Co-Founder of Microsoft Bill Gates Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates testified that Jeffrey Epstein attempted to use compromising information about Gates’ extramarital affairs to force his way back into the billionaire’s life after Gates tried to sever ties, according to a transcript of a closed-door congressional session released this week. Appearing before the House Oversight Committee…
Abhijeet Dipke shared videos on X alleging that BJP workers assaulted reporters and protesters at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar. (Screengrab/X/@abhijeet_dipke) NEW DELHI: Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke on Friday alleged that BJP workers physically assaulted reporters and protesters at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar, sharing videos of the incident on X.In one of the videos, a…
Michael Burry, the famous “Big Short” investor, has once again sounded alarms over Palantir Technologies, describing the company’s stock as “a sand castle” and highlighting its prolonged decline. In a post shared on social media platform X (formerly known as Twitter) Burry shared a chart noting Palantir had made a “new lower low” after a…
NEW DELHI: A unique land dispute that dragged through the tenures of all past PMs was finally decided by a Supreme Court bench of Justices Prashant Kumar Mishra and N V Anjaria – both of whom were not born when the case originated from a 1957 sale deed.The 70-year-old dispute was over 15.5 bighas in…
AI generated image, used only for representational purpose Crude oil prices edged lower on Friday as concerns over supply disruptions eased with more oil tankers moving through the Strait of Hormuz. Around 7 am IST, Brent crude was trading at $74.95 a barrel, down 31 cents or 0.41%, while US West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude…
Govt Thursday announced a steep increase in passport fees across categories, including a 67% hike for issuance or reissue of ordinary passport and a 250% increase in charges under the Tatkal scheme. The new charges will be effective July 1. MEA said an ordinary 36-page fresh passport for applicants aged 18 years and above will…
LUCKNOW: Two days after a Special Investigation Team (SIT) submitted its preliminary report to chief minister Yogi Adityanath on alleged embezzlement of donations at the Ram Temple in Ayodhya, an FIR has been registered against eight persons, including the in-charge of cash counting at the temple’s pilgrim facilitation centre.Subhash Srivastava, one of the accused named…
NEW DELHI: In what is going to make millions of them breathe easy, students returning to schools after the summer break in July will not be forced into an abrupt language switch midway through schooling. Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan told TOI on Thursday that the requirement of studying two Indian languages under the three-language…
The twin earthquakes, measuring 7.2 and 7.5 in magnitude, struck within a minute of each other on Wednesday evening Rescue workers and volunteers continued a desperate search for survivors across northern Venezuela on Thursday (local time) after two powerful earthquakes devastated large parts of the country, with the death toll rising to at least 235…
New Delhi: Mahesh Dixit, a 1993-batch IPS officer, was appointed as the next chief of the Intelligence Bureau (IB) on Thursday. He will succeed Tapan Deka whose extension ends in June. The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet chaired by PM Modi cleared his appointment for a tenure of two years from the date of assumption…