Spain has granted permission for the virus-hit cruise ship MV Hondius to sail to the Canary Islands, stepping in to manage a growing health emergency onboard. The decision follows Cape Verde’s announcement that it lacked the capacity to handle the situation.Authorities indicated the vessel is likely to dock at either Gran Canaria or Tenerife within…
Every few weeks, social media finds a new topic that gets people talking. Sometimes it is a celebrity controversy. Sometimes it is politics. And sometimes, it is a short video from inside a home that ends up opening a much bigger conversation.A video now going viral on X has done exactly that. At first glance,…
HDFC Bank’s share price tumbled 8.6 per cent on Thursday to hit a fresh 52-week low of Rs 770, as investor sentiment weakened following the resignation of part-time Chairman Atanu Chakraborty. The stock came under sharp selling pressure after Chakraborty stepped down, citing concerns over certain internal developments that he said were not in alignment…
NEW DELHI: India’s continued engagement with the Gulf saw PM Narendra Modi speaking to Kuwait Crown Prince Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah and underlining the significance of safe navigation through Strait of Hormuz and condemning the Iranian attacks on Kuwait.This was the second time Modi spoke to the Crown Prince since the US-Israel strikes on…
In a big boost for make-in-India weapons, Indonesia has become the first foreign customer of the country’s highly-advanced beyond-visual-range air-to-air missile (BVRAAM) ‘Astra’, developed by Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO).Besides an agreement for “cooperation on BrahMos System”, the pact on Astra air-to-air missile in presence of PM Narendra Modi and President Prabowo Subianto in…
The US, country that once refused to export its fuel, has now climbed to the top spot in the global oil export rankings, overtaking crude heavyweights such as Saudi Arabia and Russia. As the world continues to feel the ripples of the ongoing Middle East crisis, US exports of crude and fuel reached around 10.5…
Former Army Chief Gen Naravane NEW DELHI: After the controversy surrounding his unpublished memoir ‘Four Stars of Destiny’, former Army chief General MM Naravane (Retd) has told news channels in separate interviews that it was “totally unfair to drag me and the armed forces into politics” by using an unpublished book to score points and…
New Delhi: India has become one of the fastest-growing markets for AI-generated visuals, with users creating more than one billion images using ChatGPT Images 2.0 within weeks of its rollout, according to OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman.Sharing the update on X, Altman said it was “awesome to see” the scale at which Indian users were…
(Image shared by DRDO on X) NEW DELHI: In another milestone in advanced missile technology, Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO) and the Indian Air Force (IAF) have conducted the successful flight-tests of RudraM-II air-to-surface missile from an airborne platform from the Integrated Test Range (ITR), Chandipur, the defence ministry said on Tuesday.The missiles after…
Pakistan’s head coach Mike Hesson (R) with Shaheen Afridi during a practice session. (PTI Photo) Former Pakistan batter Ahmed Shehzad launched a blistering attack on the team’s leadership after Pakistan slumped to a 2-1 ODI series defeat against Bangladesh, warning that Pakistan cricket was slipping to alarming levels.Speaking after Pakistan’s 11-run loss in the third…
