Category: Events

NEW DELHI: Indian dhow — Haji Ali — sailing from Somalia to Sharjah in the UAE sank after coming under attack in Omani waters early Wednesday. Meanwhile, two more India-bound ships, carrying LPG, crossed the strife-hit Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday evening and Thursday morning, taking the total number of such vessels to 13.The two...

NEW DELHI: In a sign of make-in-India products going global, India’s first AI combat aircraft ‘Kaal Bhairava’ will now be manufactured in Europe. Indian AI warfare company FWDA on Thursday announced that its AI combat aircraft will be manufactured in Portugal in partnership with SKETCHPIXEL, a European company known for building advanced fighter jet simulation...

NEW DELHI: Hours after former chief minister Mamata Banerjee appeared in an advocate’s attire before Calcutta high court on Thursday, the Bar Council of India (BCI) asked the West Bengal Bar Council to furnish details of her enrolment as an advocate, whether the licence to practise was kept suspended during her tenure as CM, and...

<img src="https://static.toiimg.com/thumb/msid-131103072,imgsize-56190,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4/vd-satheesan.jpg" alt="Late-night talks, allies’ backing: How Satheesan emerged as Kerala CM choice" title=" VD Satheesan (Image/PTI) ” decoding=”async” fetchpriority=”high”> VD Satheesan (Image/PTI) New Delhi: After Rahul Gandhi met former KPCC chiefs and senior leaders on Tuesday afternoon, one crucial cog of the party alumni saw him late at 10pm at 10, Janpath. A known...

NEW DELHI: Questioning the appointment process for chief election commissioner/election commissioners where a panel of PM, a Cabinet minister and the leader of opposition, pick the candidate, Supreme Court on Thursday said that the present system allows the govt to appoint a person of its choice as two out of three members would favour it...

Deep inside Medellin, Colombia, scientists are breeding millions of mosquitoes every week and then releasing them into the environment on purpose. At first, that may sound strange, especially because mosquitoes are known for spreading dangerous diseases. But researchers say these insects are actually being used to help stop illnesses like dengue, Zika, chikungunya, and yellow...

DoJ said Yale medical school discriminated in admission based on race and disfavored White and Asian applicants. The Justice Department Thursday revealed its findings of a year-long investigation into the admission policies and practices at the Yale School of Medicine and said its leadership selected applications based on race — favored Black and Hispanic students...

<img src="https://static.toiimg.com/thumb/msid-131102858,imgsize-207720,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4/humblebraggers-beware-elon-musk39s-new-twitter-rules-will-punish-you-for-tweeting-too-much-about-how-many-followers-you-have.jpg" alt="World's richest man Elon Musk says: Read this book and give it to all your friends as …" title=" Elon Musk ” decoding=”async” fetchpriority=”high”> The richest man on Earth Elon Musk has a book suggestion for everyone. In a post on X, formerly Twitter, the Tesla CEO has strongly endorsed Gad Saad’s new...

NEW DELHI: In a fresh twist in the ongoing CBI appeal hearings against the discharge of all accused in the excise policy case, Delhi HC’s Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma initiated criminal contempt proceedings against former chief minister Arvind Kejriwal, AAP functionaries Manish Sisodia, Durgesh Pathak, Sanjay Singh, Saurabh Bharadwaj and others, and then opted out...

<img src="https://static.toiimg.com/thumb/msid-131102726,imgsize-86852,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4/iran-war-could-make-trump39s-trip-to-china-a-bit-chillier-than-his-first-term-visit.jpg" alt="During Trump's China visit, Anthropic just 'reminded' America why it should not sell top-end Nvidia chips to China: Since most …" title=" Donald Trump and Xi Jinping ” decoding=”async” fetchpriority=”high”> Donald Trump and Xi Jinping Anthropic has released a new paper on AI competition between the US and China. In the more than...