In a recent update, Indian Railways is ready to write history by launching the country’s first indigenous hydrogen-powered passenger train this July. It will mark a milestone in India’s journey towards cleaner and more sustainable rail travel. And the date decided for the much-awaited launch is July 17. The train is expected to be flagged…
The chief minister added that discussions with the Congress leadership would continue before a decision is taken. NEW DELHI: Karnataka chief minister D K Shivakumar on Monday said that any decision on cabinet expansion rests with the Congress high command, and that his responsibility is to implement the decisions taken by the party leadership.According to…
Accenture CEO Julie Sweet has defended the company’s decision to make AI fluency a requirement for employee promotions. She has revealed that the move followed a familiar playbook similar to the digital transformation era of the 2010s, but at a much faster pace. Speaking to Fortune at the recent Great Place to Work For All…
Miatta Fahnbulleh, a minister in Keir Starmer’s government, resigned on Tuesday while publicly questioning the British Prime Minister’s leadership and urging him to begin an “orderly transition” within the Labour Party.Fahnbulleh became the first minister in Starmer’s administration to step down openly over concerns about the direction of the government.In her resignation message posted on…
Two people were killed and five others were injured after a shooting broke out on Sunday evening during the popular Bite of Seattle food festival near the city’s iconic Space Needle, triggering panic as thousands of people fled the venue.The shooting occurred around 6 pm at the Seattle Center, where the annual food festival was…
File photo: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla NEW DELHI: The 20 rebel TMC MPs, whose merger with Nationalist Citizens Party of India is yet to get Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla‘s recognition, are likely to hold their parliamentary party meeting here under the aegis of their new organisation Sunday, with its senior member Sudip Bandyopadhyay…
Uttar Pradesh Police apprehended two individuals in Shamli for a forced religious conversion plot involving emotional entrapment and blackmail for financial gain. SHAMLI: Police in Uttar Pradesh’s Shamli district have arrested a woman and her father and booked nine people in connection with the alleged religious conversion of a 30-year-old man, officials said on Sunday.The…
Punjab Kings (PBKS) have turned their full attention to their final league fixture of the IPL 2026 season after suffering a defeat to Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) in the afternoon clash at the HPCA Cricket Stadium in Dharamsala. Despite producing strong phases in the match, PBKS were unable to sustain momentum, with key moments slipping…
NEW DELHI: Heatwaves will become a major threat to Indian agricultural workers and rice production, and the most intense risk from future extreme heat events is concentrated around densely populated farming regions of the Ganges and Indus River basin, said a new report from the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the World Meteorological…
More than a decade ago, when Masooma Ranalvi first spoke publicly about being subjected to khatna (the local term for female genital mutilation or FGM) at age seven, she helped push the practice within the Dawoodi Bohra community in India into the national spotlight. As the SC resumes hearings in the long-pending case in which…