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New Delhi: India is considering joining one of Europe’s ambitious ‘sixth-generation’ fighter jet programmes, marking the first official acknowledgement that the Indian Air Force (IAF) could partner in the development of a next-generation combat aircraft besides the ongoing indigenous 5th-generation Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft (AMCA) development project, the defence ministry has informed parliamentary standing committee…

NEW DELHI: An analysis of affidavits of 229 out of 233 Rajya Sabha MPs shows that 73 (32%) MPs have declared criminal cases against themselves and 31 (14%) are billionaires.As many as 36 (16%) MPs have declared serious criminal cases. One MP has declared a case of murder, four have cases of attempt to murder,…

US President Donald Trump made a remark about Pearl Harbor during a meeting with Japan’s prime minister Sanae Takaichi, drawing attention because of the sensitive history behind the reference.The comment came during a meeting at the White House. The MAGA chief joked about the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor while speaking with the visiting Japanese…

NEW DELHI: Veteran diplomat and India’s high commissioner to the UK Vikram Doraiswami will be India’s next ambassador to China. An IFS officer of 1992 batch, he is expected to take up his new assignment shortly, the govt announced Thursday.Doraiswamy served as a young diplomat in Beijing from 1996 to 2000 and is said to…

NEW DELHI: The govt has asked all entities across the oil and gas value chain to regularly furnish detailed operational information to the ministry’s Petroleum Planning and Analysis Cell (PPAC), with officials classifying the data as a matter of national security. With imports plummeting, the move signals the vulnerability of the sector, turning it into…

TOI Correspondent from London: Two Indian-origin passengers, a man and a woman, were arrested at Heathrow airport on suspicion of modern-day slavery after their flight landed from Mumbai on Tuesday night.A Metropolitan Police spokesperson told TOI: “Met officers arrested two people at London Heathrow Airport on March 1… Officers arrested a 30-year-old man and a…

JAMMU: J&K Police have fitted GPS anklets on three alleged Jaish-e-Mohammad overground workers (OGWs) out on interim bail after court orders.Mool Raj, Layaket Ali and Maqbool had been in jail over a 2024 attack on an army convoy in Jammu’s Kathua that left five soldiers dead. The release and the anklets followed orders of the…

Iga Swiatek (Image Via Getty) Iga Swiatek is heading into the 2026 Miami Open, but things do not look fully smooth for her right now. Just days after her Indian Wells exit, the Polish star opened up about the challenges she is facing in Florida. From tough weather to limited court time, her preparation has…

(Image Credits: Pinterest) The crescent moon has officially been sighted, the month of fasting has wrapped up, and the beautiful, chaotic energy of Eid morning is finally here. You already know the drill. The sheer khurma is simmering on the stove, the brand-new clothes are out of their covers, and the house smells faintly of…

“The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting,” wrote ancient Chinese strategist Sun Tzu in The Art of War.That idea may now be quietly playing out in the geopolitics of the Middle East and far beyond it.As tensions rise and global powers take sides, the ripple effects are spilling well beyond…