Spread the love Locals and rescuers help victims of the boating accident in southern Vietnam on Saturday HYDERABAD/VIJAYAWADA: At least 15 Indian tourists were killed and 17 others injured after a speedboat carrying 32 Indian passengers and four crew capsized less than 500 metres off Vietnam’s Hon May Rut Ngoai island, close to the tourist destination of Phu Quoc, around...
India, New Zealand upgrade their ‘made for each other’ ties
Spread the love File photo: PM Modi with New Zealand PM Luxon (Picture credit: PTI) India and New Zealand upgraded their relationship to a strategic partnership as they signed defence agreements to boost maritime cooperation in the Indo-Pacific, facilitate reciprocal logistics support between the Indian Navy and the New Zealand Defence Force and strengthen hydrographic collaboration.The 18 agreements and announcements...
Environmental groups urge FCC to stop Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Sundar Pichai’s satellite plans
Spread the love Representative Image In January this year, SpaceX filed an application with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for a constellation of up to one million satellites that would be the foundation for an orbital AI data center. And Spacex is not alone in what has become a race to compute in space. Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos has voiced...
J&K: Kashmiri Pandit’s eatery sparks ‘ghar wapsi’ calls
Spread the love Akash Dhar (second from left), with his restaurant team LANGATE (KUPWARA): At the centre of Langate’s main market in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district stands a brightly lit restaurant with modern decor and eight neatly arranged tables. In one corner, 29-year-old Akash Dhar welcomes customers with a smile. His eyes remain open though he cannot see.Two weeks ago,...
PM Modi flags FCRA nod for Golden Temple to woo Sikh diaspora
Spread the love PM Modi addresses an Indian community event in Auckland, New Zealand (Picture credit: PTI) NEW DELHI: PM Narendra Modi on Saturday listed out his government’s numerous measures for Sikhs, including FCRA clearance for Golden Temple, at a diaspora event in Auckland in an outreach to the community, who make up a sizeable part of people of Indian...
3 UN special rapporteurs flag ‘opaque’ SIR process; EC dismisses concerns as baseless
Spread the love EC sources stated that SIR is a constitutional exercise in accordance with the electoral laws of India (File photo) NEW DELHI: Three United Nations rapporteurs have flagged concerns regarding the special intensive revision (SIR) process completed in 13 states/UTs and ongoing in others, alleging shortcomings like “opaque AI-driven systems, weak ground for deletion of names, inadequate time...
Speedy completion of UAPA trials a challenge, says CJI Suryakant
Spread the love File photo: CJI Suryakant (Picture credit: ANI) NEW DELHI: With trials in Delhi riots and many UAPA cases against accused including Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam dragging, Chief Justice Surya Kant said expeditious completion of trial in these cases is desirable as final adjudication of evidence would address the grievances of non-grant of bail despite long period...
Rajasthan: Maternal mortality crisis worsens as 9 more women die
Spread the love Representative image JAIPUR/BHILWARA/BANSWARA: A fresh series of maternal deaths in government hospitals has gripped Rajasthan, with nine women losing their lives in Bhilwara and Banswara over just six days between July 5 and July 10. Medical teams from Jaipur were dispatched Saturday to probe the causes of deaths in the two districts.The nine deaths are the latest...
9 dead in Pune’s Moshi building collapse; waste plant operator chief blames heavy rainfall
Spread the love PUNE: The rescue teams on Sunday recovered one more body from the debris of the administrative building at the PCMC’s waste-to-energy (WTE) plant in Moshi, taking up the death toll to nine.One person remained missing, more than 79 hours after the building collapsed. Rescue teams continued their search operations to trace him till late in the night....
PM Modi, his New Zealand counterpart Luxon announce Annual Maritime Security Dialogue
Spread the love PM Modi with New Zealand PM Christopher Luxon during Indian community Event, in Auckland (File photo) India and New Zealand on Saturday unveiled the comprehensive “India-New Zealand Strategic Partnership: Roadmap to 2030”, establishing a robust blueprint to significantly deepen defence and security cooperation over the next four years.PM Narendra Modi and New Zealand counterpart Christopher Luxon welcomed...
