NEW DELHI: The defence ministry is looking to impose penalties on defence PSU Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) over continued delays in the delivery of Tejas Mk1A fighter aircraft, defence sources said on Monday. The delivery issue was reviewed during a meeting chaired by defence minister Rajnath Singh on Monday. Until now, not a single Tejas…
Demis Hassabis, CEO of Google DeepMind recently issued one of the starkest AI warnings. According to a report by Axios, speaking at the company’s annual developer conference, Hassabis said that humanity is standing in the ‘foothills of the singularity’ and has only a few years left to prepare for artificial general intelligence (AGI). Speaking to…
TOI Correspondent from Washington: A federal judge in Massachusetts on Monday struck down President Donald Trump’s controversial $100,000 fee on new H-1B visas, ruling that the administration lacked the legal authority to impose what the court described as an unauthorised tax on employers seeking to hire highly skilled foreign workers.The ruling by US District Judge…
Representative image (AI generated) BENGALURU: More than a century of observations from India’s historic Kodaikanal Solar Observatory, operated by the Indian Institute of Astrophysics (IIA), Bengaluru, has helped scientists uncover new clues about how the Sun’s surface responds to its 11-year activity cycle.The findings, based on an analysis of 34,000 images collected since 1907, could…
A strong earthquake measuring 6.1 magnitude struck off the coast of western Cuba on Monday, shaking buildings in Havana and across the island’s west, prompting residents to leave homes and offices, but causing no immediate reports of injuries, damage or tsunami threats, according to Cuban and US authorities.The quake struck in waters off Cuba’s western…
Reepresentative image (AI generated) BENGALURU: Scientists in Bengaluru have discovered that a catalyst used to produce green hydrogen does something unexpected while on the job: it changes itself.The finding by researchers at the Centre for Nano and Soft Matter Sciences (CeNS), led by Neena S John and PhD scholar Palash Jyoti Gogoi, could help in…
Apple announced iOS 27 at WWDC 2026—and for once, the pitch wasn’t about a sweeping reinvention. This is a year of fixes. A softer Liquid Glass. A measurably faster iPhone. And the Siri overhaul that has slipped twice, now arriving with Google’s fingerprints on it.Nobody gets left behind, either. iOS 27 runs on every iPhone…
When a residential project runs out of funds midway through construction, homebuyers are often left paying EMIs and rent simultaneously while waiting for possession. To address such stalled housing projects, the Centre launched the Special Window for Affordable and Mid-Income Housing (SWAMIH) Fund in 2019.The government-backed last-mile financing fund provides capital to stressed but viable…
NEW DELHI: The Delhi State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission has upheld a Rs 10 lakh compensation order against LIC Housing Finance for losing a borrower’s original property documents after full repayment of a housing loan, holding the company guilty of deficiency in service.A bench comprising Justice Sangita Dhingra Sehgal (President) and Pinki (Member Judicial) dismissed…
Tensions between US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reportedly flared over Israel’s military actions in Lebanon, with a senior US envoy suggesting the two leaders nearly came to a direct confrontation over the issue.According to Al Jazeera, US ambassador to Lebanon Michel Issa said Trump and Netanyahu had sharp disagreements over…
