Category: Events

NEW DELHI: A war of words erupted between Congress MP Manish Tewari and Bharatiya Janata Party’s Sambit Patra after the former warned that India could soon face a robot-driven Chinese Army on the Line of Actual Control.In a social media post on X, Tewari said that “impressive development of humanoid robots” by China should give...

Musk admits SpaceXAI has fallen behind Elon Musk waited until the ink was dry to tell Cursor what he actually wanted from it. On the day SpaceX confirmed it had completed its $60 billion acquisition of the AI coding startup, Musk dialled into an all-hands video call and told more than 1,000 Cursor employees that...

Sri Lanka’s Prabath Jayasuriya walks off the field after losing his wicket during day two. (AP Photo) NEW DELHI: Sri Lanka spinner Prabath Jayasuriya has become the third player to be officially sanctioned during the ongoing second Test against India in Colombo, adding another disciplinary flashpoint to a match that had already been marred by...

Xi’s expected visit comes as India and China step up high-level talks to maintain peace along the border and rebuild ties. (File photo) Chinese President Xi Jinping is likely to attend next month’s BRICS summit in New Delhi with a large delegation, more than double the Chinese contingent that accompanied him on his last India...

DRDO missile technologies cleared for transfer to Indian defence industry for local production NEW DELHI: Defence minister Rajnath Singh has approved the transfer of DRDO-developed technologies for all conventional missile systems to Indian defence companies for production within the country, the defence ministry said on Tuesday.The move is aimed at accelerating indigenous missile manufacturing, reducing...

BPSC protest intensifies as students breach barricades, govt says issues resolved NEW DELHI: Chaotic scenes unfolded in Bihar’s Patna on Tuesday as protesting students clashed with police during a massive protest over alleged irregularities in the 70th BPSC examination.The protest was met with a heavy police presence, with barricades put up to stop the students...

Cook’s last week as Apple CEO began with a party at Apple Park Apple threw a farewell party for its outgoing chief at Apple Park on Sunday, spilling out of Caffè Macs, the cafeteria tucked into the ring-shaped Cupertino headquarters, and into the courtyard at its centre, where OneRepublic performed in the round. A photo...

Representative Image (AI-generated) Mount St. Helens is one of the most closely studied volcanoes in the United States, but scientists still cannot directly see the complex system of magma and rock hidden beneath it. In 2014, researchers launched an ambitious experiment to change that. According to the Imaging Magma Under St. Helens (iMUSH) project, a...

Supreme Court denies relief to Tarun Tejpal NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed former Tehelka editorTarun Tejpal to surrender within two weeks in connection with the 2013 Goa sexual assault case.The direction comes after Tejpal challenged the Bombay high court’s August 6 judgment, which overturned his acquittal by a trial court and convicted...

Gurgaon experienced significant disruption from recent monsoon rains. Major roads flooded, causing extensive traffic jams GURGAON: Gurgaon’s Monday monsoon disruption exposes a recurring infrastructure failure, with 75mm of rain flooding major roads, stranding schoolchildren and commuters, and causing missed trains. Hundreds of crores spent on drainage and desilting, along with pending road repairs and major...