Spread the love File Pic: Manjot Kalra (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: Former India Under-19 World Cup-winning star Manjot Kalra will remain in custody in Sri Lanka after a Colombo court rejected his plea for early bail in connection with an alleged match-fixing case linked to the ongoing Lanka Premier League (LPL) 2026.Kalra, who shot to fame with his match-winning century...
‘Cosmetic exercise to camouflage illegal occupation’: MEA rejects Pak polls in PoK
Spread the love MEA rejects Pak-organised polls in PoK NEW DELHI: The ministry of external affairs on Tuesday dismissed the legislative assembly elections being held in Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoK), calling the exercise a “cosmetic” attempt by Islamabad to legitimise its “illegal occupation” of the region. Responding to reports on the polls, MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal reiterated that the...
Teen’s nuclear energy idea could cut Antarctic base emissions by 3,254 tons
Spread the love Image Credit: Cooperativa Ciencia A 17-year-old Chilean high school student, María Javiera Valenzuela, is drawing attention for proposing an innovative energy system that could help reduce diesel dependence at research stations in Antarctica. Her concept combines renewable energy with a next-generation nuclear microreactor, offering a potential way to cut carbon emissions while ensuring a reliable power supply...
‘Not an in-house probe ‘: AAIB explains to SC why AI171 crash report is getting delayed
Spread the love Air India’s Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner, operating Flight AI-171 (ANI image) The Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) on Tuesday informed the Supreme Court that its investigation into the June 12, 2025 Air India Flight AI-171 crash, which claimed 260 lives, is not an “in-house” exercise limited to officials of the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), but also...
Retired Delhi Police officers to hold dharna over attacks on cops during student protests
Spread the love The associations requested permission to stage a peaceful demonstration from 11am to 5pm at the designated protest site. (Representative Image) NEW DELHI: The Delhi Police Retired Officers’ Association has sought permission from the Delhi Police to hold a one-day dharna at Jantar Mantar on July 31 in solidarity with police and paramilitary personnel injured during the recent...
Andromeda Galaxy entering ‘middle age’
Spread the love Astronomers have used data collected by the Hubble Space Telescope to piece together the clearest yet map of star formation across most of the Andromeda Galaxy over the last 500 million years. The Andromeda is 2-2.5-times wider than the Milky Way, and the two galaxies have a coin-toss’s chance of colliding within the next 10 billion years....
‘Modiji clocked it’: BJP MP’s Gen Z-style praise for PM during anti-paper leak Bill debate
Spread the love BJP MP’s Gen Z-style praise for PM during anti-paper leak Bill debate NEW DELHI: The Bharatiya Janata Party Lok Sabha member Bansuri Swaraj on Tuesday used a Gen Z term to praise the steps taken by Prime Minister Narendra Modi against the paper leak. She said that the PM had “clocked it” with the anti-paper leak Bill,...
‘Milestone’ vs ‘Pradhan saved Pradhan Mantri’: Centre, oppn clash over anti-paper leak bill
Spread the love Lok Sabha is discussing the amendment to the anti-paper leak law saidNEW DELHI: The Lok Sabha on Tuesday took up for discussion the Centre’s proposed legislation to amend the anti-paper leak law, amid nationwide calls for tougher safeguards against examination fraud and wider education reforms following the NEET (UG) question paper leak in May.Union minister Jitendra Singh...
Space tech funding in India on the rise, Bengaluru tops the chart: Report
Spread the love As India’s space tech funding reached a record $200 million in 2025, Bengaluru has emerged the ecosystem leader attracting more than half of the ecosystem funding, shows a new report by market research firm Tracxn. According to the report, the sector has raised approximately $871 million in funding as of July 2026. The top 10 most-funded companies alone...
OpenAI’s rogue AI agent that hacked world’s biggest repository of AI models also left ‘cheat code’
Spread the love AI agents data vulnerability The incident involving OpenAI’s AI agent escaping the sandbox and going on to hack Hugging Face – the world’s largest AI model repository – has escalated AI safety concerns. However, the bigger concerns are related to the detailed instructions it left behind explaining how future AI models can bypass internal safety controls.Citing sources...
