The executive order came after Trump hosted a high-level White House luncheon with leading technology executives, including SpaceX and Tesla chief Elon Musk, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Google CEO Sundar Pichai and NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang. US President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed an executive order directing the federal government to replace the terms “Artificial…
Petitioner Rakesh Kumar Singh alleged that about 14 decisions were taken in the EC’s name despite objections recorded by the two other election commissioners, S S Sandhu and Vivek Joshi. NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to hear next week a petition filed against chief election commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, seeking his suspension and…
The accused were arrested for their alleged involvement in massive financial irregularities in the execution of ‘Jal Jeevan Mission’, an ambitious joint initiative of the central and state govts intended to provide functional household tap connections for safe and adequate drinking water supply. NEW DELHI: Observing that the right to personal liberty of the accused…
Defence minister Rajnath Singh at navy’s biannual Commanders’ Conference 2026 NEW DELHI: Confirming a big milestone in the induction of combat vessels, defence minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday said that there is a planned addition of 18 warships this year, calling it the “largest single-year force accretion in the history of the Indian Navy”.The new…
India and the US had in Feb announced the finalisation of the framework for the first phase of the bilateral trade agreement. However, changes in the US tariff landscape have led to further negotiations on the agreement. NEW YOR/ NEW DELHI: Amid growing US-Pakistan bonhomie, external affairs minister S Jaishankar warned that a lack of…
At the Defence Tech Summit on ‘Multi-Domain Defence Capability Development and Digital Engineering’, organised by the Centre for Emerging Technologies at USI, Gen Subramani said resilient communications will determine operational effectiveness. NEW DELHI: Chief of defence staff General NS Raja Subramani said on Tuesday, “operate faster in various domains than the adversary can respond and…
The Kaveri engine, built by DRDO’s Gas Turbine Research Establishment (GTRE), has undergone trials at two Russian institutes — Central Institute of Aviation Motors (CIAM) and Gromov Flight Research Institute. NEW DELHI: In a big milestone for India’s homegrown engine, the DRDO-built Kaveri dry engine has cleared high-altitude and flight trials in Russia, paving the…
A significant increase in cardiovascular diseases is noted among younger Indians, impacting populations previously thought healthy (AI image) NEW DELHI: Heart disease is increasingly showing up in Indians well before old age, catching even the physically fit off guard. A recent National Statistical Office (NSO) survey reveals a threefold spike in cardiovascular ailments, rising from…
FIFA president Gianni Infantino FIFA lawyers have accused UEFA of harassing president Gianni Infantino and urged a Florida judge to reject the European soccer body’s request for evidence related to a proposed private investment plan involving the 2026 World Cup, news agency Assocuated Press reported.In a 21-page filing submitted late Monday (local time) to the…
In the mid-1990s, Amazon was little more than a risky idea built around an emerging technology that most people had barely encountered. Jeff Bezos was asking investors to put money behind an online bookseller at a time when there was no established market for buying books over the internet, and many declined. According to Fortune…
