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G7 leaders on Wednesday agreed to strengthen cooperation to reduce their dependence on China for critical minerals, unveiling plans to coordinate stockpiling, boost recycling and create a new platform with an expanded role for the International Energy Agency (IEA).The move comes as Western nations seek to secure supplies of minerals crucial for defence, artificial intelligence,…

The incident took place on June 5 when Manish Gupta, a grocery market broker-turned-businessman, allegedly saw his wife Niharika Gupta speaking to her boyfriend on the phone. KANPUR: A woman in Kanpur allegedly stabbed her husband to death following an argument over her relationship with another man, with her family claiming that the man on…

CHENNAI: Holding that mala fide intention cannot be ruled out if a church is proposed to be constructed in the vicinity of a Hindu temple, Madras high court stayed the construction of a church in Coimbatore.“Coimbatore is a communally sensitive city. It witnessed bomb blasts and bloody religious riots. The proposed church would come up…

Pakistan hostages held by Somalian pirates Ten Pakistani crew members held hostage by Somali pirates aboard the hijacked oil tanker MT Honour 25 have appealed for urgent government intervention through a newly surfaced video, saying they have been in captivity for 57 days, face severe shortages of food and water, and need immediate help to…

Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff shares selfie with PM Narendra Modi (Source: X/Benioff) Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff has shared an exclusive selfie with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday (June 17), following a high-level discussion on artificial intelligence (AI) technology which currently dominates the global political agenda. Taking to social media platform X (formerly Twitter), Benioff…

American defence technology company Anduril’s CEO, Brian Schimpf, believes the nature of modern warfare has changed significantly. He noted that economic disruption is increasingly becoming a primary objective in modern warfare. Speaking at Fortune’s Brainstorm Tech conference in Aspen, Schimpf said modern conflicts are no longer focused mainly on destroying military assets but on targeting…

A US Air Force B-52H Stratofortress crashed shortly after takeoff at Edwards Air Force Base in California’s Mojave Desert on Monday, killing all eight personnel on board, officials confirmed.The crash has attracted added attention given the B-52 Stratofortress’s status as one of the most enduring symbols of American air power.The bomber has played a central…

TOI correspondent from Washington: Eight years after the Trump administration renamed the US Pacific Command as the Indo-Pacific Command to signal New Delhi’s growing strategic importance in US efforts to contain China, the Pentagon has quietly reversed course.In a move laden with symbolism and timing, the department of war on Tuesday announced that INDOPACOM would…

A fresh controversy erupted in Vadodara after a video allegedly showing three individuals offering namaz inside the Outpatient Department (OPD) building of SSG Hospital went viral on social media. VADODARA: A fresh controversy erupted in Vadodara after a video allegedly showing three individuals offering namaz inside the Outpatient Department (OPD) building of SSG Hospital went…

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday raised the issue of maritime security and the safety of Indian seafarers during his bilateral meeting with US President Donald Trump on the sidelines of the G7 Summit in France, underlining the importance of keeping global shipping routes open.PM Modi said that “lakhs of Indians are working…