Category: Events

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella announced a significant $17.5 billion investment in India over four years, focusing on AI and cloud. He acknowledged India’s need for sovereign control and local resilience in technology deployment. Nadella lauded India’s unique “virtuous cycle” of policies, digital infrastructure, and market, highlighting the launch of Sovereign Public Cloud for enhanced governance...

The Supreme Court has overturned a Bombay High Court order sentencing a woman to jail for contempt. Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta emphasized that mercy and forgiveness are crucial judicial principles. They stated that sincere remorse and an apology, even if qualified, should be accepted, particularly when a contemnor acknowledges their mistake and seeks...

A massive fire has erupted at one of St. Petersburg’s largest markets, with witnesses reporting several explosions at the site. According to Russia’s ministry of emergency situations, the blaze broke out in a market building in the Nevsky district on Wednesday night, killing one person.Russian media indicated that the entire market complex may have been...

Oklahoma City Thunder vs Phoenix Suns (Image via Getty) The NBA is 2 months into the 2025-26 season, and teams are grappling to topple one another in their bid to reach the playoffs. The next game features the reigning champions, the Oklahoma City Thunder, who will be facing the Phoenix Suns – a team that...

Representative image TOI Correspondent from London: A UK government analysis has found a sizeable imbalance in birth sex ratios among Indian-origin families, raising concerns that some parents may be aborting female foetuses because they prefer sons.The office for health improvement and disparities analysed birth data from 2017 to 2021 and detected one statistically significant anomaly:...

SRINAGAR: A Chinese national who was under the scanner for visiting Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh without permission was sent back to New Delhi, police sources said Wednesday evening.The 29-year-old had been under questioning by police and intelligence agencies since Sunday at Humhama police post in central Kashmir’s Budgam district for allegedly violating visa norms....

Alvin Kamara sustained a brutal injury.(Image via New Orleans Saints) Alvin Kamara, the New Orleans Saints’ star player, is dealing with a pretty brutal knee and ankle injury as the team struggles in the new season after losing ten matches so far.In the last five matches, the New Orleans Saints have just won twice while...

Luthra brothers, Gaurav (L) and Saurabh PANAJI: Saurabh and Gaurav Luthra, owners of Birch by Romeo Lane at Arpora where 25 people died in a fire on Saturday, filed for transit anticipatory bail before the district and sessions court, Rohini, New Delhi, for four weeks in the event of arrest. The court didn’t grant interim...

US Fed chair Jerome Powell (File photo by AP) The US Federal Reserve’s Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC), led by Fed Chair Jerome Powell on Wednesday cut the key rate by 25 basis points. The rate now stands between 3.5 percent and 3.75 percent, the lowest level in nearly three years. “In support of its...

GUWAHATI: A foreign tourist has alleged that she and her female friend were harassed and “touched without consent” during American rapper Post Malone’s debut concert in Guwahati on Monday. But, despite Guwahati police reaching out to them on social media for details, no response has been received so far.The woman, who described herself as a...