Category: Events

PM Modi takes apparent swipe at Rahul Gandhi NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday took a veiled swipe at leader of opposition Rahul Gandhi while praising India’s growing space capabilities, saying he was referring to the “28-year-old youngsters and not any 56-year-old.“Addressing reporters ahead of the commencement of the Monsoon Session of Parliament,...

Police and RAF personnel used lathis to disperse the crowd and prevent the march from proceeding. NEW DELHI: Protesters participating in the Cockroach Janta Party’s (CJP) ‘Chalo Sansad’ march clashed with police and Rapid Action Force (RAF) personnel near Jantar Mantar on Monday after attempting to march towards Parliament despite prohibitory orders in force.Police and...

Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis has once again predicted that artificial intelligence is close at hand, telling an audience at Stanford Graduate School of Business that AGI could arrive around 2030, plus or minus a year. He called it an “enormous transformative technology” that will usher in “a new human era.” Hassabis also added that...

A day after the Delhi high court declined to direct the transfer of climate activist Sonam Wangchuk from Safdarjung Hospital to a private hospital, his wife Dr Gitanjali J Angmo on Monday challenged the order before a Division Bench, alleging that it “illegally confines” him to the government hospital despite him not being under arrest.According...

Lionel Messi (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: Will Lionel Messi retire? Was the FIFA World Cup 2026 final his last appearance on football’s biggest stage? Those questions dominated discussions as Argentina took on Spain in the final at the New York New Jersey Stadium. Argentina’s title defence ended with a 1-0 extra-time defeat, but head coach...

Abandoned buildings are a common sight across Indian cities (Photo: PTI). From deserted bungalows to crumbling apartment blocks, abandoned buildings are a common sight across Indian cities. But can the government simply step in and take over or demolish such properties? The answer is not straightforward.India has no single, comprehensive law governing abandoned buildings. Instead,...

A magnitude 5.5 earthquake struck western Iran on Monday, according to the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre. The quake occurred at a depth of 10 kilometers.The earthquake struck approximately 54 kilometers west of Kahriz, a city with a population of about 766,000, and 33 kilometers south of Javanrud, which has a population of roughly 38,600.This is a...

Argentina’s Lionel Messi (10) during the World Cup final match between Spain and Argentina in East Rutherford, N.J., near New York, Sunday, July 19, 2026. (AP Photo) Tears rolled down Lionel Messi‘s face as he walked away with a silver medal around his neck. Spain had beaten Argentina 1-0 after extra time in the FIFA...

Larry Ellison had $5 billion lined up to buy Apple and make Steve Jobs CEO—but Jobs said no Larry Ellison once had the money, the credit, and a fully worked-out plan to buy Apple outright. What he did not have was Steve Jobs’ agreement. The Oracle co-founder revealed in a 2016 USC commencement speech that...

Lionel Scaloni NEW DELHI: Argentina head coach Lionel Scaloni struggled to hold back tears after his side lost 0-1 to Spain in the FIFA World Cup 2026 final at the New York New Jersey Stadium on Sunday.Scaloni said the defeat was deeply painful as Argentina failed to defend the title they had won in Qatar...