21-year-old Keyaa Banerji (Image Source: X) NEW DELHI: Indian powerlifter Keyaa Kunal Banerji had every reason to expect attention after producing one of the standout performances of her young career. Instead, the 21-year-old found herself confronting an uncomfortable side of online fame after her 140kg deadlift and World Championship silver medal went viral.Banerji’s breakthrough came...
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Republican mayor rejects ‘Lake America’ name; says locals take renaming personally
The Republican mayor of Oswego, New York, Robert Corradino, has rejected the renaming of Lake Ontario to “Lake America,” a change enacted by US President Donald Trump through an executive order on August 27. While Google and Apple Maps have already adopted the new name for US users, Corradino said his community is “taking the...
28-year-old killed after TN minister Jagadeeswari’s car hits 2-wheeler in Chennai
Victim-Iraiyanbu, a resident of Kattankulathur in Chengalpattu district. CHENNAI: A 28-year-old man was killed after a car belonging to Tamil Nadu Social Welfare Minister Jagadeeswari hit his two-wheeler on the Trichy-Chennai National Highway near Kattankulathur around 12.30am on Monday. Police arrested the car driver and registered a case of rash and negligent driving.Iraiyanbu, a resident...
‘Illegal’ basement work, extra floors: What triggered Delhi building collapse
A student PG building collapsed in Delhi’s Satya Niketan due to waterlogged basement and ongoing repairs. Before building collapse (L) , After (R) NEW DELHI: A waterlogged basement, repair work on an ageing structure and possible structural weaknesses are emerging as key factors behind the deadly collapse of a student PG building in Delhi’s Satya...
‘Won’t tolerate abusive language against women’: TN CM Vijay
NEW DELHI: Tamil Nadu chief minister C Joseph Vijay on Monday stepped up his attack on leader of opposition in Tamil Nadu assembly Udhayanidhi Stalin over his alleged remarks on a female actor, saying the law would take its course if women were insulted.
After OpenAI agent ‘caught hacking’, chief scientist warns: Firms not prepared
OpenAI recently introduced its newest model Astra. Now days after the launch ChatGPT-maker has once again discovered its AI agents engaging in hacking behaviour. The incident prompted chief scientists Jakub Pachocki to issue a stark warning: “No one is prepared for the consequences of a continued rapid rise in machine intelligence.” Pachocki said that while...
Satya Niketan exposes Delhi’s harsh truth: Students risk lives for a future
Building collapses in south Delhi’s Satya Niketan NEW DELHI: The collapse of a five-storey boys’ PG in Satya Niketan on Sunday has brought back a question Delhi has repeatedly failed to answer: how safe are the buildings in which thousands of students live? The building, close to Delhi University’s South Campus, was being used as...
4 killed, over two dozen injured as bus overturns after hitting divider in UP
Four pilgrims died when their bus overturned on the Eastern Peripheral Expressway early Monday BAGHPAT: At least four people were killed and over two dozen injured when a passenger bus hit a road divider and overturned on the Eastern Peripheral Expressway in UP’s Baghpat district early Monday, police said.The bus was carrying 32 people from...
Video captures moment Amazon cargo plane hurtles off runway, erupts in flames
Five people were killed in the crash, while another five were injured An Amazon Prime Air cargo plane overran the runway at Miami International Airport on Sunday afternoon, striking multiple vehicles and bursting into flames in a deadly crash that killed at least five people and injured five others.The Boeing 767-300, operating as Amazon Prime...
Homeopaths turn to allopathy amid job insecurity in Maharashtra
Homeopaths are now practicing modern medicine after receiving pharmacology certificates. The country’s first medical council-registered homeopath, Mankhurd-based Neha Pawar, has kept her shop closed for the past year. In its place stands a motor driving school. Pawar was given her certificate by the Maharashtra Medical Council (MMC) on Aug 3, despite severe pushback from the...
