NEW DELHI: All 20 Indian seafarers aboard MT Jalveer are safe and crew evacuation operations have begun after the vessel was involved in a maritime security incident near Oman’s Shinas port, the government said on Thursday.The confirmation came hours after Indian authorities said they were monitoring an incident involving a vessel off the Omani coast…
India has exported its first consignment of Geographical Indication (GI)-tagged Tezpur litchi from Assam to Dubai, marking a milestone in efforts to expand overseas markets for agricultural products from the Northeast, according to the commerce ministry.The one-metric-tonne consignment, exported on June 7, was facilitated by the Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA).The…
NEW DELHI: Congress on Thursday termed the reports claiming any merger with the Mamata Banerjee-led TMC “totally baseless”, putting an end to the buzz amid mass exodus from the Trinamool. Congress general secretary KC Venugopal accused the Bharatiya Janata Party of “seat chori” after a huge number of MLAs and MPs rebelled against the TMC…
India continue to hold the No. 1 position in the latest ICC Men’s ODI Team Rankings following the annual rankings update, although their advantage over second-placed New Zealand has narrowed.The update sees India drop by one rating point, moving from 119 to 118, while New Zealand have gained two points to reach 113. As a…
NEW DELHI: As the exodus continue in the party, TMC MP Shatrughan Sinha on Thursday said that he will not leave Mamata Banerjee in her difficult time.“I will not leave Mamata Banerjee in her difficult time. TMC chief Mamata Banerjee stood by me in my difficult time,” Sinha said.This comes after Shatrughan Sinha’s name reportedly…
NEW DELHI: Trinamool Congress MP and Mamata Banerjee loyalist Kalyan Banerjee on Thursday gave an ultimatum to the party supremo saying that she “will have to choose if she is with her nephew Abhishek Banerjee or a senior party workers like me.““I am with Mamata Banerjee, but Didi will have to decide if she is…
US on Thursday carried out a fresh wave of strikes targeting the command-and-control infrastructure of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), further escalating tensions between Washington and Tehran.According to Reuters, air defence activity was reported in Robat Karim city in Tehran province. Multiple media reports suggested that an IRGC command-and-control centre in the city was…
Smoke rising in Manama, Jordan. Credit : X/@GlobalOsintNew The United States and Iran exchanged a fresh round of military strikes on Thursday, targeting each other’s strategically important military facilities across the Middle East.In the early hours of Thursday, the US conducted a series of strikes on Iranian military surveillance capabilities, communication systems and air defence…
Image used for representational purposes. Tata Motors is preparing to launch the much-awaited Sierra EV in India. The electric SUV is expected to arrive later this month. Once launched, the Sierra EV will enter the increasingly competitive midsize electric SUV segment, where it is expected to rival the likes of the Hyundai Creta Electric, Maruti…
Palantir CEO Alex Karp has warned technology leaders against publicly celebrating artificial intelligence (AI)-driven job cuts. He said that executives like OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, and others who frame AI as a tool to replace workers should not be surprised if employees, voters, and policymakers push back. Speaking on TBPN recently,…