USS Juneau (Image: US Department of War) Late last week on June 27, the United States Navy sank the former USS Juneau, an Austin-class amphibious transport dock ship during a sink exercise or SinkEx during Exercise Valiant Shield. The ship, which had entered service in 1969 and retired in 2008, was sunk nearly 400 km…
Hello and welcome to another edition of Offside and what a day of football it has been. The French contingent marches on like Napolean through Europe though leaving destruction in its wake. The mighty Vikings from Norway have also beaten the challengers from Ivory Coast as have the party hosts Mexico who have seen off…
Renting out a property in India today comes with tenant police verification, a legal responsibility that goes beyond signing an agreement. This process, in which a tenant’s background is submitted to local police for a check, gained prominence after the 2008 Mumbai attacks heightened security concerns. It is now mandatory in several states, including Maharashtra,…
Odisha’s JAGA Mission, launched in 2017, attempts to give slum dwellers the legal rights over the land they live on For many families living in urban slums, the biggest insecurity is not just the lack of a proper house, it is the fear of losing the place they call home.A small room, a rented space…
The Spanish national weather agency, Aemet, said the January-June period this year was the warmest first semester on record More than 1,000 deaths in Spain have been linked to the recent heatwave that scorched Europe, as the country recorded its hottest first six months since records began, officials said on Wednesday.At least 1,028 people died…
Netherlands’ Justin Kluivert (7) reacts after a missed penalty. (AP Photo) Football can be cruel, and for the Kluivert family, it delivered an extraordinary case of history repeating itself. Nearly 26 years after Patrick Kluivert’s heartbreaking penalty miss ended the Netherlands’ European Championship dream, his son Justin Kluivert endured an almost identical fate as the…
Represenatative Image (Noah Berger/AWS via AP Content Services) Amazon is following the leading AI labs OpenAI and Anthropic as the company’s cloud unit Amazon Web Services (AWS) announces that it is investing $1 billion in a new Forward Deployed Engineering (FDE) unit that will help its customers build and roll out artificial intelligence (AI) systems….
It is clear that Russia continues to be India’s single most important crude supplier and remains at the core of the country’s import strategy. (AI image) The US-Iran war has pushed India’s crude oil imports from Russia to an all-time high – beyond levels seen when Russian crude was available at big discounts in the…
‘Welcome to the Jungle’ continues its steady march through its opening week at the box office. Directed by Ahmed Khan and led by an ensemble cast headlined by Akshay Kumar, Suniel Shetty and Paresh Rawal, the film has shown resilient weekday holds after a strong opening weekend. Day 5 collections came in at Rs 9.25…
A sale deed is the primary legal document that establishes ownership of a property. It is required while selling a property, applying for a home loan, transferring ownership or resolving legal disputes. Losing the original can create hurdles, but it does not take away your ownership rights. A sale deed is the primary legal document…