Passengers are disembarked from the hantavirus-stricken cruise ship MV Hondius (AP photo) As the outbreak of hantavirus aboard a cruise ship triggered international concern, passengers on the quarantined vessel began disembarking on Sunday after it arrived off Tenerife in Spain’s Canary Islands.The MV Hondius reached Tenerife early Sunday after sailing from Cape Verde on May…
Rishabh Pant and Justin Langer (ANI Photos) NEW DELHI: Lucknow Super Giants head coach Justin Langer has thrown his full support behind captain Rishabh Pant despite another disappointing outing in the IPL 2026, insisting the wicketkeeper-batter is “not far off” rediscovering his best.LSG slumped to yet another defeat, against Mumbai Indians on Monday, leaving them…
Photo credit: Delhi Customs NEW DELHI: Customs officials at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport on Saturday said they had seized 115 smuggled gold bars weighing 3.5 kg from an American national of Indian origin, news agency PTI reported.The seizure comes amid a recent rise in gold smuggling attempts following the increase in Customs duty on…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday took exception to “petty politicians” of the Shiv Sena (UBT) accusing the court of delaying adjudication of petitions challenging non-disqualification of the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena and the Election Commission’s decision to declare them as the real ‘Shiv Sena’ and said it is the UBT camp’s counsel who…
In what they call a ‘rare event’, tourists and forest officials reported spotting a tiger, a leopard, and a cheetah in a distance of about one to two kilometers inside the Ranthambore National Park in Rajasthan. The sighting of three top predators in the same landscape has left conservationists shocked and also stirred suspense and…
In a bid to expand the space infrastructure in the country amid growing global competition in the sector, the Department of Space has approved setting up of common technical facilities (CTFs) in Gujarat and Tamil Nadu. These facilities will be equipped with high-end testing, validation and integration infrastructure. The govts of Gujarat and Tamil Nadu…
The Pentagon on Friday signed agreements with seven leading artificial intelligence companies to run their technology on classified military networks. The War Department named the companies as SpaceX, OpenAI, Google, Nvidia, Reflection, Microsoft, and Amazon Web Services. “Together, the War Department and these strategic partners share the conviction that American leadership in AI is indispensable…
Kerala’s Sabarimala Temple (File photo) New Delhi: Midway through the ‘faith vs fundamental right’ debate emanating from the customary ban on entry of women in the 10-50 years age group into the Sabarimala Ayyappa temple, a Hindu party on Tuesday requested a nine-judge Supreme Court bench to review its 30-year-old judgment declaring Hinduism as a…
JAIPUR/MUMBAI: Rajasthan Police’s Special Operations Group (SOG) has launched a probe into alleged malpractices in NEET (UG) 2026 after the National Testing Agency (NTA) received inputs from Rajasthan and Uttarakhand regarding question sets circulated before the May 3 exam that allegedly overlapped with the actual paper.Additional DGP (SOG) Vishal Bansal said investigators found a set…
Mumbai, Apr 29 (ANI): Mumbai Indians’ skipper Hardik Pandya bowls during the Indian Premier League 2026 match against Sunrisers Hyderabad at Wankhede Stadium, in Mumbai on Wednesday. (ANI Photo) After suffering yet another loss in IPL 2026 despite posting a mammoth 243 on the board, Mumbai Indians captain Hardik Pandya admitted that his team does…