Category: Events

Nuwan Thushara (AP Photo) NEW DELHI: Sri Lankan pacer Nuwan Thushara has taken a step back in his dispute with Sri Lanka Cricket after earlier going to court over being denied permission to play in the IPL. Thushara had filed a case after SLC refused to grant him a No Objection Certificate (NOC), which is...

TOI Correspondent from Washington: US Vice President JD Vance is arriving in Pakistan on Saturday morning for what is being billed as a concerted diplomatic push to corral Iran and contain a widening conflict that has not gone according to Washington’s script. With a number of US analysts characterising the Trump-and-Netanyahu-led war on Iran as...

Donald Trump (Photo credit: AP) US President Donald Trump on Friday signaled a tough stance ahead of crucial talks with Iran, saying American warships are being rearmed and could be used, if negotiations in Pakistan fail to produce a deal.“We have a reset going. We’re loading up the ships with the best ammunition, the best...

As China accelerates construction at its secretive nuclear facilities deep inside Sichuan, what is emerging is not just a story of military modernisation but a larger geopolitical puzzle, one that directly impacts India, exposes gaps in global nuclear governance, and raises concerns of a renewed arms race.Satellite imagery, and assessments point to a scale of...

Iran has stated that it will only begin negotiations with the United States once a ceasefire is declared in Lebanon and Tehran’s frozen assets are released, the country’s parliament speaker announced.Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said the two steps had been mutually agreed upon earlier but remained unfulfilled. He further added that they must be implemented before...

Makeshift camp for displaced people in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip (Photo credit: AP) US President Donald Trump‘s Board of Peace has received only a fraction of the $17 billion pledged for rebuilding Gaza, preventing plans for the war-hit region’s future, Reuters reported citing sources.Just days before the US-Israeli strikes on Iran escalated into a...

Ranveer Singh may be enjoying the success of his latest film ‘Dhurandhar: The Revenge’, but the controversy around his mimicry of Rishab Shetty has taken a fresh legal turn. As a case was filed against him, the actor informed the Karnataka High Court that he is ready to submit an apology affidavit over the incident...

Israel Defence Forces warned that the new Iranian leadership under Mojtaba Khamenei is much more “extreme and rigid” than the previous regime under Ayatollah Khamenei. The statements come as United States and Iranian representatives are set to hold peace talks in Islamabad.“Iran’s new leadership is even more extreme than its predecessor,” IDF representatives told the...

Union home minister Amit Shah (PTI photo) NEW DELHI: Union home minister Amit Shah on Friday strongly trashed the rumours spreading like wildfire over a purported video of controversial ex-TMC leader Humayun Kabir allegedly claiming a “Rs 1,000 crore deal” with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to dislodge Mamata Banerjee‘s ruling Trinamool in West Bengal...

Representative Image ChatGPT maker OpenAI has announced its support for a US state bill that would protect artificial intelligence (AI) labs from liability in cases where AI models are used to cause mass harm or significant property damage. According to a report by Wired, the proposed Illinois bill, SB 3444, would shield AI developers if...