China currently operates at least six Type 094 Jin-class ballistic missile submarines. China’s first publicly known submarine-launched ballistic missile test in more than four decades has raised fresh concerns about Beijing’s rapidly expanding nuclear capabilities and its growing military assertiveness in the Indo-Pacific. Defence analysts say the launch was not merely a weapons test but…
We all have that one friend who remembers the coffee order, shows up with soup when sick, and is happy to pick you up from the airport at 5 am. They are in every group chat, and yet, if you ask around, nobody really knows what’s going on in their life. Psychologists have studied this…
Microsoft’s Xbox division is cutting approximately 3,200 jobs as part of what CEO Asha Sharma called the “most significant restructure in XBOX history.” In a message to employees, Asha Sharma said the company is resetting its business after slower-than-expected growth, rising costs and challenges across the gaming industry. Explaining the decision, Sharma said Xbox had…
NEW DELHI: The city witnessed its most widespread and intense spell of rain Tuesday since the monsoon arrived on July 2. Waterlogging and uprooted trees led to traffic snarls, while the downpour also disrupted flight operations. Rain activity is likely to continue until Saturday.Several parts of Delhi witnessed heavy-to-moderate showers accompanied by lightning and gusty…
There is more bad news coming for the US chip giant Nvidia from China. According to a report in Reuters, Chinese startup DeepSeek is developing its own AI chip. This means that the hardware push from one of China’s biggest AI stars could reduce its reliance on Nvidia. Not to forget that China also has…
A wild elephant fell into a well in the Malayattoor area of Ernakulam district; a bus transporting workers to the site in Wayanad plunged into the river. WAYANAD: Three migrant workers were killed and five others are missing after a massive landslip struck the construction site of the Anakkampoyil-Kalladi-Meppadi twin tunnel road at Kalladi, Kerala,…
Pakistan’s airport authority said search and rescue operations were immediately launched in the Arabian Sea (Generative image) A major search operation was launched off Pakistan’s southern coast after a cargo aircraft carrying five crew members disappeared from radar while approaching Karachi on Tuesday night. The aircraft reportedly developed a navigation problem before rapidly losing altitude…
Police investigating the murder of Pune-based realtor Ketan Agarwal are examining whether his fiancée, Siya Goyal, had secretly married her alleged lover, Chetan Chaudhary PUNE: Police investigating the murder of Pune-based realtor Ketan Agarwal are examining whether his fiancée, Siya Goyal, had secretly married her alleged lover, Chetan Chaudhary, months before Agarwal’s death.Goyal (20) and…
The United States on Tuesday charged jailed gangster Lawrence Bishnoi and his close aide Satinderjeet Singh alias Goldy Brar with orchestrating the June 2023 killing of Khalistani terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar in Canada.According to a federal indictment unsealed in Los Angeles, Bishnoi and Brar ordered Nijjar’s assassination outside a Sikh temple in Surrey, British Columbia,…
US forces used precision-guided munitions to strike Iranian air defence systems The latest escalation came hours after three merchant vessels were struck in the Strait of Hormuz US forces used precision-guided munitions to strike Iranian air defence systems The latest escalation came hours after three merchant vessels were struck in the Strait of Hormuz US…