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Astrophysicist Priyamvada (Priya) Natarajan Priyamvada (Priya) Natarajan is a distinguished astrophysicist and the inaugural Joseph S. and Sophia S. Fruton Professor of Astronomy and Physics at Yale University. She also serves as an external Principal Investigator at Harvard’s Black Hole Initiative. Professor Natarajan has made seminal contributions to our understanding of the cosmos, specifically in…

DMK leader A Raja (Image/PTI) NEW DELHI: DMK leader A Raja has issued a legal notice to a YouTube channel over a controversial audio clip attributed to him. He claimed that the recording is fabricated using artificial intelligence and selectively edited to misrepresent his speech.“The audio clip circulated as if I spoke. It has been…

NEW DELHI: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday flagged problems related to the Centre’s One Stop Centres (OSCs) that are intended to support women affected by violence and claimed that the “Modi government is not listening to anyone”.Gandhi asserted that safety is not merely a scheme; it is a fundamental responsibility of the government.“Women are…

The denture that was stuck in the man’s food pipe NEW DELHI: A routine meal turned into a medical emergency when a man accidentally swallowed his denture—only for it to get lodged deep inside his food pipe, leaving him in severe distress. In a complex, high-risk procedure, doctors at a private hospital used a laser-assisted…

NEW DELHI: As conflict in West Asia disrupts narratives and navigation, Mohammad Fathali, Iran’s ambassador to India, told TOI on Saturday the war against his country was an “illegal assault built on “illusions”. Significantly, he signalled Tehran’s continued cooperation with New Delhi, including safe passage for Indian vessels through the Strait of Hormuz. Praising India’s…

NEW DELHI: AIADMK general secretary Edapaddi K Palaniswami on Saturday announced that if the party comes to power following the Tamil Nadu assembly elections on April 23, his government would investigate a viral video in which senior DMK leader A Raja allegedly claimed that chief minister and DMK supremo MK Stalin kept his late father,…

KOLKATA: A row erupted Saturday after a viral video allegedly showed an EC official for Panihati constituency on Kolkata’s outskirts preparing BJP campaign material, prompting TMC to demand his removal and legal action before elections.Trinamool lodged a complaint with the state’s chief electoral officer (CEO) against sector officer Atanu Chakraborty, accusing him of violating norms…

Air India Ahmedabad plane crash (File photo) NEW DELHI: Ten months after the tragic Air India plane crash that killed 260 people in Ahmedabad, around 30 grieving families have written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, urging the release of the Cockpit Voice Recorder (CVR) and Flight Data Recorder (black box) data.Air India flight AI 171,…

NEW DELHI: Rajya Sabha MP Raghav Chadha has issued a strong rebuttal of the allegations made against him by his party colleagues and hit back with a warning, “kyonki mein ghayal hoon isliyey ghaatak hoon” (because I am injured, therefore I am dangerous), a famous dialogue used in Bollywood film film Dhurandhar.“I go to Parliament…

NEW DELHI: Highlighting the need for a robust and reliable database of persons with disabilities (PwDs) that is in keeping with the 2016 law that recognises 21 categories of disabilities, a parliamentary panel has recommended that the govt impress upon the Registrar General of India (RGI) the need to ensure in Census 2027 accurate and…