US president Donald Trump spoke with Pakistan army chief Asim Munir earlier this week as Islamabad is attempting to position itself as a key mediator in the ongoing US-Israel-Iran conflict. Meanwhile, Pakistani prime minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif held a separate call with Iranian president Masoud Pezeshkian on Monday, according to officials familiar with the discussions.The...
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No Scheduled Caste status on conversion to religions other than Hinduism, Sikhism or Buddhism: SC
Supreme Court NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday held that a person who professes a religion other than Hinduism, Sikhism or Buddhism cannot be recognised as a member of a Scheduled Caste. The top court observed that conversion to any other religion results in the loss of such status.A bench of Justices PK Mishra...
Air Canada collision: Flight attendant’s miraculous escape after being ejected 100m from the plane
Solange Tremblay, the Air Canada Jazz Flight A flight attendant on an Air Canada Jazz flight that collided with a fire truck at New York’s LaGuardia airport on Sunday survived after being thrown more than 100 metres from the aircraft during the impact.Solange Tremblay was found still strapped to her seat after the crash, her...
Rs 18.9cr on extras, flawed bidding: What CAG flagged in Kejriwal’s ‘Sheesh Mahal’ facelift
CAG report revealed significant cost overruns and procedural lapses in renovating Arvind Kejriwal’s former residence, escalating from ₹8.6 crore to ₹33.6 crore. NEW DELHI: A Comptroller and Auditor General of India audit has flagged major cost overruns, irregular tendering and fund diversion in the renovation of former Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal’s official residence at 6,...
US-Iran war hits India’s private sector; manufacturing slumps to over 4.5-year low
Experts have cautioned that the ongoing Middle East conflict will impact India’s growth story. (AI image) In the first signs of the impact of the US-Iran war on the Indian economy, the private sector recorded its slowest expansion in more than three years in March, according to the latest HSBC PMI survey. Rising prices linked...
“மதுப்பிரியர்களுக்கு ரெட் அலார்ட்” குவாட்டர், ஆப், புல் என இனி இஷ்டத்துக்கு வாங்க முடியாது: தேர்தல் ஆணையம் கிடுக்குப்பிடி
தமிழக சட்டமன்ற தேர்தல் அடுத்த மாதம் 23-ம் தேதி நடைபெற உள்ளது. இதில் பதிவாகும் வாக்குகள் மே 4-ம் தேதி எண்ணப்படுகின்றன. தேர்தலையொட்டி தமிழகத்தில் பல்வேறு கட்டுப்பாடுகளை தேர்தல் ஆணையம் விதித்து வருகிறது. அந்த வகையில் டாஸ்மாக் கடைகளில் மதுவிற்பனைக்கும் கட்டுப்பாடுகளை விதித்துள்ளதாக தெரிகிறது. தமிழகத்தில் டாஸ்மாக் கடைகள் மூலம் மது வகைகள் விற்பனை செய்யப்பட்டு வருகின்றன. இந்த கடைகளில், உள்நாட்டு, வெளிநாட்டு மது வகைகள் குவாட்டர் (180 மி.லி.), ஆப் (750 மி.லி.), புல் (750...
Supreme Court slams bias in evaluating women officers for Permanent Commission
Supreme Court (File photo) NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday held that the denial of Permanent Commission (PC) to women Short Service Commission (SSC) officers in the armed forces stemmed from a flawed and discriminatory evaluation system, particularly in the way their performance was assessed.A bench of Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and...
After billions of funding and multi-year deal, Sam Altman ‘calls’ Microsoft risk for OpenAI
Sam Altman, CEO, OpenAI ChatGPT-maker OpenAI has now warned the prospective investors that its deep reliance on Microsoft could pose a risk to its business, according to a financial document viewed by CNBC. The filing which appears as an IPO prospectus, highlights that Microsoft offers “a substantial portion of our financing and compute,” making the...
Middle East tensions to escalate? Saudi, UAE take steps to join war
US soldiers stand atop a military tank displayed at the World Defense Show in Riyadh. (AP photo) With the war entering its 25th day of tensions in the Middle East, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have reportedly taken tentative steps that could draw them closer to the Iran conflict, pointing to a potential...
Did someone know? $580 million oil bet hit seconds before Trump’s Iran update
Traders actually placed positions worth nearly half a billion dollars in the oil market roughly 15 minutes before Trump’s social media post. (AI image) Did someone in the oil market know that US President Donald Trump is about to post an update on ‘productive talks with Iran’? Traders actually placed positions worth nearly half a...

