Ushering in the future of aerial warfare, the US Air Force (USAF) has awarded the first-increment contract for the Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) programme.This marks the first operational step in how airpower will be acquired and deployed.Building on decades of semi‑autonomous flight research, CCAs are unmanned aircraft designed to integrate seamlessly with crewed fighters, extending…
Jonathan, the world’s oldest tortoise. Photo credit: St Helena Tourism While some tourist sites are known for their architectural beauty and some for their rich history, on Saint Helena, a tiny island of the South Atlantic Ocean, one of the most popular attractions is a giant tortoise living almost two centuries long life.Jonathan, a Seychelles…
Engalnd captain Ben Stokes (Getty Images) England Test captain Ben Stokes is set to return to competitive action after being included in Durham’s 15-man squad for their upcoming County Championship clash against Northamptonshire at Chester-le-Street, which begins on Friday.The all-rounder has not featured since being left out of England’s ongoing second Test against New Zealand…
Urban Indians continue to display strong confidence in both the country’s future and economy even as pessimism dominates much of the world, according to the latest Ipsos What Worries the World report for May 2026.The survey found that 73% of urban Indians believe the country is heading in the right direction, while 78% describe the…
Yug Chauhan was casually sipping on soda as an undercover agent went to meet him posing as an elderly woman in Michigan. The video of a dramatic arrest of an Indian scammer by the Michigan Sheriff’s Office has now been released. The case was interesting as the scammer was scammed by the cops and an…
Meta’s new Applied AI unit, built to power Mark Zuckerberg’s $14.3 billion bet on chief AI officer Alexandr Wang, is in open revolt. The 6,500 engineers drafted into the months-old team call the work “soul-crushing” and a “gulag,” with one hijacking a company livestream to insult an executive. Amid 8,000 layoffs and a worker-surveillance backlash,…
Laltluangkima got 26 votes in the 40-member assembly. (IANS file photo) NEW DELHI: Mizoram’s ruling Zoram People’s Movement (ZPM) on Thursday created history by securing its first-ever representation in the Rajya Sabha. Senior leader K Laltluangkima won the election to the state’s lone Upper House seat.Laltluangkima polled 26 votes in the 40-member assembly, defeating opposition…
Overall India’s in Swiss Banks fall over 8% in 10 years (Representative imag) Funds linked to Indian clients in Swiss banks declined by more than 8 per cent in 2025 to 3.25 billion Swiss francs (around Rs 36,793 crore), according to annual data released by the Swiss National Bank (SNB) on Thursday.The decline was largely…
A tourist who believed she had lost Dh3,000 forever during a shopping trip in Dubai received an unexpected surprise after Dubai Police tracked down the missing cash and transferred it to her bank account after she had already returned home. Tourist reports cash loss before departure The Arab tourist realised she had misplaced the money…
Trump has urged Israel to temper its campaign, but without Israeli buy‑in the deal risks becoming a fragile pause rather than a genuine peace. The long‑anticipated memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed electronically by US President Donald Trump and Iran’s Masoud Pezeshkian this week aims to halt a costly war and reopen vital sea lanes, but…