File photo: Houses covered in snow are seen on the coast of a sea inlet of Nuuk, Greenland (Picture credit: AP) A US oil company with links to people in President Donald Trump’s political circle has begun moving drilling equipment ashore in Greenland’s remote Jameson Land region, despite not having received approval from the local...
Category: Events
‘A morning I will cherish’: Raghav Chadha’s first social media post with PM Modi
Chadha’s post on X after meeting NEW DELHI: AAP turncoat and now BJP leader Raghav Chadha on Saturday shared pictures of his meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, calling it as a “detailed and enriching interaction”.His remarks came in an X post featuring his first pictures with PM Modi since he joined the BJP months...
Congress lost the millennials. Can it win over Gen Z?
Rahul Gandhi, left, with Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra during the Monsoon session of Parliament Rahul Gandhi‘s interaction with Kalavati went viral in 2008, back when “viral” meant something very different. The widow of a farmer who died by suicide, she was raising nine children in Vidarbha when Rahul met her, and he later invoked...
Sarfaraz Khan in contention to replace Sai Sudharsan for Sri Lanka Tests
Shaik Rasheed, Sarfaraz Khan emerge as frontrunners (Images: ANI/PTI) TimesofIndia.com in Colombo: India are rocked by another injury blow as their designated No. 3 batter Sai Sudharsan is all but ruled out of the upcoming two-match series against Sri Lanka, starting August 15 in Galle.The southpaw is undergoing rehabilitation at the BCCI Centre of Excellence...
Estranged wife calls for Gardner’s vice-captaincy to be stripped, slams CA
L-R: Georgia Voll and Ashleigh Gardner during a training session; Gardner with her estranged wife Monica Wright (R). Ashleigh Gardner‘s position as Australia’s vice-captain has come under renewed scrutiny after her estranged wife, Monica Wright, called for the star all-rounder to be removed from the leadership role and questioned Cricket Australia’s response to allegations surrounding...
‘Political drama’: DMK skips TVK govt’s all-party MP meet on Delimitation Bill
Kanimozhi Karunanidhi criticised the state govt’s move as a ‘political drama’ intended to divert public attention from the ongoing Mekedatu dam controversy and Cauvery water dispute. CHENNAI: DMK announced its decision to boycott the consultative meeting of Tamil Nadu MPs convened by the TVK govt to evolve a collective strategy for the state regarding delimitation...
Colorado River faces fish-versus-power dilemma as waters warm
Federal officials said on Thursday that they will not release cool water this year from Colorado River’s major reservoirs. This water would have protected a threatened native fish downstream, but put more strain on already struggling hydropower production. In an email obtained by The Associated Press, the Bureau of Reclamation told various groups that water...
‘Changing colours like chameleon’: Mayawati slams Akhilesh over PDA’s ‘Pandit’ twist
Mayawati slams Akhilesh over his PDA’s ‘pandit’ twist NEW DELHI: BSP supremo Mayawati on Saturday launched a sharp attack on the Samajwadi Party, accusing it of changing its political position for electoral gains after SP chief Akhilesh Yadav gave a new interpretation to the party’s PDA formula.BSP chief Mayawati alleged that the SP was now...
Airbnb CEO reveals the non-AI feature that got the biggest reaction from analysts
Airbnb CEO Brain Chesky revealed during the company’s third-quarter earnings call that the most popular new service wasn’t one of its AI-driven features, but rather a practical offering which is luggage storage. “What a sleeper hit,” Chesky said, noting that when he mentioned the feature during a keynote, it received the loudest cheer from analysts...
Spain’s zebra mussels reach 40,000 per sq metre, damaging pipes and structures
In northeastern Spain, the spread of zebra mussels continues to baffle water management experts, keeping them on alert over the damage to water infrastructure caused by these invasive species. Their presence in reservoirs, irrigation canals and water distribution networks has begun to disrupt water supplies, especially in Catalonia’s Lleida province, as per a report by...
