Spread the love NEW DELHI: Unmanned Underwater Vehicles (UUVs) encompass both autonomous platforms that navigate and act without real-time human control and remotely operated systems piloted from a surface ship or shore station. Once niche tools for scientific sampling and oilfield inspection, these systems now play an expanding role across naval operations and civilian sectors. From seabed surveillance to mine...
CBI probe sought in SC over ‘Cockroach Janta Party’ campaign, fake advocates
Spread the love . A plea has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking a CBI investigation into the alleged activities of the so-called “Cockroach Janta Party” and the operation of fake advocates purportedly linked to the group.The plea comes amid a growing political controversy surrounding the viral digital campaign “Cockroach Janta Party” (CJP). The campaign, which emerged last week,...
Why 9 million houses are lying empty in Japan
Spread the love Japan currently has around nine million empty homes. These are not unfinished projects or abandoned construction sites, but houses and apartments where nobody lives anymore. Some still have curtains on the windows, while gardens have grown wild, roofs are slowly collapsing, and entire neighbourhoods are becoming quieter every year.Japan’s growing number of vacant homes, known as akiya,...
Mission Unaccomplished: Trump’s Gulf gamble runs aground as Iran survives American assault
Spread the love TOI correspondent from Washington: The emerging outlines of the US-Iran deal though not formally announced — have triggered alarm among hawkish pro-Israel Republicans in Washington who spent months insisting military pressure would either collapse the Iranian regime or force unconditional capitulation. Instead Iran appears battered but strategically intact — and potentially stronger.Republicans and Democrats alike are eviscerating...
Vijay, Abhimanyu had ‘narrow escape from death’ during shoot atop moving train over 2,500-ft valley
Spread the love 4 min readKochiMay 24, 2026 07:18 PM IST Abhimanyu Singh is known not just in Bollywood circles but also among the South Indian cinema audience, having appeared in a handful of regional movies. He recently shared his experience working with actor-turned-politician C Joseph Vijay, who currently serves as the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, recalling the time...
AR Rahman says working with Hans Zimmer on Rs 4000 crore Ramayana is a ‘great honour’
Spread the love The buzz around Ramayana has only grown stronger ever since the teaser of Nitesh Tiwari’s ambitious mythological drama was unveiled. Starring Ranbir Kapoor in the lead, the two-part cinematic spectacle is already being hailed as one of the costliest and most ambitious projects in Indian cinema, with reports suggesting that the film is being mounted on a...
Trump turnaround: Open the straits, close the war
Spread the love TOI correspondent from Washington: “Iran never won a war, but never lost a negotiation,” U.S President Donald Trump said in January 2020 during his first term. It is a line that may be returning to haunt his second term administration.After weeks of military escalation against Iran alongside Israel, a chastened Trump now appears to be scrambling toward...
‘My child’s eyes seemed fixed downward’: Lesser-known hydrocephalus symptom parents should know
Spread the love When parents think of serious brain conditions in babies, unusual eye movements may not immediately ring alarm bells. But doctors say a baby whose eyes appear unusually fixed downward could be showing an important warning sign. This lesser-known symptom, often called “sunsetting eyes”, can sometimes point to hydrocephalus—a condition caused by excess cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) building up inside...
Loans, PG rent & coaching fees: The crushing cost of NEET-UG 2026
Spread the love This is a representative AI image “Education is the milk of a tigress; one who drinks it gets the power to roar,” B R Ambedkar once said. But for lakhs of NEET aspirants this year, the collapse of the examination’s credibility has left the cubs toothless, powerless and far from the ability to roar.For lakhs of aspirants,...
Final warning? Trump’s ‘Adios’ threat to Iran as ceasefire talks continue
Spread the love As ceasefire talks between Washington and Tehran appeared to edge closer to a breakthrough, US President Donald Trump revived his familiar tactic of issuing public threats towards Iran, this time through a dramatic AI-generated image captioned “Adios”.The image, shared amid heightened tensions over the Middle East conflict, showed a US drone firing on Iranian boats carrying the...
