Crackdown on Luthra brothers: Nightclub Birch By Romeo Lane to be demolished GOA: The Goa government has ordered the demolition of the Birch By Romeo Lane nightclub at Vagator on Tuesday, following a fire that claimed 25 lives at the club’s Birch by Romeo Lane venue in Arpora on Saturday night.Investigations have revealed that the...
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‘Cheap sensationalism’: Mahieka photographed inappropriately; Pandya hits out at paparazzi
Hardik Pandya and Mahieka Sharma (Image credit: Instagram) NEW DELHI: India all-rounder Hardik Pandya issued a strong statement on Tuesday through his Instagram Stories, calling out a section of paparazzi after an incident involving model Mahieka Sharma. Pandya condemned the intrusive behaviour, saying a private moment was turned into “cheap sensationalism.”Go Beyond The Boundary with...
Will JEE Main and CUET shift to pen-and-paper after new recommendations by the parliamentary panel?
Will major NTA exams like JEE Main, CUET and UGC NET return to pen-and-paper after strong parliamentary panel recommendations? A parliamentary standing committee on education, women, children, youth and sports has submitted a detailed report examining the functioning of the National Testing Agency (NTA) and the recurring disruptions in its major entrance examinations. The report,...
Data centres in space? Google CEO Pichai’s big pitch; Elon Musk chimes in
Google CEO Sundar Pichai recently hinted at building data centres in space. In an interview with Fox News, Pichai said that the company is working on quantum computing, adding “in that spirit, one of our moon shots is to, how do we one day have data centers in space so that we can better harness...
5% cut: Government finally aligns IndiGo flights with airline’s operating ability
Representative image New Delhi: The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has cut IndiGo’s approved winter schedules by 5% as the airline has “not demonstrated an ability to operate” the same — 15,014 weekly departures — “efficiently”. The airline has been directed to reduce operations “across sectors, especially on high-demand, high-frequency flights, and to avoid...
‘IndiGo being held accountable’: Aviation minister in Parliament; assures ‘ops stabilising’
Ram Mohan Naidu reviews Aviation Ministry’s control room amid IndiGo flight cancellations and delays NEW DELHI: Civil aviation minister Ram Mohan Naidu on Tuesday said IndiGo is being held “accountable” for its ongoing operational crisis, adding that the airline’s services are stabilising rapidly.Naidu made the remarks while addressing the Lok Sabha on the IndiGo crisis....
MoU signed: Intel, Tata ink pact to make, assemble semiconductors in India
US-based chip giant Intel has signed an agreement with Tata Group to manufacture and assemble semiconductors in India for the local market. The two companies announced the same. As part of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed, Intel and Tata intend to explore manufacturing and packaging of Intel products for local markets at Tata Electronics’...
Trump’s tariff threat on Indian rice! Why US, not India, has more to worry – explained
<img src="https://static.toiimg.com/thumb/msid-125863218,imgsize-79106,width-400,resizemode-4/trump-tariffs-on-rice.jpg" alt="Trump threatens more tariffs on Indian rice! Why India has little to worry – and US consumers may bear the brunt" title=" According to GTRI, Trump’s threat to impose new tariffs on Indian rice looks driven more by domestic politics than by trade logic. (AI image) ” decoding=”async” fetchpriority=”high”> According to GTRI, Trump’s...
SIR work being ‘hindered’: SC takes note of BLOs being threatened; asks EC to ‘deal with situation’
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday raised concerns over reports of Booth Level Officers (BLOs) being threatened and obstructed while carrying out the Election Commission’s Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in West Bengal and other states, PTI reported.“Bring to our notice instances of lack of cooperation, threatening of BLOs; we’ll pass orders,”...
Flying to US? FBI wants you to set secret family code words
AI-generated image used for representational purpose. NEW DELHI: Traveling to the US? You may want to be aware of a scam the American law enforcement agencies have alerted about. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) issued a public warning about a disturbing surge in virtual kidnapping for ransom scams, where criminals are now using altered...
