Russia is embarking on an ambitious plan to dedicate 17.1 trillion roubles to its defence by the year 2027 Russia is preparing to spend a staggering 17.1 trillion roubles, or about $202.6 billion, on defence in 2027, up 27 percent from the 13.5 trillion roubles earlier allocated for the year and one of the largest…
PC: Nelida Pohl/ BBC Wildlife Antarctica has only two native flowering plants, and both have spent years facing a warmer environment. A new seven-year field study found that Antarctic hairgrass (Deschampsia antarctica) and Antarctic pearlwort (Colobanthus quitensis) responded to long-term warming in different ways. Researchers placed open-top chambers around plants on King George Island to…
Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman India and US have reached a “plateau” in negotiations over their bilateral trade agreement, with further concessions from either side likely to be “very very difficult”, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Monday. Speaking at the Munich Leaders Meeting in New Delhi, she said that while negotiations are still underway, any…
West Indies’ Amir Jangoo. (PTI Photo/Ravi Choudhary) The West Indies have added wicketkeeper-batter Amit Jangoo to their squad for the upcoming T20I series against India. He has been brought in as cover for Jewel Andrew, who suffered a finger injury during the third ODI in New Chandigarh on Saturday.Andrew was injured while taking a catch…
Sanjay Leela Bhansali and Alia Bhatt in talks to revive shelved Inshallah which Salman Khan had exited and Shah Rukh Khan was earlier considered for (Image Credits Instagram and IMDb) Sanjay Leela Bhansali and Alia Bhatt could be heading for another collaboration after ‘Love & War’, with the actor-director duo reportedly discussing the revival of…
AI generated image used for representative purpose NEW DELHI: A Kerala district consumer commission has directed an electric scooter manufacturer to refund Rs 88,000 to a customer after finding manufacturing defects in the vehicle, including poor battery performance and a defective front wheel bearing system. The commission also awarded him Rs 50,000 as compensation and…
File photo: A flydubai aircraft at Ben Gurion International Airport A string of security failures across Oman, the UAE and Israel allowed the flydubai co-pilot to get into the cockpit, a Wall Street Journal investigation has found. The lapses nearly led to an aviation disaster reminiscent of 9/11, despite authorities having reasons to be concerned…
Rupee trades near 96 paise against US dollar mark Rupee began the week on a cautious note, struggling to move away from the 96-per-dollar level, as high crude oil prices and continued foreign fund selling keeping the currency under pressure. On Monday, rupee opened at 96.20 against the US dollar before weakening to 96.26, down…
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi and Shreyas Iyer (ANI Photos) India T20I captain Shreyas Iyer has praised teenage batting sensation Vaibhav Sooryavanshi ahead of the five-match T20I series against the West Indies. Iyer highlighted the youngster’s contrasting personality, describing him as quiet away from cricket but highly aggressive when he takes the field.Sooryavanshi rose to prominence after Rajasthan…
Aamil Keeyan Khan, the screenwriter of ‘Drishyam 3: The Conclusion’, has opened up about creating the final chapter of the Hindi thriller franchise. He discussed the pressure of continuing a story that already has an established audience.In an interaction with The Free Press Journal, Aamil Keeyan Khan explained how the screenplay had to preserve the…
