UAE orders probe into Flydubai cockpit stabbing incident on Israel-bound flight NEW DELHI: Israel scrambled fighter jets after a Dubai-Tel Aviv-bound flydubai aircraft transmitted emergency signals amid an alleged attempt by its co-pilot to crash the plane, but the warplanes did not have to take action as passengers and crew managed to regain control and…
India’s women’s hockey team at Asian Games India’s campaign at the Asian Games 2026 in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan, continues on Friday, October 2, with Indian athletes competing across several disciplines and multiple medal events on the schedule.The recurve archers will be in action in their respective team semifinals. Dhiraj Bommadevara will be one of the Indians…
New US visa rule coming into effect from October 1, 2026 Starting on October 1, 2026, the US Department of State will check the social media accounts of I-1, TN, and TD visa applicants. These visa applicants will have to make all their social media profiles public for review by visa officials. Social media vetting…
In what can be called a major breakthrough for synthetic biology and AI-powered biosecurity, Google DeepMind, Google’s AI lab, has developed a new method to watermark AI-designed proteins, establishing a permanent proof of origin directly inside biological code. Published in the journal Nature, the proof-of-concept technology, which is named SynthID Bio, solves a long-standing technical…
UAE orders probe into flydubai incident; India enters men’s hockey finals at the Asian Games. The UAE has an investigation into the flydubai mid-air incident where an Omani co-pilot allegedly tried to crash a Dubai-Tel Aviv flight. The US has unveiled a new command focused on autonomous and robotic warfare, while announcing plans to cut…
Representative Image of a collection of unique fashion pieces, including graffiti-covered boots and personal objects from a designer’s archives (AI Generated Image) A portfolio Martin Margiela created in 1987 while developing the idea for his future fashion house was stolen on a train and recovered by police a year later. Nearly four decades later, the…
CPM state secretary P Shanmugam CHENNAI: CPM state secretary P Shanmugam on Thursday alleged that political parties were distributing cash to voters ahead of the Oct 6 bypolls in Tamil Nadu, claiming that villagers had told Left front campaigners that the ruling TVK was paying more money than other parties do. He demanded that the…
In May 2001, the Indian Mesa wind farm began operating in Pecos County, West Texas, with 125 turbines and a total installed capacity of 82.5 MW. The project sits on a mesa where the uses of the land include grazing livestock, primarily sheep, and hunting, and the project does not limit these uses. According to…
Navy Chief Admiral Krishna Swaminathan flags missiles, autonomous systems and advanced technologies among emerging maritime threats. 2026 is shaping up to be a landmark year for the Indian Navy, with plans to induct or commission as many as 18 warships, the largest single-year addition to the fleet in the Navy’s history.The scale of the expansion…
The technology used to produce premium-quality Waste Plastic Modified Bitumen was developed by IIT (BHU). (Image for representative purpose only) In a first for the road sector, the Nitin Gadkari-led Road Transport Ministry has used waste plastic in a wet mix with bitumen to construct a bituminous stretch of a national highway. The initiative could…
