Category: Events

UK air traffic control glitch grounds nearly 300 flights. Photo credit: Reuters Nearly 300 flights were cancelled across the UK on Tuesday after a technical problem in the air traffic control system disrupted operations at several major airports, with hundreds more flights delayed.Britain’s National Air Traffic Services (NATS) said engineers had identified the problem in...

The Delhi High Court said the communication in question did not establish the truth of Devi’s claim. Her husband passed away in 2006 and she was not eligible for family pension. However, the bank her husband worked at opened a one-time pension eligibility window some years later which the widow applied for after the last...

Israel will close British consulate in Jerusalem Israel on Tuesday announced plans to close Britain’s consulate in East Jerusalem and take further measures against the UK. The move comes in retaliation for London’s sanctions on Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, Foreign Minister Gideon Saar said.According to news agency Reuters, Saar said the consulate,...

Vladimir Putin, Donald Trump Russian president Vladimir Putin and US president Donald Trump held a one-hour phone call on Tuesday, discussing the outcome of recent visits by US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner to Moscow and Kyiv as Washington seeks to broker an end to the Russia-Ukraine war.Kremlin foreign affairs adviser Yuri Ushakov described...

Wasim Akram and Imran Khan Wasim Akram has become the latest high-profile cricketing figure to publicly voice concern over the health of his former Pakistan captain and close friend Imran Khan, insisting that his legal status should not come in the way of ensuring he receives proper medical care.Imran, 73, has been in jail since...

The race towards human-level artificial intelligence is accelerating. (Representative generative image) OpenAI last week launched GPT-6 Astra, its latest flagship artificial intelligence model, claiming major advances in computer use, software engineering, cybersecurity, science and professional work.According to OpenAI’s launch blog, Astra is the “world’s most intelligent and aligned model” and can perform complex tasks across...

Ukraine has been developing the project for nearly a decade Ukraine has for the first time shown the launcher for its homegrown Koral surface-to-air missile, a new air-defence weapon being developed to tackle both aircraft and ballistic targets. The system was displayed at the MSPO defence exhibition in Poland on September 8, according to Ukrainian...

Pakistan captain Babar Azam and PCB chairman Mohsin Naqvi (Agency Image) Pakistan captain Babar Azam has broken his silence on the Pakistan Cricket Board’s sweeping mid-series shake-up, revealing that he was not consulted before seven players were dropped and changes were made to the coaching setup.The PCB made the drastic changes after Pakistan suffered back-to-back...

Child rights body had sought Meta’s explanation after taking suo motu cognisance of a BBC Eye report. NEW DELHI: The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) has summoned Meta India’s managing director and head of public policy for a hearing on Wednesday, September 9, over allegations concerning advertisements linked to Child Sexual Exploitative...

Long-term contracts are being forged and India is reportedly looking to get a notable chunk of its LPG needs from the US. When US President Donald Trump announced that India would step up energy purchases from America, everyone thought of oil. But, the Middle East conflict has brought forward another energy stream from the US...