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PM Modi praises Captain Smit Machchhar NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said he had spoken to the wife and parents of Captain Smit Machchhar, the pilot of a Dubai-Tel Aviv flydubai flight that survived an apparent hijacking attempt a day ago.Also Read | ‘Religious extremist, refused handshakes with women’: What we know…
Companies are cutting some mid-career and routine roles while continuing to hire specialist freshers. At a time when layoffs in the IT sector globally grab headlines every few weeks, what’s happening in Indian IT this year? The Indian IT jobs market is going through a shift that is increasingly more structural than cyclical – new…
England batsman Zak Crawley and India captain Shubman Gill exchange words after Crawley called for the doctor after being hit on the finger during day three of the Third Test Match at Lord’s Cricket Ground on July 12, 2025 in London, England. (Photo/Getty Images) The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Thursday introduced several changes to…
Nitesh Siwach (Image credit: X) India remained in eighth place in the Asian Games medal standings on Thursday after adding more medals across sailing, wrestling, squash and archery.India’s overall medal tally rose to 64 medals – 10 gold, 22 silver and 32 bronze.China continued to lead the standings by a huge margin with 288 medals…
Liam DesrePhoto credit: youthscience.ca In the grand quest to understand why the universe is expanding faster and faster, most scientists point to an invisible force called dark energy. A 14-year-old student from Kingston, Ontario, has taken a different path. Liam Desre, a Grade 10 teenager, proposed a thermodynamic extension to the standard model of cosmology…
Picture Credit: Instagram Shruti Haasan recently opened up about how she entered the world of acting almost by accident. Speaking at the India Today South Conclave 2026 in Kochi on Wednesday, the actor revealed that she had initially wanted to work behind the camera and pursue writing rather than acting. Shruti Haasan reveals how she…
Gen Z founder shares unusual workplace rules, says he pays 2X when employees give up a day off to work Workplace culture is often shaped by small decisions that may not appear in a company handbook. How a founder treats employees, handles clients and spends on team activities can reveal a lot about the way…
PM Modi praises Captain Smit Machchhar as ‘hero’ after Flydubai cockpit altercation NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday hailed Captain Smit Machchhar as a “HERO” for his courage in protecting passengers despite being seriously injured during an altercation in the cockpit of a flydubai flight travelling from Dubai to Tel Aviv.“In the face…
The technology used to produce premium-quality Waste Plastic Modified Bitumen was developed by IIT (BHU). (Image for representative purpose only) In a first for the road sector, the Nitin Gadkari-led Road Transport Ministry has used waste plastic in a wet mix with bitumen to construct a bituminous stretch of a national highway. The initiative could…
Sumit Nagal (Image credit: X) India’s tennis campaign at the Asian Games ended without a medal on Thursday, with Sumit Nagal‘s quarterfinal defeat bringing the curtains down on a disappointing outing for the country.Nagal, India’s top-ranked singles player, was the last Indian left in the medal race after the doubles pairs were knocked out on…
