The petroleum and natural gas ministry amended the framework for the aviation turbine fuel (ATF) on Wednesday, formally allowing it to blend it with synthetic fuels. The measure is aimed towards bringing clarity to fuel standards amid growing use of alternative and blended aviation fuels.The revised notification redefines ATF to include not just conventional hydrocarbon…
Chegg, the education tech company that became the king of the classroom in the early days of 2021 during Covid, has become the ‘first company’ to be effectively ‘killed’ by AI. The online learning platform once traded as high as $113.51 per share in February 2021, riding a wave of pandemic-driven demand for remote education,…
NEW DELHI: US Ambassador to India Sergio Gor on Wednesday condemned the ‘horrific attack in Pahalgam’ and said Washington stands with India in its fight against terrorism, marking the first anniversary of the incident.In a post on X, he wrote, ” On the one-year anniversary of the horrific attack in Pahalgam, we remember the innocent…
NEW DELHI: Iran on Wednesday seized two vessels, one of them bound for Gujarat, against the backdrop of mounting tensions in the Strait of Hormuz, where the Trump-Tehran confrontation continues to intensify.The development comes close on the heels of a tense episode in which Iranian forces opened fire on an India-bound ship attempting to pass…
BAREILLY: A 30-year-old man and his pet dog were found dead inside a locked house in Izzatnagar area of Bareilly, police said on Tuesday. Prima facie, the man is suspected to have poisoned his pet and then died by suicide by consuming a toxic substance, SP (city) Manush Pareek said.Relatives said Nikhil Arora lived alone…
KENDRAPADA: From beatings to kneel downs and standing on one leg, punishment in school used to be varied. But a headmaster of a govt school in Jajpur district has gone many steps ahead by putting stinging nettle inside the trousers of 10 students. Their alleged crime — creating disturbance in class.The incident, which took place…
Senior New Zealand minister Shane Jones has defended his controversial remarks on immigration, saying he uses “hyperbole” to gain “cut through” in public debates, even as criticism mounts over his “butter chicken tsunami” comment.The New Zealand First deputy leader on Wednesday said colleagues in Parliament had urged him to tone down his language, but he…
A tourist was allegedly raped at a homestay in Kodagu district, leading to the arrest of two individuals. MYSURU: A woman tourist from the US was allegedly sexually assaulted in a homestay in Kutta in Kodagu district.According to the police, the accused and another person were arrested following a complaint.According to the sources, the incident…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday called the socio-political realities in the poll-bound West Bengal an “extra-ordinary situation” while hearing the ED raids obstruction case involving chief minister Mamata Banerjee, who entered the premises mid-raid and took the files linked to I-PAC overseeing the TMC’s election campaign.Pulling up the West Bengal government, the court…
WASHINGTON: While India is in the throes of a delimitation debate that is pitting mostly southern states against some northern states, the United States has plunged into a redistricting rumble that is defining the Republican red v Democrat blue divide even more starkly. Voters in Virginia on Tuesday narrowly approved a high-stakes referendum that essentially…