NEW DELHI: IndiGo on Tuesday carried out safe immediate evacuation of passengers using slides of its Hyderabad -Chandigarh flight after a personal electronic device (PED) caught fire. Smoke from a bag was detected when the aircraft had come to a halt and passengers were yet to disembark.“On May 5, 2026, while IndiGo flight 6E 108…
NEW DELHI: Union govt on Thursday launched a nationwide free annual health checkup initiative for all workers aged 40 and above under the new labour codes, which were notified on Nov 21 last year. Labour minister Mansukh Mandaviya said the free checkups will be conducted yearly across the country as “early detection through health screenings…
Traders actually placed positions worth nearly half a billion dollars in the oil market roughly 15 minutes before Trump’s social media post. (AI image) Did someone in the oil market know that US President Donald Trump is about to post an update on ‘productive talks with Iran’? Traders actually placed positions worth nearly half a…
Pakistani PM Shehbaz Sharif with Crown Prince Mohammed Salman during the signing of the pact between both nations. (File photo) Leaked classified documents have revealed the inner workings of a secret Saudi Arabia-Pakistan mutual defense pact, exposing how Islamabad may be far more deeply tied to the ongoing Iran conflict than previously known.The disclosures, obtained…
NEW DELHI: Trinamool Congress on Monday slammed Prime Minister Narendra Modi over jhalmuri break in West Bengal’s Jhargram and claimed that his decision to extend his stay caused Jharkhand chief minister Hemant Soren to return to Ranchi without completing his scheduled campaign for Mamata Banerjee.In a social media post on X, TMC termed the Prime…
Ranveer Singh starrer ‘Dhurandhar: The Revenge’ has been the talk of the town right from the word go. The initial box office figures also showed that the movie has lived up to the hype. With a record-breaking premiere collection, followed by an impressive weekend opening, beating giants like ‘Pushpa 2,’ ‘Dhurandhar 2’ created history at…
Disney is preparing to cut as many as 1,000 jobs in the coming weeks, marking one of the first significant actions under the new CEO Josh D’Amaro, according to a Wall Street Journal report. The layoffs will mainly affect the company’s marketing department, which was recently consolidated as part of a broader cost-cutting effort. As…
Sanjiv Goenka and Vaibhav Sooryavanshi NEW DELHI: The announcement of India A squad for the upcoming tri-series in Sri Lanka triggered a wave of praise on Thursday, with Lucknow Super Giants owner Sanjiv Goenka leading the tributes for teenage sensation Vaibhav Sooryavanshi and Ayush Badoni.The BCCI named Tilak Varma captain of the 15-member squad for…
NEW DELHI: Tamil Nadu chief minister C Joseph Vijay said the cancellation of the NEET-UG 2026 examination exposed “structural flaws” in the system and demanded for the test to be scrapped.Vijay said governments in Tamil Nadu had “consistently and unanimously” opposed NEET since its introduction, arguing that it had “severely disadvantaged the students from rural…
Chief Economic Adviser V Anantha Nageswaran on Thursday said the Indian economy is well placed to withstand external disruptions and emerge stronger, asserting that the country’s macroeconomic strength built in recent years provides a cushion against global uncertainty.Speaking to ANI, Nageswaran said India had sustained growth of over 7 per cent before the recent geopolitical…