India and the US inked on Friday an expansive new defence framework to strengthen their strategic partnership over the next 10 years. This comes amid indications that a trade deal is also in the works to douse the raging tariff tensions between the two countries. The ‘Framework for the US-India Major Defence Partnership’, inked during…
RSS volunteers (left); Mallikarjun Kharge (right) NEW DELHI: As Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge called for a ban on RSS citing the decision of the then home minister Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, BJP hit back recalling comments of both Patel and Mahatma Gandhi praising RSS and accusing Kharge of using the language of fundamentalist Muslim organisations like…
NEW DELHI: With NDA and Mahagathbandhan engaged in a game of one-upmanship, Bihar’s weak fiscal situation is set to turn precarious no matter which alliance wins the assembly polls on November 14. Bihar is already in the category of worst-performing states, fiscally, along with Punjab, Himachal Pradesh and Assam. Prohibition, in force for almost a…
Jaguars’ Travis Hunter placed on IR with knee injury, raising big questions about his two-way future (Image via Getty) Travis Hunter’s rookie season just hit a big bump. Jacksonville Jaguars coach Liam Coen said on Friday that the young wide receiver and cornerback will be placed on injured reserve after hurting his knee in practice…
AI-generated image used for representation Pakistan, heavily dependent on the waters of the Indus basin, faces a acute risk of insufficient water storage after India suspended the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) earlier this year, according to the Ecological Threat Report 2025.The report, released by the Institute for Economics and Peace, a Sydney-based independent and non-profit…
IPOs such as LG’s, which is the third-largest this year in the Indian markets, have positioned India as one of the world’s most active IPO destinations. (AI image) India’s IPO (Initial Public Offerings) market is booming, even though the secondary market has seen timid returns this year. Sample this: In a time span of just…
India sets 3 Guinness World Records; Swasth Nari campaign marks global recognition NEW DELHI: India has set three Guinness World Records under the nationwide “Swasth Nari, Sashakt Parivar Abhiyaan” (SNSPA), marking a major milestone in preventive and women-centric healthcare, the Union Health Ministry announced on Friday.The records include the most people to register for a…
Security personnel keep vigil outside a hospital where the post-mortem of Jan Suraaj leader late Dularchand Yadav was scheduled to take place, a day after his alleged murder, at Barh in Patna district. (Pic credit: PTI) NEW DELHI: The Election Commission of India on Friday sought a report from the DGP on the murder of…
It’s been years since an object from another star system came calling. Now, the cosmos is sending us another mysterious visitor — 3I/ATLAS, only the third confirmed interstellar object after ʻOumuamua (2017) and Borisov (2019). But if you’re hoping for a dazzling streak across the sky, temper your expectations. Seeing it will take patience, darkness,…
Elon Musk’s SpaceX has responded to growing concerns from NASA about the readiness of its Starship rocket for lunar missions. On 30 October 2025, the company announced that it had submitted a “simplified” mission plan to NASA aimed at sending humans to the Moon safely and efficiently. In a detailed blog post, SpaceX explained that…