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Indian expat killed in Sharjah A childhood friend of Kerala expatriate Ismail Ponnan Ibrahim Kutty, who was allegedly murdered in Sharjah following a dispute reportedly linked to a TikTok livestream, has shared emotional memories of the man he knew, as the victim’s body was repatriated to India on Thursday.To the public, Ismail has become the…
SpaceX has diverse businesses, including space launches, satellite broadband services, defence-related operations and artificial intelligence. (AI image) Should Indian investors look to get a bite of Elon Musk-led SpaceX? Set to be listed on Nasdaq on Friday, SpaceX which is making Musk the world’s first trillionaire, saw the largest ever initial public offering (IPO). The…
NEW DELHI: In a setback for the Congress, the Supreme Court on Friday dismissed party leader Meenakshi Natarajan’s plea challenging the rejection of her nomination for the Rajya Sabha polls, PTI reported.A bench of Justices PK Mishra and AS Chandurkar said that the Election Commission is the only remedy for a candidate whose nomination has…
Trapped residents made desperate escapes using sarees from windows as flames and thick smoke engulfed the structure. NEW DELHI: A fire broke out in a five-storey residential building in southeast Delhi’s Govindpuri in the early hours of Friday. The incident occurred around 2. 30am in Tughlakabad Extension, killing three people and leaving two others critically…
The B-21 Raider stealth bomber, Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile and F-47 fighter aircraft will form the backbone of the United States’ future warfighting and nuclear deterrence capabilities, according to a senior US Air Force official overseeing key acquisition programmes.The three platforms are expected to redefine America’s long-range strike, air superiority and strategic deterrence architecture as…
The US, country that once refused to export its fuel, has now climbed to the top spot in the global oil export rankings, overtaking crude heavyweights such as Saudi Arabia and Russia. As the world continues to feel the ripples of the ongoing Middle East crisis, US exports of crude and fuel reached around 10.5…
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi (BCCI Photo) NEW DELHI: Young batting sensation Vaibhav Sooryavanshi has already shown enough promise to succeed at the highest level, according to veteran umpire and referee Virender Sharma, who believes the teenager’s performances in the IPL are a strong indicator of what lies ahead.Sharma, who has officiated in international and domestic cricket across…
Mehidy Hasan Miraz getting treatment after he was hit by a bouncer on the side of his helmet. (X Photo) Bangladesh captain Mehidy Hasan Miraz was taken to hospital for observation after suffering a concussion during his side’s memorable ODI series-clinching victory over Australia in Dhaka on Thursday.The all-rounder, who played through visible discomfort to…
The names of the days often feel so familiar that they pass unnoticed. They appear on calendars, meeting schedules and phone screens without inviting much thought. Yet hidden inside those ordinary words is a record of how earlier societies understood the heavens.Long before modern astronomy explained planets and orbits, people paid close attention to the…
A team of undergraduate students at IIT (BHU), Varanasi, has completed the institute’s first silicon tape-out, successfully taking a chip design from concept to fabrication submission. Led primarily by second-year Electronics Engineering students, the project involved developing a 64-point FFT Hardware Accelerator, underscoring the growing role of young researchers in India’s semiconductor ambitions. A group…
