DRDO test fires the Very Short Range Air Defence (VSHORAD) missile. (Image credit: DRDO) The Ministry of Defence is preparing an initiative to strengthen the country’s defence industrial base by establishing seven specialised manufacturing clusters across the country. This framework, which is distinct from the defence industrial corridors located in Uttar Pradesh and Tamil Nadu,…
Novak Djokovic of Serbia (AP Photo/Emma Da Silva) French Open 2026 delivered another massive shock as Novak Djokovic was knocked out in dramatic fashion in Paris. Teenager Joao Fonseca stunned Djokovic in a marathon five-set battle on Friday. Earlier on Thursday, Sinner’s title hopes collapsed after he struggled physically in extreme heat conditions.Brazil’s 19-year-old sensation…
The Pentagon has raised its counterintelligence threat assessment for Israel to the highest level – “critical” – amid escalating tensions between Washington and Israel over the way forward in the war with Iran, according to two current US officials and one former official who spoke to NBC News.The Pentagon’s Defense Intelligence Agency posted an internal…
Photo: Marina Neuralean / Instagram Have you ever noticed how quickly your brain identifies something in a confusing image? That first impression isn’t random; instead, it’s quietly revealing how your nervous system is feeling right now. This optical illusion personality test, which was shared by Marina Neuralean on social media recently, invites you to look…
NEW DELHI: 2026 has been a year of Congress‘ re-emergence in southern India. The party won comfortably in the Kerala assembly elections, entered the Tamil Nadu government by supporting Vijay‘s TVK, and also solved the three-year-long tussle over the chief ministerial post in Karnataka.But, just as it seemed that everything was going Congress’s way, regional…
MUMBAI: Zee Entertainment Enterprises is seeking to raise Rs 2,300 crore for strategic and business initiatives, nearly a year after shareholders blocked a similar attempt by the broadcaster’s promoter group to increase its stake.The company said its board would deliberate further on funding options, without specifying the instrument or timeline. The move comes as Zee…
NEW DELHI: The ED does not necessarily require a predicate offence — an FIR registered for any scheduled offence by any enforcement agency — to initiate a probe under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).While vacating a stay on the ED probe against Cochin Minerals and Rutile Limited (CMRL), a public listed company of…
NEW DELHI: Tamil Nadu chief minister C Joseph Vijay on Wednesday met Congress parliamentary party chairperson Sonia Gandhi and leader of the opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi at Sonia’s 10 Janpath residence in the national capital.Two Congress legislators were recently inducted into the Vijay-led council of ministers. With the move, the party became part…
For decades, the Tasmanian tiger was portrayed as Australia’s most feared livestock predator. Farmers blamed it for dead sheep, newspapers described it as a menace to agriculture, and the Tasmanian government eventually paid cash rewards for its destruction. By the time the last known thylacine died at Hobart Zoo in September 1936, the species had…
NEW DELHI: Congress leader Pawan Khera on Friday met activist Sonam Wangchuk and other protesters at Jantar Mantar as their indefinite hunger strike over alleged irregularities in the education system and the NEET paper leak entered its 20th day.Speaking to reporters after the meeting, Khera expressed concern over Wangchuk’s deteriorating health and said the Centre…