THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: A man was arrested for allegedly making phone calls threatening to kill Kerala chief minister VD Satheesan and his family, officials said on Saturday.The accused has been identified as Sony Thomas of Attingal.According to police, an unidentified person called the Thiruvananthapuram city district police command and control centre (DPCC) at 6.50 pm on Friday…
Florida, home to a growing number of technology billionaires including Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, is facing a different kind of challenge this summer. Wildlife agencies across Florida and several other major US states are stepping up efforts to stop the spread of the Argentine black-and-white tegu, an invasive lizard that…
Ishan Kishan and KL Rahul (BCCI Photo) TimesofIndia.com in Dharamsala: The injuries to Virat Kohli and Hardik Pandya have left coach Gautam Gambhir and captain Shubman Gill with several questions to answer as India’s road to the 2027 ODI World Cup begins on Saturday at the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association (HPCA) Stadium in Dharamsala, where…
US President Donald Trump on Friday claimed that the US military had carried out a strike that killed Hector Rusthenford Guerrero Flores, better known as Niño Guerrero, the leader of the Venezuelan prison gang Tren de Aragua, which Washington has designated a foreign terrorist organisation.In a post on Truth Social sharing the video of the…
Recruitment scam probe deepens, ED raids Madan Mitra-linked premises in Kolkata KOLKATA: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Saturday conducted raids at seven premises linked to TMC MLA and former minister Madan Mitra in connection with the municipal recruitment scam. According to officials, the investigation so far has revealed that Mitra allegedly received bribes in the…
AI-generated image used for representation The Russia-Ukraine war has entered uncharted territory. More than four years after Russian forces crossed into Ukraine in February 2022, the conflict has now lasted longer than World War I, the global conflict that raged from 1914 to 1918 and came to be known as the Great War.According to a…
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk (AFP photo) SpaceX shares began trading, sending the company’s valuation past $2 trillion and cementing its place in the history books. Following the public listing, the ‘skyrocketing’ stock value has officially made company founder and CEO Elon Musk the world’s very first trillionaire. After the successful IPO, Musk emphasised that the…
Prometheus, the AI startup Jeff Bezos co-founded with former Google executive Vik Bajaj, announced that it has raised $12 billion in a Series B round, pushing its valuation to $41 billion. The company launched late last year with $6.2 billion in initial funding, is said to be an Industrial AI startup. The astronomical funding round…
MUMBAI: The Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) released no report on the Air India Flight 171 crash on Friday, the first anniversary of the tragedy in Ahmedabad that claimed 260 lives. It thus missed the International Civil Aviation Organisation’s (ICAO) 12-month deadline for a final or interim report.The Annex 13 document of ICAO, which lays…
Dehradun: Uttarakhand high court (HC) has directed the state govt not to deport a Pakistani Sikh family living in Dehradun on a long-term visa unless they constitute a risk to national security.A single bench of Justice Manoj Kumar Tiwari was hearing a petition challenging a govt directive asking the family — staying at Vasant Vihar…
