NEW DELHI: Trouble mounted for Trinamool Congree chief Mamata Banerjee as rebel MP Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar on Sunday claimed that two more parliamentarians were set to join the dissident group, which would take its strength in the Lok Sabha to 22. TMC is the third largest party with 28 MPs in Lok Sabha. If 22...
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What caused India-flagged Virat 1 carrying 14 Indians to sink off Oman?
(Representative image) India-flagged mechanised sailing vessel (MSV) Virat 1 sank off the coast of Oman on Sunday after suffering a mechanical failure, prompting a major rescue operation involving Omani authorities, the US Navy and nearby commercial vessels.The incident occurred around 80 nautical miles east of Ras Al Hadd, Oman, on the morning of June 14....
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Elon Musk is the world’s first trillionaire. Here is what he can still not afford
AI generated image On an unremarkable Friday this June, a number appeared across every headline. A trillion.Since then, people have been attempting to understand it. What can it buy? How tall would a trillion dollar bills stacked be? How fast would you need to spend to burn through it in a lifetime?The internet, which excels...
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IIT-Delhi study finds human activity drives India’s ‘wild’ weather
Of late, increasingly concentrated rainfall and violent floods have devastated India’s cities and farms alike. For years, scientists have debated whether this is simply natural variation or the direct result of climate change. A new study in Environmental Research Letters has found the smoking gun. Specifically, for the first time, researchers have dispositive evidence that...
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‘They start looking for your successor’: Rohit Sharma faces blunt warning
India’s Rohit Sharma (AP Photo) Former England spinner Graeme Swann believes the growing discussion around Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli‘s future is an unavoidable part of elite sport, especially when a new generation of talent is beginning to make headlines.Although India still have two ODIs left in their ongoing series against Afghanistan, attention is already...
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Iran to immediately open Hormuz, US to lift Naval blockade: Draft deal details emerge
Image: ANI Details of a draft memorandum between Washington and Tehran have begun to emerge, with a senior Iranian official telling Reuters that the proposed agreement includes Iran’s commitment not to produce or acquire nuclear weapons.Under the draft framework, Iran would immediately reopen the Strait of Hormuz to all commercial vessels, while the United States...
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PM Modi, Macron inaugurate ‘Bharat Innovates’; pitch deeper India-France partnership
PM Modi, French President Macron inaugurate ‘Bharat Innovates’ in France Prime Minister Narendra Modi and French President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday jointly inaugurated the Bharat Innovates 2026 conclave in Nice, bringing together startups, innovators, venture capital funds and academic institutions from India, France and other countries, as the two nations seek to deepen cooperation in...
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If your headache comes with these symptoms — don’t ignore it
Headaches are among the most common health complaints, affecting millions of people every day. In most cases, they are triggered by stress, lack of sleep, dehydration, eye strain, or migraines and are rarely a cause for alarm. But how can you tell the difference between a routine headache and one that warrants medical attention? According...
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Microsoft president Brad Smith has a message for students booing tech CEOs
Microsoft president Brad Smith has spent four decades around computer scientists, and he says they keep making the same two mistakes. They overestimate how fast a new technology will spread, and they underestimate what people are capable of. The Microsoft president put both ideas at the center of a 3,000-word essay this week, written in...
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To Mars with Musk: Can world’s first trillionaire take you to the little red planet?
The world’s first trillionaire has promised to take you to Mars, but can he?Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, is no longer just looking at Earth, but straight at the little red planet: Mars. The SpaceX founder has an interstellar dream: not just to visit the red planet, but to help build a permanent human...
