CHENNAI: Paid VIP darshan at Hindu temples is wrong and discriminatory, Madras high court remarked on Friday. It said no such practice is followed in churches and mosques.“Let ministers and MLAs not think that they could walk into a temple any time and that God would be waiting for them. Why do we need VIP…
Rajasthan Royals’ Vaibhav Sooryavanshi (ANI Photo) Vaibhav Sooryavanshi’s record-shattering IPL 2026 campaign reached yet another unbelievable milestone during Qualifier 2 against Gujarat Titans as the Rajasthan Royals youngster became the fastest player ever to complete 1000 IPL runs. The teenage sensation broke Andre Russell’s long-standing record, with the West Indies star previously having reached the…
NEW DELHI: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) detected around 20 cases of answer-sheet mix-ups during the first-time implementation of its on-screen marking (OSM) system this year, while more than 13,000 answer sheets ultimately had to be evaluated manually due to scanning quality issues, government sources told PTI on Friday.The issue came to light…
Generative AI India’s AI combat aircraft Kaal Bhairava will now be manufactured in Portugal after Indian AI warfare company Flying Wedge Defence and Aerospace (FWDA) announced a partnership with European defence-tech firm SKETCHPIXEL, in a development that could mark a turning point for India’s ambitions to become a global defence exporter.On paper, the partnership signals…
US President Donald Trump on Friday said a potential deal with Iran was now at the stage of a “final determination”, while laying out a detailed list of conditions for Tehran and signalling that restrictions in the Strait of Hormuz could soon be lifted.In a characteristically dramatic message on Truth Social, Trump claimed ships stranded…
NEW DELHI: Pope Leo XIV’s first major moral reflection on artificial intelligence appears to closely echo Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s repeated calls for human-centric, ethical and inclusive AI governance, with both leaders warning that technology must serve people rather than reduce them to data, profit or power.In his encyclical Magnifica Humanitas: On Safeguarding the Human…
Nearly a decade after China launched its sweeping crackdown in Xinjiang, rights groups and researchers say Beijing’s campaign against Uyghurs has entered a new phase, one focused less on mass internment camps and more on reshaping identity, language, religion and family life.According to Financial Times, the shift has come even after Chinese authorities claimed in…
NEW DELHI: India endured mixed fortunes at the Singapore Open Super 750 on Friday as PV Sindhu and Lakshya Sen bowed out in the quarterfinals, while the men’s doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty battled into the semifinals with a gritty comeback win.Two-time Olympic medallist Sindhu once again found reigning Olympic champion and…
With a biofuel in the mix, E20 petrol aims at lowering emissions, at the same time reducing the requirement of petrol in the fuel mix. (AI image) For a country that imports over 85% of its crude needs, any savings in the oil imports bill is important. With the Middle East conflict and the US-Iran…
Vladimir Putin (File photo) For years, Vladimir Putin has cultivated the image of an ageless strongman, riding horses shirtless, playing ice hockey and projecting physical endurance as a symbol of political authority. But behind the carefully staged displays of vigour lies a far deeper obsession now shaping Russian state policy: the pursuit of longevity.The latest…