Police personnel stand guard near the site of a fire at a hotel in the Malviya Nagar area (PTI Photo) A family had booked a room at the Flourish Stay bed-and-breakfast to be close to a critically ill relative undergoing treatment at a nearby hospital. On the morning of June 3, they were having breakfast…
Crude prices surged nearly 70% between April 2025 & April 2026. NEW DELHI: The volume of crude purchased by India in April this year fell by 4.3% compared with the same period last year, but the import bill surged by more than 50% due to a sharp rise in global oil prices, provisional data compiled…
Indian-origin scholar Soumitra Shukla came under anti-Indian racist attacks on social media. American economist and social scientist Steven Durlauf stood up for Indian-origin scholar Soumita Shukla against anti-India hatred on social media. Soumitra Shukla, a research fellow at Harvard Business School’s Artificial Intelligence Institute, made an observation on the increasing hatred targeting Indians on X…
BENGALURU: Ten days after triple murders shook Bengaluru, police investigations suggest techie Shwetha’s live-in partner J Kenneth meticulously planned and executed the killings with help from AI on how to inflict stab injuries and what kind of injuries will prove fatal.On June 22, Shwetha and Kenneth, also a software engineer, murdered her parents Somasundar and…
China on Saturday opposed the United States for adding several leading Chinese companies, including BYD, Alibaba and Baidu, to a Pentagon list of firms alleged to have links with the Chinese military, arguing that the move undermines understandings reached during last month’s summit between US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping.This comes despite…
Scientists at King’s College London have developed an experimental bone-healing material made from sheep wool that could one day offer a sustainable alternative to collagen in regenerative medicine. The research focused on keratin, a structural protein naturally found in wool, hair, and nails. In laboratory and animal tests, the wool-derived material successfully supported bone regeneration…
North Korea fired multiple ballistic missiles into the sea on Sunday in its latest round of weapons testing this year, according to a statement from South Korea.South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said the missiles were launched in the morning from the Sinpo area on the east coast, adding that Seoul has increased surveillance and…
Your washing machine, surprisingly, is a breeding ground for odour-causing microbes. Modern cold washes allow bacteria and oils to accumulate, forming resilient biofilms that cling to clothes. These biofilms metabolise residues, releasing unpleasant smells. It is a common modern frustration. You pull a fresh load of laundry out of the machine, expecting that crisp, sun-dried…
NEW DELHI: “None of our MPs will split. Not a single one of our MLAs is going anywhere … ” Nationalist Congress Party (SP) chief Sharad Pawar’s confident, if not bold, assertion that his party remains united and will not tread the same path as Uddhav Thackeray’s Shiv Sena (UBT) or Mamata Banerjee’s Trinamool Congress.This…
The message was sent while Agarwal’s family had already begun seeking Aadhaar details from relatives and friends to make travel bookings for the wedding, which was scheduled for November in Udaipur. PUNE: Days after murder accused Siya Goyal allegedly blamed co-accused Chetan Chaudhary for the conspiracy to kill her fiancé and Pune realtor Ketan Agarwal,…