During the dark days of the Covid pandemic, as the world was locked down, Prime Minister Narendra Modi gave his clarion call for Atmanirbhar Bharat. The shining light of this call has since become a mantra in many sectors, in the defence sector self-reliance is fast becoming the cornerstone of policy. The conflicts in West…
NEW DELHI: In a fresh setback for TMC chief Mamata Banerjee, the Calcutta high court on Thursday refused to grant interim relief in a plea challenging the appointment of rebel TMC MLA Ritabrata Banerjee as leader of opposition in the West Bengal assembly, allowing the Speaker’s decision to remain in force pending further hearings.Justice Krishna…
NEW DELHI: The Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust in Ayodhya on Thursday received a legal notice from Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) MP Sudhakar Singh seeking detailed disclosures on donations received by the Ram Mandir and how those funds have been spent.The notice comes amid a political row over allegations of financial irregularities in the…
A Ukrainian drone attack struck Moscow’s oil refinery in the southeastern Kapotnya district on Thursday, according to Russia’s state news agency TASS, which cited Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin.Flames and thick plumes of smoke were seen rising from the Kapotnya district, where the refinery is located, a Reuters witness reported. There was no immediate information on…
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and many other top executives from technology industry as well as outside have forecasted a ‘doomsday’ picture of Artificial intelligence (AI) wiping away millions of jobs. Amodei has repeatedly called on the US government to prepare for high unemployment. Till a few months…
Oil prices continued to tumble in early trade on Thursday after the United States and Iran signed an interim agreement aimed at ending the Iran war, reopening the Strait of Hormuz, and waiving US sanctions on Tehran’s oil. The move is seen as a step towards resolving what has been described as one of the…
MUMBAI: The wait is over, finally. National Stock Exchange (NSE), the largest stock exchange in India, on Wednesday night filed papers with markets regulator Sebi for its initial public offer (IPO) through which, according to estimates, more than Rs 30,000 crore could be raised. This will make the NSE IPO the largest such offer in…
India’s captain Shubman Gill (AP Photo) Shubman Gill added another feather to his cap during his commanding century against Afghanistan in Lucknow on Wednesday, surpassing MS Dhoni on the list of fastest Indians to 1,000 ODI runs in terms of balls faced.The India captain reached the four-figure milestone in just 954 deliveries, edging past former…
NEW DELHI: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla Wednesday invited TMC general secretary Abhishek Banerjee for a meeting on June 19 to present his case on the split in the Mamata Banerjee-led party.Sources in TMC said the party has received an email from the Speaker’s office and Abhishek will be travelling to Delhi to meet Birla…
NEW DELHI: Delhi High Court on Wednesday sought the Centre’s stand on the ban imposed on messaging app Telegram even as the govt claimed there is “shocking material” which it will share with court. Telegram has challenged the move to temporarily restrict access to the app ahead of the June 21 NEET-UG retest. Solicitor general…
