Category: Events

According to an assessment by Bloomberg Economics, RBI sold gold worth around $12 billion during the two weeks ending May 22. (AI image) Amid the ongoing US-Iran conflict, the Reserve Bank of India may have sold some of its gold holdings to protect foreign exchange reserves from the economic fallout of the Middle East situation,...

Vaibhav Sooryavanshi (BCCI/IPL Photo) NEW DELHI: Vaibhav Sooryavanshi’s sensational IPL 2026 campaign has sparked a growing debate over whether the 15-year-old batting prodigy should be fast-tracked into India’s senior T20I side. The teenager from Bihar’s Samastipur took the tournament by storm, smashing 776 runs in 16 matches at a staggering strike rate of 237.31. He...

Jensen Huang (Image/AP) At a time when many technology companies are cutting jobs, slowing recruitment and reducing sponsorship of foreign workers, Nvidia appears to be moving in the opposite direction. The artificial intelligence chip giant has continued to aggressively hire overseas talent through the H-1B visa programme.Federal filings show Nvidia secured certification for around 1,200...

The Ministry of Defence has issued a Letter of Request (LoR) to France for the procurement of 114 Rafale fighters for the Indian Air Force (IAF). The new Rafale deal, expected to cost Rs 3.25 lakh crore, will be a government-to-government deal between India and France. If the previous deal for 36 Rafale aircraft is...

NEW DELHI: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) on Tuesday opened the online portal for Class 12 students to apply for verification of issues found in scanned copies of their evaluated answer books and for re-evaluation of answers. The facility, available only to students who have already obtained scanned copies of their answer books,...

Microsoft is canceling most internal Claude Code licenses by June 30, pushing engineers to its own GitHub Copilot CLI. The catch? Anthropic’s tool got too popular, undercutting Microsoft’s homegrown product. The official reason is toolchain unification, but The Verge reports the fiscal-year-end timing points to cost-cutting. It fits a wider AI spending crunch hitting Uber...

Salman Khan’s legal team has sent a notice to the makers of ‘Kala Hiran’, a film based on the blackbuck poaching case, demanding they halt its release and remove all promotional material, warning of further legal action if their demands are not met. Shortly after unveiling ‘Kala Hiran’, a film inspired by the blackbuck poaching...

Image credit: AP A dramatic public rift appeared to open between US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday. Trump announced a unilateral ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah while Netanyahu swiftly issued a statement vowing to strike Beirut if attacks on northern Israel continue.Trump claimed on Truth Social that he had...

AMRITSAR: A tragic incident has come to light where a Class 12 student ended her life after allegedly facing severe mental harassment by her school management over unpaid fees.Amritsar police commissioner Gurpreet Singh Bhullar confirmed that following the viral video, a case has been formally registered based on the victim’s video statement, adding that the...

Rajat Patidar (BCCI/IPL Photo) NEW DELHI: As the fireworks lit up the Ahmedabad sky and Royal Challengers Bengaluru players celebrated yet another IPL triumph, one man sat quietly in the stands, soaking in the moment.Abhishek Pathrod had found a spot close to the presentation stage, eagerly waiting for his childhood friend Rajat Patidar.With the coveted...