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Vayu Astra-1 has been validated through high-altitude and desert trials before the company secured the Army contract. NEW DELHI: PM Narendra Modi, in his I-Day speech on Saturday, stressed that “India must develop indigenous drone and counter-drone systems and take leadership in hypersonic defence technologies”.His statement came a day after the defence ministry on Friday…

Former Cambridge professor Jason Arday died on Friday. LONDON: Jason Arday, the Black former Cambridge university professor, has been found dead at his home after facing relentless public scrutiny and accusations of being a “DEI (diversity, equity and inclusion) hire”.National Education Union general secretary Daniel Kebede said that Arday had been subjected to a “public…

THDC executive director Verma said authorities had lowered the water level by around 1.5 metres and were continuously increasing the number of pumps. NEW DELHI: Uttarakhand Pradesh Congress Committee president Ganesh Godiyal on Saturday criticised the Pushkar Singh Dhami government over the Pipalkoti tunnel accident in Chamoli district, questioning how a reported leak at the…

Devastation in Indonesia as multiple powerful earthquakes hit in under 24 hours Indonesia was rocked by three major earthquakes within 24 hours, with a powerful 7.7-magnitude quake striking off Flores on Saturday, killing at least 47 people and triggering tsunami warnings.The strongest tremor struck off the coast of Flores in East Nusa Tenggara, near Ende,…

Republicans are increasingly worried that the prolonged Iran war and high gas prices could hurt voter turnout in November. US President Donald Trump has reportedly approved plans to deploy millions of dollars from his personal political action committee (PAC), a fundraising vehicle for his political activities, to help vulnerable Republicans in the November midterm elections,…

According to some accounts, Iranian attacks have damaged US Navy’s logistics hub in Bahrain and other Gulf hubs, forcing the Pentagon to shift supply logistics to Diego Garcia. TOI Correspondent from Washington: A furious war of words has broken out in the United States over the deployment of a warship in the Iran conflict: whether…

US is pulling its last aircraft carrier from the western Pacific to support the Iran war, temporarily leaving the region without a carrier as China steps up military activity. The United States is pulling its last aircraft carrier from the western Pacific as President Donald Trump’s war with Iran stretches the Navy’s ability to keep…

NEW DELHI: Bar Council of India chairman Manan Kumar Mishra on Saturday apologised to law students following the council’s controversial decision to briefly halt the enrolment of National Academy of Legal Studies and Research (NALSAR) University of Law’s 2026 graduating batch as advocates, Bar and Bench reported.In a letter issued on Independence Day, Mishra said…

OpenAI’s first ChatGPT-powered device is said to be a smart speaker OpenAI has abandoned plans to cool its planned S7 data center in Sydney, Australia, with recycled water. OpenAI nixed the plans in favor of a closed-loop liquid cooling system. According to a report in Reuters, Developers of a massive data centre OpenAI wants to…

PM Modi said, ‘if this stays in front of me, I would not be able to address the citizens’,” the officer recalled. Former defence secretary RK Mathur has recalled how Prime Minister Narendra Modi insisted on removing the bulletproof glass barrier from the Red Fort before delivering his first Independence Day address as Prime Minister…