Category: Events

Residents of Kotbhara and Ramgarh Bhundar villages allege poor road construction quality. BATHINDA: Residents of Kotbhara and Ramgarh Bhundar villages in Bathinda district have alleged that substandard material was used in the construction of a newly laid road connecting the two villages.The villagers claimed that the quality of the road is so poor that portions...

Musk pitches Starlink to connect India’s ‘least served’ rural communities Elon Musk has backed Starlink’s satellite internet service for India, saying it could help bridge connectivity gaps for some of the country’s “least served” communities, particularly in rural areas.Taking to X, the tech mogul said, “Starlink would help the least served in India, especially in...

Weight-loss drugs such as Ozempic are changing more than just consumers’ waistlines, also reshaping the beauty industry. As the use of GLP-1 medicines including Ozempic and Mounjaro grows, companies are racing to cash in on the new needs emerging among users.From protein-rich foods and drinks and collagen supplements to face fillers and plumping make-up, brands...

Chidambaram seeks no change in 543 Lok Sabha seats (ANI photo) Former Union minister and senior Congress leader P Chidambaram said on Friday that the party wants the existing allocation of Lok Sabha seats to be maintained for another 25 years, with no change to the current strength of 543 seats or Tamil Nadu’s 39...

Microsoft wants a lawyer who can build AI agents, and it is paying up to $278,900 for one Microsoft has spent the past two years telling everyone else that AI is about to change how work gets done. Now it wants someone to prove the point inside its own legal department. The company has posted...

How much oil is flowing through Hormuz The US-Iran conflict has kept the Strait of Hormuz in a chokehold for nearly six months and the oil market is left grappling with one big question: how much crude is actually getting through?While market estimates suggest flows have fallen sharply from pre-war levels, US officials say the...

Seafarers take cover as small boats surround vessel in Hormuz The Federation of Seafarers and Indian Seafarers Union (FSUI) has released an old video showing a vessel carrying 22 crew members, including 21 Indians, coming under attack in the Strait of Hormuz on April 22.The footage shows several small boats surrounding the vessel, an RPG...

The Stalin-led party accuses Vijay of taking ‘U-turn’ after meeting Amit Shah NEW DELHI: The MK Stalin-led Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam on Thursday launched a sharp attack on Tamil Nadu chief minister C Vijay Joseph, accusing him of taking a “U-turn” on the issue of delimitation.The DMK‘s criticism came after Vijay met Union home minister Amit...

(Representative image) The decision was taken at the 13th meeting of the Survey Officials Committee, led by deputy chiefs of Nepal’s Survey Department and Survey of India, in Lucknow last week (Photo: ANI) NEW DELHI: India and Nepal have decided to use drones to map encroachments along ‘Dasgaja’ areas — the 10-yard no-man’s strip along...

Bangladesh cricket team players (left), and BCB Bangladesh’s top domestic T20 tournament, the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL), will not be held this year as the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) plans to restructure the competition, board president Tamim Iqbal said on Thursday.Tamim said the tournament has been suspended because several franchises failed to follow the league’s...