File photo NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and United States President Donald Trump held a telephone conversation on Thursday and reviewed the progress of the India–US Comprehensive Global Strategic Partnership. Both leaders expressed satisfaction with the steady strengthening of bilateral cooperation across a broad range of areas.According to an official statement, the two leaders...
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When love becomes a crime: What the Nanded killing reveals about ‘honour’ in modern India
Aanchal Mamimdwar seated before a photograph of Saksham Tate The visuals are surreal — and deeply unsettling. Men, some struggling to hold back tears, carry a body wrapped in white cloth into a dimly lit room. Moments later, a young woman steps forward, devastated. Through choking sobs, she performs rituals usually reserved for a wedding...
US to help Pak upgrade its F-16s: Trump admin clears $686m deal; a message for India?
US President Donald Trump (AP) The TOI correspondent from Washinton: Amid strained ties with New Delhi, the Trump administration has notified Congress of a $686 million sustainment and modernisation package for Pakistan’s aging F-16 fighter jet fleet just weeks after Islamabad’s high-profile lobbying blitz secured warmer ties with the White House.The Defense Security Cooperation Agency...
Trump’s $1m Gold card: What it means for Indians, EB-5 visa aspirants; what you should know
Trump envisions this updated programme as an instrument to draw and maintain exceptional talent. Indians, chasing the American dream, now have a fresh avenue to fulfill it with US President Donald Trump officially launching the Gold card programme. Given the long queues for Green cards and the stricter H-1B visa regime, Indians have been looking...
Mass visa chaos: H-1B families stranded in India for months after US consulates cancel interviews
Hundreds of Indians on H-1B visas, along with their H-4 dependent spouses and children — are stranded in India. In some cases, families have been separated with some members in the US and those in India facing an endless delay to fly back.The uproar is loud; the anguish is palpable across social-media posts and WhatsApp...
Amazon layoffs: VP explains 14,000 jobs cuts; Done to remove organisational layers
Amit Agarwal Amazon announced around 14,000 job cuts in October this year. Amazon’s senior vice president of people experience and technology, Beth Galetti informed the staff that the job cuts are part of the organisational changes happening across Amazon. Now, Amazon senior vice president for emerging markets Amit Agarwal has said that recent round of...
No relief for Goa club owners: Court denies interim bail; Thailand to deport Luthras soon
Court denies interim bail to Luthra brothers (Image credits: IANS) NEW DELHI: A Delhi court on Thursday denied the transit anticipatory bail plea of Saurabh and Gaurav Luthra, owners of the Birch by Romeo Lane nightclub in Goa, where a massive fire last week killed at least 25 people. The brothers had sought four weeks...
CBI cracks Rs 1000cr crypto scam: 2 Chinese nationals, 150 shell accounts exposed
2 Chinese nationals, 28 others in CBI’s Rs 1k cr crypto scam chargesheet NEW DELHI: Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has filed a chargesheet against 30 accused, including two Chinese, Wan Jun and Li Anming, in a Rs 1,000-crore crypto-investment scam.The accused, through two Delhi-based companies and their directors, allegedly misled the public into investing...
Taliban, TTP & Balochistan: The three-body problem facing Pak – explained
The challenges Pakistan faces today are often described in binary terms — a threat here, a conflict there — but the reality is far more chaotic and intricate, much like the scientific conundrum known as the “three-body problem”. This problem, rooted in physics and celestial mechanics, deals with predicting the motions of three gravitational bodies...
Warning to tech giants: US attorneys general asks about chatbots; want audits
AI-generated image for representation A group of state attorneys general has sent a warning letter to 13 major technology companies, including Microsoft, Meta, Google and Apple, stating that the “delusional outputs” of their AI chatbots may violate state laws. The letter argues that the chatbots are creating mental health risks for both children and adults...
