AI boom lifts industrial engineers’ pay packages

BENGALURU: India’s AI data-centre boom is creating an unexpected winner: engineers from mechanical, electrical and industrial backgrounds. As companies race to build energy-intensive AI infrastructure, mechanical, electrical and cooling engineers-roles long overshadowed by software jobs-are back in demand, commanding hefty salaries and opening a new career path for industrial talent.Companies actively hiring span the full…

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When Is Bakrid: Eid Al-Adha 2026 date: Is Bakrid on May 27 or 28? Here’s what changed after the moon wasn’t sighted |

If you’ve been confused about whether Bakrid 2026 is falling on May 27 or May 28, you’re definitely not alone. The date confusion has been all over social media, WhatsApp groups and even official holiday calendars this week.So, here’s the simple answer:For most parts of India, Eid Al-Adha or Bakrid will now be celebrated on…

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ITR filing FY 2025-26: Top reasons salaried taxpayers should wait till mid-June to file income tax returns

Just because the return-filing utility is available, does it automatically mean the return should be filed immediately? (AI image) ITR filing FY 2025-26: It’s that time of the year when you start gathering your important tax-related documents to file your income tax return (ITR). And while it’s always good to file your ITR on time,…

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Bombay high court bins government’s 12 retrospective spectrum charge; telecom companies get relief

MUMBAI: In a relief to cellular service operators, Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea, the Bombay HC quashed the Centre’s one-time spectrum charge imposed unilaterally in 2012, from 2008 onwards, reports Swati Despande.Govt can’t retrospectively alter the financial terms of telecom licences years after they had been granted, said a division bench of Justices Manish Pitale…

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Alaska: Scientists find that humans and dogs have such a friendly relationship because early ancestors fed salmon to canines 12,000 years ago

Humans Fed Salmon to Canines 12,000 Years Ago, Study Suggests, Hinting at the Origin of Our Relationship With Dogs Early humans in Alaska were sharing their salmon catches with ancient canines 12,000 years ago. This shows that close relationships between humans and dog ancestors developed 2,000 years earlier than anyone previously thought in the Americas.The…

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IPL 2026 | ‘Team looks more united’: Ex-selector on Mumbai Indians without Hardik Pandya

Hardik Pandya (Image credit: BCCI/IPL) NEW DELHI: Former India captain, 1983 World Cup winner and former selector Kris Srikkanth believes Mumbai Indians have rediscovered the high energy and dominance they are known for, even in the absence of captain Hardik Pandya. Pandya has missed Mumbai Indians’ last three matches.Sidelined with a back spasm, Pandya first…

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Garg Aviation cadet pilot hurt while deboarding training plane with propeller running; DGCA probe on | India News

NEW DELHI: In a shocking lapse, a trainee pilot was grievously injured while deboarding a twin-engine trainer aircraft of Garg Aviation with the propeller running at Kanpur’s Chakeri Airport Friday (June 26) night. The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has taken a very serious view of this accident, which has left the woman cadet…

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Deep-sea radioactive waste mystery: Scientists begin hunt for 200,000 nuclear barrels dumped in the Atlantic Ocean |

Four kilometres beneath the surface of the Atlantic Ocean, beyond the reach of sunlight and far from shipping lanes, lies a forgotten chapter of the nuclear age.Scattered across a vast stretch of seabed are more than 200,000 barrels of radioactive waste. They were lowered into the ocean over several decades during the second half of…

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Currentvaluations of AI stocks a bubble: CEA

NEW DELHI: Chief economic advisor (CEA) V Anantha Nageswaran has described the current valuations of AI-related companies as a “bubble”, saying fears about AI-driven job losses may be exaggerated amid intense investor enthusiasm around the technology.Nageswaran said, “The stock market, AI-related stocks and AI-related valuations are definitely a bubble. There is no question about it.”…

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Sherpa survives 6-day Everest ordeal sans food, O2 | India News

In what climbers are calling a miracle, a 52-year-old Sherpa guide who was presumed dead on Mount Everest after he vanished during descent on May 29 was found alive after six days near Base Camp on Thursday morning.Dawa ‘Hillary’ Sherpa — who earned the moniker for his mountaineering expertise – covered more than 12km from…

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