NEW DELHI: To enhance preparedness for radiological and nuclear exigencies, Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO) on Wednesday opened a chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) field training and demonstration centre at Burari plains in Delhi.Inaugurated by DRDO chairman Samir V Kamat, the centre will be a unique DRDO-CBRN-centre of excellence comprising state-of-the-art facilities. These…
Elon Musk has decided Anthropic isn’t evil after all. The SpaceX chief, who spent much of February calling the AI lab misanthropic and accusing it of hating Western civilization, now says that he sat down with senior Anthropic executives last week and walked away impressed. “No one set off my evil detector,” he wrote on…
NEW DELHI: With US secretary of state Marco Rubio all set to visit India this month, ambassador Sergio Gor said Wednesday he’s looking forward to welcome his “good friend” to India. Rubio said the US deeply values its growing partnership with India and is excited to build even stronger ties that will benefit both nations…
As Rath’s car came to a halt, four assailants on two bikes pulled up next to the vehicle and started firing indiscriminately. KOLKATA: More chilling details have emerged in the killing of Bengal BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari’s close aide Chandranath Rath, who was chased, trapped and shot dead by bike-borne assailants near Kolkata airport late…
NEW DELHI: Shrinking space for Muslim legislators is emerging as one of the sharpest political markers of the the post-2014 era, as BJP’s expanding footprint and the opposition’s changing ticket distribution strategy have together pushed minority representation down in assemblies. Data shows the number of Muslim MLAs in the country has fallen from 339 in…
NEW DELHI: Poll results show Congress saw a notable number of Muslim candidates register victory in the assembly elections, with 18 out of 19 party MLAs in Assam being Muslims. Kerala’s victorious UDF has 30 Muslim MLAs, with eight from Congress and the rest (22) from its ally IUML. The two winning Congress candidates in…
Punjab Kings’ Cooper Connolly celebrates his maiden IPL century. (Pic credit: IPL) NEW DELHI: Punjab Kings youngster Cooper Connolly etched his name into IPL history on Wednesday with a sensational unbeaten century against Sunrisers Hyderabad, becoming the youngest overseas batter ever to score a hundred in the tournament.The 22-year-old Australian produced a breathtaking lone-hand effort…
Hyderabad: Sunrisers Hyderabad’s Abhishek Sharma (PTI Photo) Abhishek Sharma made an immediate impact at the top for Sunrisers Hyderabad in their IPL 2026 clash against Punjab Kings at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, producing a quickfire cameo that set the tone for a high-scoring outing. The left-hander scored 35 off just 13 balls, striking two…
Sunrisers Hyderabad players (Pic credit: IPL) NEW DELHI: Sunrisers Hyderabad continued their extraordinary dominance over Punjab Kings at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium on Wednesday, scripting a unique piece of IPL history with a commanding 33-run victory that sent them to the top of the IPL 2026 points table.The win marked SRH’s ninth successive victory…
NEW DELHI: The Bar Council of India (BCI) and the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) on Wednesday have urged CJI Surya Kant to urgently intervene after an Andhra Pradesh HC judge decides to send a young lawyer to 24-hour judicial custody, despite his repeated pleas for mercy over a purported misdemeanour.BCI president Manan Kumar Mishra…