File photo NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Monday asked former West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee to file a fresh plea related to victory margin being less than deletion of votes in the Speical Intensive Reivison (SIR), which was one of the burning poll planks of the outsed TMC.A bench comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant...
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After Hantavirus scare, Norovirus outbreak on another cruise ship sparks concern: How they differ from Covid-19, symptoms to know
Even as the hantavirus-stricken cruise ship MV Hondius docked in the Canary Islands and passengers disembarked, more than 100 travellers on a separate vessel in the Caribbean have fallen ill with norovirus. According to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the norovirus outbreak has affected 102 of the ship’s 3,116 passengers and...
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‘Appeasement over national self-respect’: PM Modi invokes Nehru at Somnath Amrit Mahotsav
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday accused first PM Jawaharlal Nehru of “prioritising appeasement over national self-respect”, claiming that he “opposed” the restoration of the Somnath Temple. Speaking at Somnath Amrit Mahotsav, the prime minister credited Congress stalwarts Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel and Dr Rajendra Prasad for devoting themselves for restoring the temple in...
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Inside OpenAI co-founder’s diary, now star witness in the Musk vs OpenAI drama
Greg Brockman has been keeping a journal since 2010, when he was a college student figuring out what to study. Last week, he sat in an Oakland federal courthouse and read it aloud to a jury, while roughly 1,200 strangers watched on a YouTube livestream.The OpenAI president and co-founder spent two days walking the court...
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The story behind Pokhran: How one ‘peaceful explosion’ in 1974 made India a nuclear power
At 8:05am on May 18, 1974, the stillness of the deserts north-east of Jaisalmer was shattered as the earth shook under the tremendous force of India’s first nuclear test. With the press of one button, India became the sixth country, after the US, Russia, UK, France and China, to have harnessed the power of the...
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Scientists trigger ‘controlled’ earthquakes under Swiss Alps
Researchers have made the ground shake in southern Switzerland, triggering thousands of tiny earthquakes in a monitored setting, as they seek to discover seismicity insights that could reduce risks. “It was a success!” said Domenico Giardini, one of the lead researchers on the project, as he inspected a crack in the rock wall lining a...
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Vijay’s classmate calls his poverty claims ‘bullsh*t’: ‘His father set up him for a career in films’
A day after Vijay swore in as the new chief minister of Tamil Nadu, his speech at the occasion hasn’t gone down well with some critics. These include renowned author and screenwriter Manu Joseph. He took to his X handle on Monday to call out Vijay’s hypocrisy of claiming to be poor during childhood, revealing...
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‘Your utility is done’: Oppn warns of petrol, diesel price hike after PM Modi’s appeal to cut fuel use amid West Asia crisis
NEW DELHI: Opposition parties on Monday upped the ante against Prime Minister Narendra Modi for urging citizens to reduce fuel and edible oil consumption amid the ongoing West Asia crisis, claiming that fuel prices are set to rise now that assembly elections are over.This comes after PM Modi urged people to reduce edible oil usage,...
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Time for Mumbai Indians to bench Suryakumar and Tilak ; rest Jasprit Bumrah
File photo of Suryakumar Yadav and Tilak Varma. New Delhi: Mumbai Indians became the second team to crash out of the Indian Premier League after losing to Royal Challengers Bengaluru in a last-over thriller on Sunday. The result means the mighty MI unit will go without silverware for a sixth consecutive season — the longest...
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‘Clothes torn, racist slurs hurled’: Northeast women allegemolestation, assault outside Delhi club
NEW DELHI: Two women were allegedly physically assaulted and molested by a group of men in southeast Delhi’s Nehru Place on Monday morning.According to police, one of the women is a native of Assam, while the other is from Bihar.According to police, a PCR call was received from the women in distress at the Kalkaji...
