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United flight diverted, passengers evacuated via emergency slides in Pittsburgh A United Airlines flight bound for New York was forced to make an emergency diversion to Pittsburgh International Airport on Saturday after the crew reported a possible security threat onboard.According to The Guardian, Flight 2092 had taken off from Chicago O’Hare International Airport and was…

Iran has said it remains “still far from a final agreement” with the United States despite ongoing negotiations, as tensions over the Strait of Hormuz and key nuclear demands continue to stall progress.Speaking in a televised interview, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said talks had yielded limited results but major differences remained. “On some issues, conclusions have…

Challenge to Elon Musk’s SpaceX: Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin to attempt first reused booster launch of New Glenn rocket Blue Origin, the US space company founded by Jeff Bezos, is set to attempt a major milestone on Sunday as it reuses a rocket booster for the first time in the launch of its heavy-lift New…

NEW DELHI: Nearly seven lakh voters have been added to the electoral rolls in West Bengal ahead of the assembly elections, officials said, though detailed demographic data is yet to be released by the Election Commission of India. Of the newly added electorate, about 3.22 lakh are set to vote in the first phase, while…

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang is back with another ‘China warning’ for the United States of America. In a recent appearance on Dwarkesh Podcast, Huang once again said that working with China then ‘against China’ is in the interests of the US. He said that the migration from Nvidia’s CUDA to Huawei’s CANN framework threatens to…

US President Donald Trump on Sunday praised Israel as a “great ally” of the United States, saying the country has shown strength and resolve as tensions continue to rise across the Middle East.In a post on Truth Social, Trump wrote: “Whether people like Israel or not, they have proven to be a GREAT Ally of…

File photo: EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas and Iran’s foreign ministry spokesperson Esmail Baghaei Iran on Sunday sharply criticised the European Union over its position on transit rules in the Strait of Hormuz, accusing it of double standards amid escalating tensions linked to the ongoing US-Iran conflict.Iran’s foreign ministry spokesperson Esmail Baghaei hit out…

United States intelligence has flagged Pakistan’s army chief Asim Munir as a potential liability for Donald Trump’s administration as Islamabad plays the role of mediator between Iran and the United States in peace talks amid rising Middle East tensions.According to a Fox News report, Munir was labelled a “red flag” for the Trump administration due…

NEW DELHI: The Union cabinet Saturday approved two railway multi-tracking projects worth Rs 24,815 crore. Covering 15 districts across Uttar Pradesh and Andhra Pradesh, these projects will increase Indian Railways’ network by about 601 km. The projects are the 403- km Ghaziabad-Sitapur 3rd and 4th lines in Uttar Pradesh and the 198- km Rajahmundry-Visakhapatnam 3rd…

NEW DELHI: Cabinet on Saturday approved a 2% hike in the dearness allowance (DA) and dearness relief (DR) for central govt employees and pensioners. This will benefit around 1.2 crore serving personnel and pensioners. The hike is expected to be effective from Jan 1 and will entail an additional fiscal outgo of Rs 6,791 crore…