Lalit Modi (Image credit: Wisden Cricket) NEW DELHI: Former IPL commissioner Lalit Modi has claimed that match-fixing continues to exist in cricket, though he stopped short of making any allegations against the Indian Premier League (IPL), saying the tournament has become too lucrative for players to risk their careers.Modi, who has been residing primarily in…
NEW DELHI: India and China have agreed to continue using existing diplomatic and military channels to address outstanding issues and prevent misunderstandings along the Line of Actual Control (LAC), the ministry of external affairs (MEA) said on Thursday.“Both sides agreed to use existing diplomatic and military channels to avoid misunderstanding and miscalculation along LAC,” the…
Google has responded after an AI researcher used the newly-launched feature in Google Earth. The researcher demonstrated how the tech giant’s Nano Banana AI image generator in Google Earth can be used to fabricate geopolitical crises, military sites and fatal accidents on real satellite mapping imagery. The tool allows users to zoom into any real-world…
Hamid Mondal (face covered) had been staying in the flat for the past two to three months, allegedly to evade detection by law enforcement agencies. BURDWAN: A suspected member of the banned terror group Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) has been arrested in West Bengal’s Purba Bardhaman district, news agency PTI reported on Friday.The Special Task Force (STF)…
A groundbreaking study in Science Advances reveals that Earth’s tectonic plates are breaking apart under the Cascadia subduction zone. Geologists from Louisiana State University and the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory used high-resolution seismic imaging, similar to an ‘ultrasound’ of the Earth. They noticed the Juan de Fuca plate is fracturing into smaller pieces as it sinks…
Jared Isaacman (Image/AP) Nasa Administrator Jared Isaacman has reiterated his support for restoring Pluto’s status as a planet.Speaking during a US Senate hearing on Tuesday, Isaacman voiced strong support for reconsidering Pluto’s classification.“Senator, I am very much in the camp of ‘make Pluto a planet again,’” Isaacman said while responding to a question from Senator…
US president Donald Trump returned from China on Friday portraying his talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping as a defining “G-2” moment.“It’s the two great countries. I call it the G-2. I think it’ll go down as a very important moment in history,” Trump said in an interview with Fox News on Thursday.Trump claimed major…
JAMMU: Police on Wednesday arrested two persons, including a teacher, for allegedly aiding foreign terrorists by providing them shelter and logistical support in Kishtwar district.Kishtwar SSP Naresh Singh said, “One of the two, Mashkoor Ahmed, is a teacher in the school education department.”Earlier, one Maneer Ahmed was also arrested for similar offences.Both are residents of…
33 Sham Nath Marg is one of the most iconic government addresses in Delhi. The bungalow here has existed for decades now. However, it may soon disappear from the city’s landscape as authorities have plans to demolish it and redevelop the property into a modern administrative complex. The address is better known in political circles…
Donald Trump attacks NYT reporter over book, calls it ‘Fake News’ US President Donald Trump has launched a blistering attack on a new book by New York Times journalists Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan, calling it “mostly made up, Fake News, largely fiction” after it revealed that he leaves piles of chip bags, ice cream…