NEW DELHI: India has finally succeeded in retrieving the ‘Chola Plates’ considered to be among the most significant surviving records of the dynasty with Netherlands formally restituting the assets at a formal ceremony in the presence of PM Narendra Modi and PM Rob Jetten on Saturday, marking yet another success of Modi govt in recovering…
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk recently alleged Delta Airlines of rejecting its space internet service Starlink over Amazon’s Leo. In a post on X (formerly Twitter), the world’s richest man alleged that the real issue was the airline requiring passengers to access the in-flight Wi-Fi using the Delta Sync portal, which forces customers to log in…
NEW DELHI:A day after the Madhya Pradesh High Court order declared the disputed Bhojshala complex in Dhar district a temple, the All India Muslim Personal Law Board announced that the Kamal Maula Mosque Committee will challenge the verdict in the Supreme Court, and that the board will extend every possible support in this legal battle.The…
CHANDIGARH: Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann on Saturday said his party would not allow even a single genuine vote to be deleted in the state under the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process. Warning against any attempt to engineer “fake votes” in favour of a particular political party, Mann asserted that AAP leaders and workers would…
What does it mean to have free will in 2026?Why are young people across the world filming themselves eating lunch on ladders, rearranging their homes into fake hotel suites, or doing completely irrational everyday activities simply because they can?And how did a 19th-century philosopher who believed human beings were never truly free become strangely relevant…
California Governor Gavin Newsom has proposed expanding the state’s sales tax to include digital prewritten software. The proposed move could increase costs for software and SaaS companies and draw comparisons with digital services taxes introduced against American companies in countries such as Canada and the UK. The proposal comes at a time when taxes targeting…
Cravings have a bad reputation. They are often treated like weakness, bad habits, or a lack of self-control. But the truth is usually more interesting than that. When your body keeps nudging you toward chocolate, chips, bread, or something icy and sweet, it may be trying to say something. Not always in a dramatic way….
Jammu: Army personnel patrol alongside robotic mules near the Line of Control (LoC) in the Akhnoor sector on the outskirts of Jammu, ahead of Diwali festivities. (PTI Photo)(PTI10_17_2025_000014A) The conflict in Ukraine is known for the use of drones both in the air and also on sea against Russia, but over the past two years,…
Dried figs rarely become the star of nutrition conversations, but they quietly deserve a seat at the table. One cup of dried figs offers roughly 101 mg of magnesium, making them one of the richest fruit sources of this mineral. What makes figs particularly interesting is their balance. They are naturally sweet, but they also…
India is preparing a fresh manufacturing push centred on identifying nearly 100 products that are either not produced domestically or are inadequately manufactured despite existing capability, signalling a sharper industrial policy focus amid shifting global supply chains, geopolitical tensions and the country’s ambition to emerge as a global manufacturing hub.The initiative, outlined by Department for…