S Jaishankar at a felicitation ceremony at IIM Calcutta KOLKATA: External affairs minister (EAM) S Jaishankar said on Saturday that the world was looking beyond the US and China to other countries and blocs for trade and energy as they try to hedge against contingencies.Calling the US the “long-time underwriter of the contemporary system”, Jaishankar...
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‘Cosmic curveball’: Glitch in most A320 planes to be fixed by today; solar-flare risk flagged
A screen displays delays in IndiGo flights at Delhi’s IGI on Saturday. According to DGCA, 82% of the 338 Indian aircraft had been updated by Saturday evening. IndiGo announced before midnight that it had completed the task of updating its 200 affected jets NEW DELHI: A cosmic curveball forced a frantic fix as Indian operators...
Sangam Vihar blaze: Four killed in Delhi; no safety systems found
Charred remains NEW DELHI: Four people, including a man and his sister, died after a massive fire engulfed a four-storey residential building in south Delhi’s Sangam Vihar on Saturday evening. The blaze spread rapidly through the structure, leaving residents trapped inside with little chance to escape. In a desperate attempt to save herself, one woman...
Who was Tom Stoppard? British playwright dies at 88
British playwright and screenwriter Tom Stoppard died at the age of 88 on Saturday. He passed away at his home in Dorset, England, surrounded by his family, reports the BBC. Stoppard was regarded as one of the greatest dramatists of his generation. His career spanned over six decades, producing a string of acclaimed plays and...
National Herald case: Fresh FIR against Rahul, Sonia; total crime proceeds Rs 988cr, says ED
Rahul, Sonia Gandhi (File photo) NEW DELHI: The economic offences wing of the Delhi police has registered a fresh FIR against senior Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi, along with six other associates and business entities in an alleged case of criminal conspiracy to “fraudulently” acquire Associated Journals Ltd, then a Congress held entity...
Canada-returned woman arrested for husband’s murder
BATHINDA: A woman who returned from Canada was arrested on the accusation of killing her husband with the help of her paramour at Sukhanwala village in Faridkot late on Friday night. Her paramour is on the run. It is being investigated whether the woman, Rupinder Kaur, was deported from Canada and whether her paramour, Harkanwalpreet...
50 years after her rape changed law, ‘Mathura’ lives in hunger
Unable to read and write, and with her fingerprints not registering due to age, Mathura can’t access welfare schemes GADCHIROLI: More than five decades after her rape inside a Maharashtra police station sparked protests across India and forced the rewriting of the country’s sexual assault laws, the woman known to the world only as ‘Mathura’...
‘Refused marriage’: Woman shot dead in Noida; ex-boyfriend on the run
NOIDA: A 23-year-old woman was shot dead in front of her sisters by her ex-boyfriend who pumped a bullet into her chest when she refused to marry her on Friday night.Originally from Amroha, Soni, the victim, had been working as a clerk at a private company. She stayed in a modest one-room house in Yakubpur...
Vasant Vihar ‘suicide’ case: Woman faced years of abuse; FIR details assault
NEW DELHI: The FIR filed in connection with the alleged suicide of an industrialist’s daughter-in-law in Vasant Vihar, southwest Delhi, states that “she had been isolated from social events and subjected to prolonged mental and physical abuse.” Her mother has demanded a CBI probe into the case, the FIR stated.The complaint detailed an incident in...
Ayesha Curry reveals moment Stephen Curry ignored her advice amid controversy
Ayesha Curry opens up when Stephen Curry ignored her advice.(Image via Getty Images) Stephen Curry, the Golden State Warriors’ star player, and his wife, Ayesha Curry, have been together before he was drafted in the NBA.While Ayesha Curry’s recent comments about marriage and children have raised eyebrows, the popular chef recently opened up about how...










