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Built in China and equipped with Air‑Independent Propulsion (AIP), the Hangor gives Pakistan a stealthier, longer‑endurance conventional submarine capability. For the first time since the 1971 war, Pakistan has signalled that it is looking to have a sustained naval presence in the Bay of Bengal with PNS Hangor, a technologically advanced submarine that analysts say...

Meta’s new Applied AI unit, built to power Mark Zuckerberg’s $14.3 billion bet on chief AI officer Alexandr Wang, is in open revolt. The 6,500 engineers drafted into the months-old team call the work “soul-crushing” and a “gulag,” with one hijacking a company livestream to insult an executive. Amid 8,000 layoffs and a worker-surveillance backlash,...

AI generated image NEW DELHI: The district consumer commission, Thiruvananthapuram, has directed a restaurant to pay Rs 50,000 to a customer after his daughter’s first birthday party was allegedly ruined by poor service and stale food, holding the restaurant’s manager and managing director jointly liable for deficiency in service.What was the issueComplainant Prathap Wilson approached...

Has the time come for Congress’s breakaway parties to return to the fold? NEW DELHI: Mamata Banerjee’s Trinamool Congress is not merging with the Congress. That’s final for now. Both the parties have firmly rejected speculations about a merger, dismissing them as “baseless rumours” and “fake news”. But not before the speculations triggered a larger...

Indian opposition parties are experiencing internal turmoil and potential splits. Indian politics seems to be going through a familiar cycle once again. Every few years, a major regional party suddenly finds itself staring at an internal revolt. Loyalists become rebels, whispers become headlines, and before long, a party that once looked invincible is fighting for...

Lesson from India’s exam scandal (PTI) The NEET-UG paper leak, which has sparked protests, court battles and a probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has brought the examination system under unprecedented scrutiny.The controversy has exposed deeper structural flaws in a testing ecosystem that determines admission to colleges and the futures of millions of...

The accused, identified as Radhamohan Mishra. PUNE: A self-styled godman and seven of his associates have been arrested in Pune for allegedly sexually assaulting, physically torturing and financially exploiting a woman for several years by claiming to possess divine powers, police said on Thursday.The arrested associates include six women, officials said.Police said the alleged abuse...

India’s Mohammed Siraj (PTI Photo) Former India batter Aakash Chopra believes Mohammed Siraj was unfairly tagged as a specialist for just one format early in his international career, insisting the fast bowler has repeatedly shown he can be effective across formats.Siraj’s impressive performances in franchise cricket for Royal Challengers Bengaluru and later Gujarat Titans helped...

The Delhi high court had issued a notice to the Centre regarding Telegram’s challenge to a temporary blocking order (File photo) NEW DELHI: The central government Thursday told the Delhi high court that social media platform Telegram has now become a “new dark web” making it hard for the authorities to “track and attribute” criminals.In...

US President Donald Trump has announced that Apple has agreed to work with Intel to design and manufacture chips in the US. This will mark what he described as a step toward rebuilding the country’s semiconductor industry. In a post on Truth Social, Trump said the partnership would help bring chip production back to America...