The US military on Tuesday (local time) said it opened fire and destroyed two small Iranian boats this week trying to “steal” a drone ship in the waters off Iran.“Iranian small boats recently attempted to take possession of a US unmanned surface vessel, but they were unsuccessful after CENTCOM forcefully responded,” Associated Press quoted CENTCOM…
The night sky has long inspired wonder, curiosity and imagination. From shimmering stars and mysterious constellations to the moon and distant galaxies, the cosmos carries a sense of beauty and magic that can make an especially meaningful source of inspiration for a baby name. These celestial names draw from stars, constellations, mythology and heavenly imagery,…
MUMBAI: The Foundation for Aviation Safety (FAS), a US aviation safety group, has written to India’s Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB), questioning why it has not issued interim safety recommendations for the Boeing 787 fleet, despite holding evidence of chronic system failures on the aircraft involved in last year’s Ahmedabad crash, which killed 260 people.Over…
NEW DELHI: SC Tuesday refused to entertain former Delhi mayor Farhad Suri’s plea for an FIR against UP police for conducting a midnight raid at his city home in search of journalist and Ram temple donation pilferage whistleblower Abhishek Upadhyay.Suri’s counsel, Anoop Awasthi, told SC that a Ghaziabad police team had raided Suri’s Nizamuddin East…
Chitra Ramakrishnan (File photo) NEW DELHI: Supreme Court Tuesday rejected the plea of former National Stock Exchange (NSE) managing director and chief executive officer (CEO) Chitra Ramakrishna challenging proceedings against her under the Prevention of Corruption Act.A bench of Justices J B Pardiwala and K Vinod Chandran refused to interfere with a Delhi high court…
What was once an industrial site dominated by a glass factory and a towering smokestack has been transformed into a sprawling public park in Mount Vernon, Ohio. Ariel-Foundation Park, now covering 250 acres, combines remnants of the city’s industrial past with lakes, trails, gardens and an unusual observation tower built around a historic smokestack. The…
NEW DELHI: Indian govt described as “gimmicks and hoodwinking” Pakistan’s announcement on increasing the existing PKR 50 lakh (Pakistani rupee) bounty on UN-proscribed Jaish-e-Muhammed terrorist Masood Azhar to PKR 70 lakh.Ministry of external affairs called upon Pakistan to take tangible action against terrorism, instead of making phony announcements.“We have seen many times that Pakistan has…
Quote of the Day by Robert Frost Robert Frost remains one of the most recognisable names in American poetry, a writer whose verses have become part of the cultural vocabulary of generations. His poems speak of woods, walls, roads, snow, farms, neighbours and the changing seasons, subjects that appear deceptively simple. Yet beneath these familiar…
Nepal finance minister Swarnim Wagle NEW DELHI: Nepal finance minister Swarnim Wagle will be in New Delhi for a two-day visit from Thursday for talks on post-flood reconstruction and wider economic cooperation as Kathmandu looks to India for support after the Aug 26 disaster devastated hydropower projects, roads, bridges and settlements. The visit will be…
NEW DELHI: Enforcement Directorate will start a drive against fraud under Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, including cases of alleged collusive resolutions involving disproportionately large haircuts which helped defaulting promoters re-acquire assets.In a direction to zonal offices during a three-day high-level meeting of the agency’s special directors in Bengaluru, ED director Rahul Navin asked them to…