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SpaceX faces a significant hurdle in attracting engineers and technicians to its Starbase facility in South Texas due to limited job prospects for their spouses. Elon Musk highlighted this ‘significant other’ problem, noting the remote location’s scarcity of non-SpaceX employment. This challenge, though less pronounced, also affects Tesla’s recruitment in Texas. Elon Musk has revealed...

Obamas (AP file photo) White House said on Friday that a racist video shared from US president Donald Trump’s social media account was posted by mistake by a staff member and has now been removed.“A White House staffer erroneously made the post. It has been taken down,” a White House official told AFP.The video had...

Behind Silicon Valley’s wealth and innovation lies a quieter story of migration, struggle, and relentless effort. Many of today’s most powerful Indian-origin executives arrived in the US with little more than strong academic foundations, technical skills, and a willingness to start at the bottom. They navigated cultural barriers, visa constraints, and hyper-competitive workplaces, often spending...

US President Donald Trump has, at several occasions, claimed that broad tariffs on different countries has revived the American economy. In his recent opinion piece in The Wall Street Journal, Trump claimed that tariffs have created an “American economic miracle.“He also lamented on critics and economists who predicted that tariffs would backfire, raising prices and...

MUMBAI: After a bystander lost an eye to a stone flung by a commuter over a spat between him and another traveller on a local train at Bandra, the Govt Railway Police (GRP) tracked down and arrested the suspect on Thursday.Yogendra Bauddha, the accused, is a labourer. The stone flung by Bauddha injured Nishant Khatri,...

(Image Credits: Pinterest) The season of love is finally here! As the calendar turns to February 7, 2026, the world prepares to celebrate Rose Day, the official opening act of the much-anticipated Valentine’s Week. Whether it’s a single scarlet bud for a new crush, a bunch of yellow blooms for a best friend, or a...

Representative image (AI-generated) The United States on Friday announced new sanctions targeting Iran’s oil and petrochemical trade, hours after indirect talks between Tehran and Washington concluded in Oman.The move came even as both sides signalled willingness to continue negotiations aimed at easing tensions over Iran’s nuclear programme.The sanctions, unveiled by the US State Department, target...

Harshit Rana NEW DELHI: India fast bowler Harshit Rana has been ruled out of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026, the BCCI said on Friday. Rana suffered a knee injury during India’s warm-up match against South Africa in Navi Mumbai on February 4, 2026.The BCCI said Rana was assessed by a specialist and underwent...

<img src="https://static.toiimg.com/thumb/msid-127997062,imgsize-779705,width-400,resizemode-4/untitled-design-2026-02-06t205220.jpg" alt="‘No limits, no transparency, no controls’: US accuses China of covert nuclear tests as New START expires" title=" Representative image (Picture credit: AP) ” decoding=”async” fetchpriority=”high”> Representative image (Picture credit: AP) The United States on Friday accused China of secretly carrying out nuclear explosive tests, even as Washington and Moscow acknowledged the need...

NEW DELHI: India U19 secured a commanding 100-run victory over England U19 to claim their sixth ICC Under-19 World Cup title on Friday, continuing their dominance in the tournament with previous wins in 2000, 2008, 2012, 2018, and 2022.The final at Zimbabwe’s Harare Sports Club saw a spectacular performance from 14-year-old batting sensation Vaibhav Sooryavanshi....