At just 16 years old, Canadian student Evan Budz has developed an autonomous AI-powered robot turtle that could help scientists tackle one of the world’s fastest-growing environmental problems: microplastic pollution. Inspired by the graceful swimming of a snapping turtle he encountered during a family camping trip, Budz spent nearly 4,000 hours designing and refining a…
For decades, the Strait of Hormuz has been the world’s most critical oil gateway, with millions of barrels of crude passing through it every day. But repeated disruptions to oil supplies across the globe have exposed just how vulnerable that dependence is, prompting Gulf nations to resort to an ambitious network of pipelines designed to…
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) on Thursday claimed it had destroyed Patriot air defence systems, a THAAD missile defence radar, an MQ-9 Reaper drone depot and other military infrastructure in retaliatory strikes on US bases in Jordan and Kuwait, as tensions between Tehran and Washington continued to escalate.In a statement carried by Iran’s state…
Bangladesh President Mohammad Shahabuddin is likely to resign nearly two years before the end of his five-year term, according to political sources and media reports, amid growing speculation that the government is no longer comfortable with his continuation in office.“It is likely that he (Shahabuddin) will resign soon,” a senior leader of Prime Minister Tarique…
Second Uber layoff in eight weeks—and the first one AI gets blamed for. Uber has cut 10% of the roles inside its customer service operations, and for the first time the company is putting artificial intelligence at the centre of the explanation. The reductions hit the community operations team and were announced internally on Wednesday,…
India’s Commonwealth Games contingent has suffered a setback on the day of the Glasgow 2026 opening ceremony, with judoka Arun Kumar withdrawn from the competition after failing a dope test.The rising 73kg judoka was declared ineligible following an adverse analytical finding in an out-of-competition test conducted by the National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA). His withdrawal reduces…
Dhamaal 4 Day 14 box office collection (Image Credits IMDb) ‘Dhamaal 4’ continues to enjoy a successful theatrical run as it enters Day 14. The comedy entertainer has maintained a healthy hold in its second week despite the expected weekday slowdown and fresh competition at the box office. Having already crossed the prestigious Rs. 100…
No matter where they go across the globe, one thing an Indian cannot live without is their home food. The dal chawal and khichdi are what make their stomach and heart happy at the end of the day, even if it is in space. When Indian astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla travelled to the International Space Station…
Yamuna river (PTI file photo) NEW DELHI: “Nature provides enough to satisfy every man’s needs, but not every man’s greed.” The words widely attributed to Mahatma Gandhi perhaps resonate nowhere more starkly today than along India’s rivers.From Delhi to Mumbai, Chennai to Hyderabad and Bengaluru, India’s urban rivers tell similar stories. They have been straightened,…
(Representative Image) Image source: Getty Images Having escalated into open hostilities on February 28, 2026, the current United States and Iran war has been going on for nearly five months. In this period, the Strait of Hormuz, the only open-ocean exit for major producers like Saudi Arabia, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, and the UAE has been…