basu opened her pack of protein powder and made a shake yesterday, she was greeted with the sight of worms wriggling around in her drink. The actor quickly took out her phone and snapped a photo as evidence, tagging Tukaram Mundhe, Commissioner of Maharashtra’s Food and...
Indian in Kuwait sent Rs 1.09cr, no ITR; ITAT deletes Rs 5.52L, checks Rs 2.5cr
Spread the love The absence of an original ITR became a key issue. An Indian working in Kuwait and originally from Ahmedabad received an income tax notice after he failed to file an Income Tax Return (ITR), despite remitting more than a crore to his bank accounts in India.The man had moved to Kuwait to work in the oilfields at...
Saudi crown prince allegedly asked Trump to hit Houthis; US president declined: Report
Spread the love US President Donald Trump rejected phone calls from Saudi Arabia’s crown prince Mohammed Bin Salman twice, urging him to launch strikes against Houthis, Axios reported, citing US officials.According to the report, US officials said Trump declined the request because the US has no plans to intervene directly for now.“On Thursday, as Houthi forces advanced on the coastal...
