. Health authorities are racing to trace dozens of people who recently disembarked from the Dutch cruise ship MV Hondius after a hantavirus outbreak onboard left three people dead and several others infected.According to the World Health Organization (WHO), five of eight suspected cases have been confirmed. Among the dead is a 69-year-old Dutch woman…
Your TV screen is more fragile than you think. A smudgy fingerprint on your TV screen or a layer of dust you have been ignoring for two weeks finally gets to you, so you grab whatever is nearby and start wiping. Maybe it is a paper towel. Maybe it is a corner of your shirt….
BJP secured a massive victory in Falta, winning by over a lakh votes, marking its highest margin in the 2026 assembly elections. KOLKATA/FALTA: CPM came in a distant second – but a second, nevertheless – in the first election to an assembly seat after BJP’s victory in the recent state poll. Debangshu Panda of BJP…
NEW DELHI: Observing that reckless and baseless allegations made against judges strike at the very foundation of judicial independence, which cannot be allowed, the SC on Monday refused to interfere in contempt proceedings against a lawyer who had made various accusations against a sitting judge of the Bombay high court, including that he was associated…
India is often thought of as a land of ancient, native plants, but many of the crops and trees we now treat as “Indian” actually came from other parts of the world. Over centuries, trade routes, colonial rule, and scientific exchanges moved seeds and saplings across continents. Plants that started as a few exotic arrivals…
The Aditya Dhar directorial ‘Dhurandhar 2: The Revenge’ continues its unprecedented reign as a modern-day classic. As of Sunday, April 26, 2026, the Ranveer Singh starrer enters Day 39 of its theatrical release on March 19,2026. It is currently positioned as the third highest-grossing Indian film of all time. The worldwide gross stands at a…
Gujarat Titans’ captain Shubman Gill (AP Photo) Shubman Gill scripted history with the bat, becoming the first player to smash 100 sixes for Gujarat Titans during their IPL 2026 clash against Royal Challengers Bengaluru. Earlier in the evening, GT’s bowlers had set the tone by bundling out RCB for 155 in 19.2 overs, with the…
“The difference between a simpleton and an intelligent man, according to the man who is convinced that he is of the latter category, is that the former wholeheartedly accepts all things that he sees and hears while the latter never admits anything except after a most searching scrutiny. He imagines his intelligence to be a…
Kotak Securities has an add rating on Punjab National Bank (PNB) with the target price at Rs 125, down from the earlier target of Rs 140. Analysts said that in the Jan-March quarter (Q4FY26), the lender had shown steady profitability overall with the return on equity (RoE) supported by low credit costs and decline in…
Mistral co-founder Arthur Mensch has a major US technology dependency warning for Europe. The CEO of the French artificial intelligence (AI) startup has warned that Europe has a two-year window to develop its own AI infrastructure or risk becoming dependent on American technology companies for computing power, energy and AI systems.Speaking during a hearing on…