Saudi Arabia has launched a new multiple entry Umrah visa. (AP Photo) Saudi Arabia has rolled out a new one-year multiple-entry Umrah visa, allowing eligible Muslims to perform the pilgrimage multiple times without applying for a fresh visa before every visit.The move, introduced by the Ministry of Hajj and Umrah as part of Vision 2030,…
Less than a week after announcing her resignation from Thinking Machines Lab citing stress and illness, cofounder Lilian Weng is now returning to work alongside OpenAI CEO Sam Altman. According to a report by Business Insider, Weng, who previously served as OpenAI’s vice president of research and safety, said she had been ill more often…
Virat Kohli, Ajinkya Rahane Virat Kohli paid tribute to Ajinkya Rahane after the former India batter announced his retirement from international cricket, describing him as his “favourite Test batting partner” and “the safest pair of hands in slips.“In an Instagram post, Kohli shared a picture of himself with Rahane in India’s Test whites and praised…
A severe wildfire near Saumos in southwestern France became intense enough to generate a pyrocumulonimbus cloud Imagine a wildfire so powerful that it begins creating its own weather.That is what happened in France, where a monster wildfire burning across an area four times the size of Paris produced the country’s first recorded ‘fire cloud’. A…
An entertainer dubbed “Mop Man” (real name CJ Scott Miller) breaks into his energetic dance routine while masquerading as a court cleaner at the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games. (Photos by Chris Anderson)/ Via Instagram The 2026 Commonwealth Games have produced no shortage of memorable sporting moments, but one of the tournament’s biggest viral sensations has…
PM Modi reviews Middle East crisis preparedness NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday chaired a high-level meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) to review the ongoing conflict in Middle East and assess India’s preparedness to deal with its impact.The meeting reviewed the geopolitical situation, the availability of fuel and fertilisers, the…
An Indian-origin software engineer from Hyderabad was killed in a road accident in the US state of New Jersey just days before she was due to travel to India, according to reports.Sripathi Deepa Reddy, 42, originally from Aakuthotapalli village in Telangana’s Rangareddy district, had been living in the United States with her husband, Ramakrishna Reddy,…
China’s tree cover increased, but natural forests kept shrinking and fragmenting. (AI photo) China’s ambitious tree-planting campaigns have helped increase the country’s overall forest cover over the past three decades. But a new study says the growth in planted forests tells only part of the story.While millions of hectares of trees were added to the…
Dorinda Medley is selling a parcel from her famous Blue Stone Manor estate (Pictures: Getty images and Bravo) Blue Stone Manor has become one of the most recognisable homes on television after appearing on Bravo’s The Real Housewives of New York City. Now, for the first time in more than two decades, a part of…
The IndiGo MD’s comments mark one of IndiGo’s strongest public objections to the revised FDTL regulations Months after widespread IndiGo flight disruptions, the airline’s Managing Director Rahul Bhatia has urged the government to revisit the new Flight Duty Time Limitations (FDTL) rules. He argues that the current framework reduces pilot productivity, drives up airline costs…