Category: Events

File photo: IANS NEW DELHI: The Election Commission on Monday announced that the silence period for the Assam legislative assembly elections will begin today at 5.00 pm, marking 48 hours prior to the conclusion of polling across all constituencies.In accordance with Section 126 of the Representation of the People Act, 1951, all forms of election...

Iran’s supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei is reportedly unconscious and receiving urgent medical treatment in city of Qom, raising serious doubts over who is actually running the country amid an escalating war with the United States and Israel.According to a diplomatic memo seen by The Times, and based on US and Israeli intelligence assessments, the 56-year-old...

Stock market today: Dalal Street opened in red on Tuesday, with benchmark indices slipping 0.9% as oil prices continued to rise and US President Donald Trump’s deadline for Iran nears. While Nifty50 began the day below 22,800, Sensex fell over 800 points in early trade to touch 73,282.41. As of 9:20 am, Nifty50 was trading...

An Iranian government official has called on citizens—particularly young people—to gather around the country’s power plants at a fixed hour on Tuesday.In a video broadcast on state television, Alireza Rahimi, introduced as secretary of Iran’s Supreme Council of Youth and Adolescents, urged “young people, athletes, artists, students and university professors” to assemble at 2 p.m....

World No. 2 Hikaru Nakamura questions FIDE’s safety protocols (Photo by Michal Walusza) NEW DELHI: The year was 2015. At 55, veteran Grandmaster (GM) Pravin Thipsay hadn’t won any chess tournament in four years. He arrived at the inaugural Dr. Hegdewar Open in Delhi hoping to break the hex, but by the fifth round, he...

Photo credit: Nasa Nasa’s Artemis II crew achieved a historic milestone on Monday near the Moon as their Orion capsule reached its maximum distance from Earth and entered a rare solar eclipse phase during a lunar flyby.The spacecraft traveled 252,756 miles (406,771 km) from Earth, surpassing the previous human distance record of 248,655 miles set...

JP Morgan CEO Jamie Dimon has told shareholders that AI can have a profound impact on society, including helping cure serious diseases like cancer. In his latest annual letter, Jamie Dimon called AI as a “transformational” technology that is being adopted much faster than past innovations such as electricity or the internet. Dimon highlighted that...

NFL Trade Rumors: Kansas City Chiefs linked to $83M San Francisco 49ers playmaker amid uncertain contract situation (Getty Images) The Kansas City Chiefs are quietly watching the left tackle market again. A new report suggests the team has interest in trading for San Francisco 49ers veteran Trent Williams if contract talks stall. The situation comes...

It’s been less than a week since Oracle announced thousands of layoffs across its offices worldwide. Oracle layoffs were notified to fired employees in an email at 6 a.m. on March 31. The email sent to thousands of employees informed them that Tuesday (March 31) would be their last day. “After careful consideration of Oracle’s...

Buffalo Bills (Getty Images) The Buffalo Bills did address a glaring need this offseason, but the work may not be finished. After acquiring wide receiver DJ Moore from the Chicago Bears for a 2026 second-round pick, Buffalo gave Josh Allen a proven target who can stretch the field and win contested catches. It was a...