Spread the love AI pilot found tipsy just before operating Zurich-Delhi flight NEW DELHI: Air India has suspended a pilot who was reportedly found tipsy when he was to operate a Zurich-Delhi flight earlier this month. The Zurich-Delhi flight of Sept 6 had to be rescheduled after the pilot was found unfit to operate the same and till alternate crew...
NASA sent 12.5 million tomato seeds to space; later planted across 40,000 schools
Spread the love The seeds that NASA sent to space in 1984, returned to Earth six years later in 1990 and had to be distributed among students as plant kits. What lies behind this statement is a tale of space motion that many remain unaware of. The mission was to determine whether exposure to the space environment would affect the...
‘Don’t touch this Vijay, you’ll regret it’: TN CM targets DMK ahead of bypoll
Spread the love Vijay delivered a sharp warning aimed at DMK president M K Stalin and his party leadership. Photo by L R Shankar MADURANTAKAM: Setting the stage for a high-decibel poll battle in Madurantakam, Tamil Nadu chief minister and TVK chief C Joseph Vijay launched a blistering attack on the opposition DMK, stating the upcoming byelection as a direct...
PM Modi deepfake pics case: HC orders immediate removal, police protection for woman
Spread the love The Delhi high court’s directions came after the plea was taken up for an urgent hearing. NEW DELHI: The Delhi high court on Friday directed the immediate removal of objectionable deepfake content cited by a Delhi woman, who has accused Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) leaders of morphing and circulating her photographs alongside Prime Minister Narendra Modi during...
The Backstory: When ‘Tau’ Devi Lal won the PM race, and then gave it away
Spread the love Chaudhary Devi Lal, the former Haryana chief minister and deputy prime minister, who turned down the Prime Minister’s post in 1989 in favour of VP Singh. NEW DELHI: On December 1, 1989, the newly elected Janata Dal parliamentary party gathered in Parliament’s Central Hall to decide who would lead the government that was about to replace Rajiv...
Pakistan records surge in HIV cases among children; expert shares warning signs
Spread the love Score of children children in Karachi have recently tested positive for HIV, with investigations linking the infections to unsafe medical practices, according to a recent NPR report. The development has raised fresh concerns about infection-control measures in healthcare settings, with the report adding that this is not the first time Pakistan has witnessed an outbreak of HIV among...
Ruckus in J&K assembly: BJP MLAs tear up statehood resolution moved by CM Omar
Spread the love BJP rejects Omar’s statehood resolution, opposes Article 370 debate SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah today brought a resolution before Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly seeking the restoration of full statehood to Jammu and Kashmir. However, the resolution was fiercely opposed by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) creating chaotic scenes forcing the speaker to adjourn...
Shaili Singh: Anju Bobby George’s protege eyes a leap of faith at Asian Games
Spread the love Uttar Pradesh’s Shaili Singh competes in women’s long jump event at the Indian Grand Prix-1 track and field competition, at Kanteerava stadium in Bengaluru. (PTI Photo/Shailendra Bhojak) NEW DELHI: The first thing Shaili Singh sees on the runway isn’t the crowd, the jumping board or even her rivals. It is a jump that has already happened.“When I...
Is your ‘paneer’ really paneer? What FSSAI’s latest proposal could change for you
Spread the love FSSAI calls to ban non-milk products under label Is your paneer really paneer? The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has proposed changes that could stop products made with non-dairy ingredients from being sold or marketed as “Paneer”.The proposed amendments to the Food Safety and Standards (Prohibition and Restrictions on Sales) Regulations, 2011, aim to...
‘Nothing to do with SIR row’: EC on postponement of CEC’s UP outreach events
Spread the love Recent allegations against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar suggest unilateral actions disregarding his colleagues’ views. NEW DELHI: The Election Commission on Friday clarified that the postponement of chief election commissioner Gyanesh Kumar’s youth outreach events in Uttar Pradesh had nothing to do with the ongoing row over alleged internal differences in the poll body but were necessiated...
