13-year-old parrot Mithu battles life-threatening condition KOLKATA: A 13-year-old parrot, Mithu, is in excruciating pain and its life hangs in balance as it awaits a surgery to remove an egg, much bigger than the usual size, stuck in its pelvic region.Mithu, like most parrots caged alone, had earlier laid eggs that did not fertilise but…
Jensen Huang, president and CEO of Nvidia, laughs during an interview before a groundbreaking ceremony for an expansion of Coherent’s manufacturing facility on Tuesday, June 16, 2026, in Sherman, Texas. (AP Photo/Jeffrey McWhorter) Palantir and Nvidia gave the US government something no rival power can easily match: frontier-grade AI that runs entirely inside sealed, air-gapped…
NEW DELHI: The Kerala state consumer commission has upheld an order against Bata India and held it liable for charging Rs 67 above the MRP on a pair of shoes, and noted that a retailer cannot legally charge more than the printed MRP.What was the issueThe complainant, a student of the Government Law College, Ernakulam,…
CBI (Representative image) NEW DELHI: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Wednesday arrested an IPS officer in connection with an alleged Rs 3 crore bribery case linked to its probe into a fake drug manufacturing racket in Puducherry.Deepak Gahlawat, a 2012-batch Haryana-cadre IPS officer, was serving as the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security’s (BCAS)…
Exploring Princess Diana’s popularity among Gen Z and why the world remains enamoured by her. While Europe was busy toppling monarchies, Britain had somehow turned its own into a tourist attraction, a soap opera and a national religion with better hats. Diana epitomised that craze. For the world of the 1980s and 1990s, Princess Diana…
NEW DELHI: The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved two major highway infrastructure projects worth a combined Rs 14,114.81 crore, including a Rs 6,969.67 crore tunnel project in Delhi aimed at easing congestion and a Rs 7,145.14 crore greenfield highway corridor in Uttar Pradesh.Announcing the decisions, Union minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said the Cabinet Committee on Economic…
Checking into a hotel has traditionally meant being greeted by reception staff, assisted with luggage and served by teams working behind the scenes. A new project in southern China aims to challenge that familiar experience. Scheduled to open in 2027 on the WestArtificial Island of the Shenzhen–Zhongshan Link in Guangdong Province, the hotel is being…
PUNE: Pune Rural Police on Wednesday brought accused Chetan Chaudhary to Lohagad Fort and conducted a crime scene recreation and gait analysis of Chetan as part of the investigation into the murder of Ketan Agrawal, officials said.The exercise, which lasted around two to three hours, was carried out to reconstruct the sequence of events related…
Shreyas Iyer and Gautam Gambhir (X-BCCI) India captain Shreyas Iyer has insisted he is ready to embrace the challenges of leading the national T20I side, saying he always believed the opportunity would come after consistent performances for both his IPL franchise and the country. Iyer, who was appointed India’s new T20I captain in place of…
A viral photo of an African Jacana bird appearing to have eight legs has captivated social media. Wildlife photographer Neal Cooper captured the stunning image, revealing a remarkable parental behavior. The male Jacana, the primary caregiver, tucks his unusually long-legged chicks under his wings for protection, creating the illusion of extra limbs. This fascinating display…