A major fire at a footwear factory in China’s eastern Fujian province caused “heavy human losses” on Thursday, state media reported, as rescue teams continued search and firefighting operations.The blaze broke out at around 12.04 pm at a shoe factory in Jiangtou Village, Chendai Township, in Jinjiang city, according to Xinhua. CCTV reported that several…
Congress targets PM Modi for giving China ‘clean chit’ NEW DELHI: The Congress on Thursday accused the BJP of increasing India’s economic dependence on China despite the 2020 Galwan clash, alleging that Beijing has gained a dominant position in several strategic sectors under the current administration.Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, citing a media report and official…
Details of the Trump administration’s biggest crackdown on H-1B visa fraud. The H-1B visa program, which allows US companies to hire skilled workers from foreign countries, has remained a major flashpoint in the current Donald Trump administration, with tech leaders supporting the program, citing a major talent crunch in the US, and a section of…
A man walks from the Russian National Olympic Committee building in Moscow, on Tuesday, July 7, 2026. (AP Photo) Russia’s athletics federation has approached the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in an attempt to overturn World Athletics’ decision to keep Russian athletes suspended from international competitions because of the war in Ukraine.World Athletics banned…
Ahead of Christopher Nolan’s ‘The Odyssey’, internet users created AI images imagining Indian actors in lead roles, casting Aamir Khan as Odysseus, Tabu as Penelope, Sai Pallavi as Athena, Ishaan Khatter as Telemachus, and Janhvi Kapoor as Helen. The film, starring Matt Damon and Anne Hathaway, releases worldwide on July 17, 2026. With Christopher Nolan‘s…
Walking through an old-growth forest, you will notice a huge number of tall trees stretching up to the sky in addition to smaller trees growing under the canopy. For many years, it was thought that tall trees would eventually outcompete smaller trees by intercepting almost all of the light coming from the sun. According to…
US stock futures traded mixed on Thursday, July 9, as investors looked past renewed geopolitical tensions in West Asia and shifted their focus to AI-related stocks ahead of South Korean chipmaker SK Hynix’s highly anticipated US market debut. Futures tied to the Nasdaq-100 rose 0.8%, supported by gains in semiconductor stocks, while S&P 500 futures…
A serviceman with Ukraine’s K-2 brigade prepares a midrange drone before flying it toward Russian positions on the front line in Ukraine’s Donetsk region on June 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) The conflict in Ukraine is now nearing the 1,600-day mark. The war has stretched a little longer than the First World War, or the…
Former Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal (File photo) NEW DELHI: AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday criticised the Centre over fuel price, saying petrol prices should have fallen as global crude oil prices have declined.Addressing a presser, the former Delhi chief minister accused the government of allowing oil companies to make excessive profits. “Centre allowing oil…
Imagine a material that can cling firmly to wet surfaces, repair itself after being damaged and remain flexible under demanding conditions. That vision has moved closer to reality thanks to researchers in Japan, who have developed a new AI-designed super-adhesive hydrogel with exceptional underwater bonding strength. The breakthrough combines machine learning with laboratory experiments to…
