The European Union on Tuesday sharply criticised China’s tightening grip over rare earth exports, with the bloc’s industry chief warning that Beijing’s curbs amount to a “racket” and threaten Europe’s strategic autonomy.Addressing EU lawmakers, European Commission vice president Stephane Sejourne said the bloc must urgently accelerate efforts to cut its reliance on Chinese critical minerals….
Representative Image. Credit: Tools For Humanity Sam Altman‘s eye-scanning startup, Tools for Humanity, has a message for its employees: Forget about your weekends. The company behind the “Orb”, a metal sphere that scans irises to verify human identity, has reportedly urged its employees to work on weekends and put their jobs above everything else. The…
NEW DELHI: Indian batter Virat Kohli on Tuesday arrived in India ahead of the ODI series against South Africa starting November 30. The veteran Indian batter landed at Mumbai airport in the afternoon. Having settled down in London for a while, the former India captain usually prepares for home and away tours in England and…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said “the pain of centuries finds rest today” as he ceremonially hoisted a saffron “Dharma Dhwaj” atop the Ram Janmabhoomi Temple’s 191-foot-high shikhar in Ayodhya.Addressing the “Dharm Dhwaj Arohan Mahotsav” at Ram Temple, PM Modi said, “Today, the entire India and the world is Ram-may. There is…
This year’s ozone hole over Antarctica has shown signs of steady recovery, ranking as the fifth smallest since 1992, according to Nasa and Noaa (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration scientists. Early observations suggest the hole is breaking up nearly three weeks earlier than in previous years, reflecting the long-term impact of global efforts to reduce…
Ayodhya Dharma Dhawaj (PTI photo) NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi reached Ayodhya on Tuesday to hoist the “Dharma Dhwaj” atop the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Temple, a moment residents describe as the fulfilment of a centuries-old aspiration.The specially designed flag, 22 feet long and 11 feet wide, has been crafted by a parachute specialist from…
The two most politically charged prosecutions of the season — the cases against James Comey and Letitia James — ended not with a dramatic courtroom revelation, but with something far more fundamental: the prosecutor who brought them should never have been a prosecutor in the first place. In one ruling, a federal judge dismantled the…
NEW DELHI: Airline operations across parts of the country may face disruptions after volcanic ash from Ethiopia’s Hayli Gubbi eruption began drifting toward western and northern regions, prompting the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on Monday The ash plume, travelling at high altitudes and significant speed, is expected to enter Gujarat and move eastward…
NEW DELHI: In a first of its kind order to drop criminal proceedings in a multi-crore bank fraud case after the accused agreed to pay back the money, Supreme Court allowed fugitive Sandesara brothers – Nitin and Chetan of Sterling Biotech Ltd – and their associates to be let off after the Centre and Enforcement…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court Monday agreed to hear a plea to do away with the exemption granted to political parties under Income Tax law and to restrain the parties from receiving donations in cash.The court sought responses from Centre and Election Commission on the plea which challenged the validity of a provision of the Income…