PM Modi took a ride on the newly inaugurated stretch with CM Joseph Vijay. NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday inaugurated the Poonamallee-Vadapalani stretch of Phase II of the Chennai Metro Rail Project, built at a cost of around Rs 4,900 crore.He also took a ride on the newly inaugurated stretch with Tamil…
The flood struck the northern part of the Gorkha district around 4 am. At least 10 people have been reported missing after flooding along the Budhi Gandaki River basin in Nepal’s Gorkha district early Sunday. The floodwaters swept away six bridges, damaged several settlements and forced residents to flee to safer areas.The flood struck the…
Nishikant Dubey hits back at Musk over Starlink, cites security concerns NEW DELHI: BJP MP Nishikant Dubey on Sunday hit back at SpaceX CEO Elon Musk amid the dispute over Starlink’s entry into India, alleging that the satellite internet service poses challenges to the country’s security agencies and asserting that India would not change its…
DSGMC chief Harmeet Singh Kalka slams protesters and police over the Gurdwara Bangla Sahib incident NEW DELHI: The Delhi Sikh Gurdwara management committee (DSGMC) has criticised protesters for entering Gurdwara Bangla Sahib during October 10 demonstrations in Delhi, saying the incident “hurt Sikh sentiments”.DSGMC president Harmeet Singh Kalka alleged that some protesters had entered the…
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella wants businesses to stop taking AI models at their word. In a new essay on X titled “Models as Insider Risks in the Super Intelligence Era”, Nadella says frontier AI models, closed and open-weight alike, should be treated as insider risks. Not because they are out to…
Bill Gates’ ex-wife and philanthropist Melinda Gates has pledged $215 million in new funding for women’s health and called for greater accountability in addressing long-standing gaps in healthcare for women, saying progress should be measured over the next four to five years to determine whether access to treatment is improving. Speaking in a Bloomberg Television…
The US military on Saturday disabled a Panama-flagged commercial cargo vessel in the Gulf of Oman after it allegedly ignored warnings and attempted to breach Washington’s naval blockade against Iran, as tensions over shipping routes in the region continue to escalate.The US central command (CENTCOM) said in a post on X that a US military…
NEW DELHI: Delhi HC has asked Amitabh Bachchan to appear in person if a settlement with several defendants in a personality rights case remains incomplete and he still wishes to pursue his claims.Justice Purushaindra K Kaurav passed the direction after the court was informed an amicable settlement had been reached with some defendants through mediation,…
At least 12 people were killed and over 300 injured after a missile struck Saudi Arabia’s King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh on Saturday, Saudi Arabia’s General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) said.According to GACA, the fatalities included four Saudi citizens and residents of several other nationalities, including two Bangladeshis and one each from the…
NEW DELHI: Opposition parties on Saturday lashed out at govt over wide security curbs to foil the Cockroach Janta Party’s call for protest at Jantar Mantar but a defiant BJP backed the clampdown, saying Parliament, and not streets, will run the country.BJP president Nitin Nabin alleged two anarchic groups – one of the INDIA bloc…
