Category: Events

NCERT textbook revision: Hitler references dropped, Congress’ Partition stand tweaked NEW DELHI: The revised NCERT Class 8 Social Science textbook, released after the Supreme Court ordered the withdrawal of an earlier edition over a controversial chapter on the judiciary, has introduced several other changes, including revisions to its account of the Congress’ stand on the...

China flags security backdoor in Anthropic’s Claude Code China’s cybersecurity watchdog has flagged Anthropic’s Claude Code as a security risk, saying the AI coding tool contains a “back-door vulnerability” that can quietly transmit user data—including location and identity details—to remote servers without consent. The warning, issued Wednesday by the country’s National Vulnerability DataBase (NVDB), a...

ED freezes TMC bank deposits worth Rs 440 crore in Kolkata NEW DELHI: The Enforcement Directorate issued orders to freeze the All India Trinamool Congress (TMC)’s bank deposits worth Rs 440 crore in Kolkata. The order came under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) on Wednesday.The action follows an ongoing money laundering probe into...

A three-storey administrative building at the Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation’s (PCMC) Waste-to-Energy (WTE) plant in Moshi collapsed amid heavy rain on WednesdayImage Credit: TNN PUNE: A three-storey administrative building at the Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation’s (PCMC) Waste-to-Energy (WTE) plant in Moshi collapsed amid heavy rain on Wednesday, According to officials, 15 to 16 workers are...

Ashok Sharma is included in India T20I squad for Zimbabwe. NEW DELHI: Ashok Sharma was over the moon when the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) asked for his passport and he got the visa for Ireland. He was expecting a call-up for the Ireland tour but was overlooked.“Kaafi umeed badh gayi thi,...

Lawrence Bishnoi, Goldy Brar charged in Hardeep Singh Nijjar murder, says US DOJ (Image/ANI) TOI correspondent from Washington: US federal prosecutors have charged jailed Indian gangster Lawrence Bishnoi and his close associate Satinderjeet Singh, alias Goldy Brar, with ordering the assassination of Khalistan separatist Hardeep Singh Nijjar in Canada, but neither the indictment nor US...

JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon has sharpened his criticism of the Digital Asset Market Clarity (CLARITY) Act, warning that yield-paying stable coins could trigger a ‘shadow banking’ crisis. According to a report by The Globe and Mail, speaking in a recent intreview with Fox Business, Dimon said, “We’ll fight it. If we lose, we lose,...

Investor sentiment turned sharply negative after US President Donald Trump announced that the ceasefire arrangement with Iran had collapsed. (AI image) Stock market crash today: Nifty50 and BSE Sensex, the Indian equity benchmark indices, crashed in trade on Wednesday as fresh tensions between the US and Iran sent crude oil prices soaring. Both the benchmarks...

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has announced plans to allow Americans to use their smartphone and laptop camera to take passport photos, removing the need to visit photo centres or retail stores for printed pictures. Speaking at the Reception for the Consular Affairs Patriot Passport Launch recently, Marco Rubio said the US State Department...

Arvind Kejriwal NEW DELHI: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) supremo Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday wrote to 29 automobile manufacturers, seeking a written clarification on the impact of E20 ethanol-blended fuel on vehicle mileage and engines safety and asked them to respond within seven days.Addressing a press conference, Kejriwal said he had sent separate letters to Maruti...