China currently operates at least six Type 094 Jin-class ballistic missile submarines. China’s first publicly known submarine-launched ballistic missile test in more than four decades has raised fresh concerns about Beijing’s rapidly expanding nuclear capabilities and its growing military assertiveness in the Indo-Pacific. Defence analysts say the launch was not merely a weapons test but…
The BBC recreated the controversial 1974 Stanford prison experiment in The Experiment to explore human obedience/ screengrab Youtube The idea of recreating one of psychology’s most controversial experiments for television should have been unworkable from the outset. When the BBC announced in 2002 that it would run a controlled prison simulation as a documentary series,…
Second Lady Usha Vance reveals how she decided to go for a fourth child. Second Lady Usha Vance will become the first person to give birth while her husband is Vice President since the 1870s. But she said she was not aware of this data before she got pregnant with Usha and JD Vance’s fourth…
NEW DELHI: The Jharkhand high court has ordered a peon’s reinstatement after he was sacked for allegedly taking home tea powder and biscuits from his office. The court called his dismissal “grossly disproportionate” and said it is too harsh to accept.What was the dispute aboutRanjeet Kumar Himanshu had worked as a contractual peon with the…
Relatives of those killed in the 9/11 attacks on Friday called out Saudi Arabia for alleged complicity in the carnage – and chided past US presidents in attendance at a remembrance ceremony for failing to call Riyadh to account.The Sept 11, 2001, attacks were carried out by mostly Saudi hijackers and orchestrated by mastermind Osama…
FILE (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File) Walmart recently announced shareholder voting results for its Annual Shareholders Meeting. Approximately 89.88% of all outstanding shares were represented at the meeting. John Furner, President and CEO of Walmart, provided an overview of Walmart’s business model and strong FY26 results. Some eight proposals were brought for voting. Among these was…
Air India Ahmedabad plane crash NEW DELHI: As the first anniversary of the Air India Boeing 787 crash in Ahmedabad approaches, key questions over what caused the disaster that killed 260 people remain unanswered, as investigators are set to miss the formal one-year deadline for a final report.According to Bloomberg, India’s Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau…
MS Dhoni (Image credit: BCCI/IPL) NEW DELHI: When will MS Dhoni return? When will he play his next game? When will he be back in a Chennai Super Kings jersey? The questions keep mounting every time CSK take the field.Dhoni was ruled out for two weeks just ahead of the team’s opening match of the…
Virat Kohli in new RCB jersey Few franchises in the Indian Premier League have built a brand as powerful and enduring as Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB). At the heart of that rise stands Virat Kohli, whose association with the team since 2008 has defined its identity.Kohli’s loyalty to the franchise, having never represented another IPL…
Amitabh Chaudhry, who has headed Axis Bank for seven-and-a-half years MUMBAI: Under Amitabh Chaudhry, who has headed Axis Bank for seven-and-a-half years, the bank delivered an 18% ROE for nearly seven quarters. However, the retail cycle, higher credit costs and rate cuts put pressure on NIMs. In an interview with TOI, Chaudhry spoke about how…
