An Indian-American technology executive has come into the spotlight after a drone boat developed by his company was used in what the US military described as its first rescue operation involving an autonomous surface vessel.Two crew members of a US Army Apache helicopter that went down near the Strait of Hormuz were rescued by the…
Trump warned that Iranwould “have to pay the price” as negotiations took “too long”. Madhya Pradesh has withdrawn a proposed two-child norm for government jobs, reversing a long-standing eligibility restriction. Families of Air India AI171 crash victims are questioning compensation settlement terms before the official investigation is complete. An Indian-origin police officer was killed while…
JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon recently said the bank could spend up to $20 billion on an acquisition in the coming years. However, he has warned that mergers and acquisitions should not be viewed as a solution for weak business growth. Speaking to analysts at a recent financial conference in New York, Dimon said that…
NEW DELHI: The rebel group of parliamentarians in the Trinamool Congress is believed to have secured the support of 19 MPs — the two-thirds of the party’s parliamentary strength required to form a separate faction.Yusuf Pathan, Sayoni Ghosh and Mala Roy are among the MPs who have signed the rebel list, pushing the party towards…
A worn volume bound in faded red leather has been formally recognised by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation as one of England’s earliest surviving paper-based archives. It is the kind of object most visitors would walk past without realising they are looking at something that predates printing presses, predates modern record keeping,…
The wife of a British artist has launched legal action against an artisan cheesemaker after an inquest concluded that a listeria-contaminated cheese contributed to his death.Roger Parkes, a painter and chef from Chichester in West Sussex, died in February 2023 after falling seriously ill days after eating cheese from a Valentine’s gift box purchased by…
NEW DELHI: Prime Narendra Modi on Wednesday ate Jhalmuri served by West Bengal chief minister at the NDA meeting in New Delhi.The PM shared a video on social media, saying, “Sharing Jhalmuri with fellow NDA leaders at the NDA meeting today.” In the clip, PM can be seen enjoying and laughing while tasting the Jhalmuri….
A hood, a split-second pause, and a question that usually follows: “Was that a cobra?” That’s often how encounters begin in India – with doubt that quickly turns into distance being created. The Indian cobra is so familiar in name that people assume they know it well. The reality is a little more layered and…
On a late-summer flight over northern Alaska’s Brooks Range, stretches of river that should look like glass suddenly appear stained the colour of iron oxide. From above, they resemble rust spreading through a cracked engine block. On the ground, the change is even more unsettling: clear tributaries turning opaque orange within a few bends, with…
Russia on Thursday congratulated Prime Minister Narendra Modi for surpassing Jawaharlal Nehru’s record to become India’s longest-serving elected Prime Minister.Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said that 250 million people had been pulled out of poverty during his rule.“During the rule of Modi, 250 million people have been pulled out of poverty,” Kremlin spokesman Peskov told reporters….