The United States has, for the first time, used unmanned surface vessels in combat, with US Central Command (CENTCOM) saying three Corsair sea drones struck a submarine and ship maintenance facility at Iran’s Bandar Abbas Naval Base. The attack, carried out on Sunday night, marked the first operational use of American sea drones in a…
Sometimes real life is stranger than fiction, and one such recent incident has caught people’s attention. A US citizen arrested in a terror case has approached a Delhi court with an unusual request: Permission to cook his own food inside Tihar Jail, saying he has been unable to eat the meals served there and has…
Hello and welcome to another edition of Offside. Now, there’s a phrase on OSINT Twitter: “monitoring the situation”. It refers to the lives of those individuals who are really into bird-watching, except their birds are usually military planes and other assorted objects of mass destruction.Football fans, too, have been monitoring the situation for the last…
Anupam Kher has been in the news because of his latest comments on ‘Ram Janmbhoomi’. Amidst that, an old video of Naseeruddin Shah also went viral where he called Kher a ‘clown’. The actor said in this viral clip, “Someone like Anupam Kher is very vocal. I don’t think he needs to be taken seriously….
Healthcare crisis in Pakistan: Islamabad faces shortage of 100 life-saving medicines, including cancer drugs, morphine & vaccines (Representative ANI, IANS image) Pakistan is facing a severe shortage of more than 100 essential medicines, including life-saving drugs used to treat cancer, heart disease and other serious illnesses, after delays in approving revised medicine prices disrupted production,…
Controversial American YouTuber Sneako has turned his attention to tech billionaire Elon Musk, issuing a citizenship challenge. Taking to social media platform X (formerly Twitter), the internet personality whose legal name is Nicolas Kenn De Balinthazy dared the Tesla and SpaceX CEO to a one-on-one conversation. Sneako proposed that both men would risk their respective…
UK police arrest 12 over plot targeting Islamic event NEW DELHI: The UK police has arrested 12 people over an “extreme right-wing terrorism-related” threat to an Islamic event during the weekend.The event, which drew around 15,000 attendees, took place at a country estate in Suffolk, eastern England, from July 9 to 12.Eight men remain in…
UK bans IRGC and proxy Iranian organisation ove attacks on Jewish community The UK has listed Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist organisation, in a major escalation of diplomatic tensions with Tehran, as it also outlawed a proxy group behind a series of arson attacks on Jewish sites in Britain.The Home Office announced…
Trade speculation surrounding the Pittsburgh Penguins continues to grow, even as much of the league remains focused on Jason Robertson’s uncertain future in Dallas. Another elite forward has now entered the conversation. According to NHL insider Elliotte Friedman, the Penguins could emerge as a possible destination for Vancouver Canucks center Elias Pettersson, whose long-term future…
Pro-Khalistan group issues bomb threat ahead of PM Narendra Modi’s Haryana visit CHANDIGARH: Security agencies have been placed on high alert after an email, purportedly sent by a pro-Khalistan group, threatened to target Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s rally in Haryana’s Jind on Friday.The email also claimed that bomb blasts would be carried out at schools,…
A Ukrainian soldier prepares to launch a counter-UAS drone. (Ukrainian defence ministry) Drones have become a pervasive and prominent feature of the modern battlefield. Countries are increasingly investing in both drones and in the means to counter them. A prominent reason for the ubiquity of these systems is their relatively low cost, as compared to…
The body of a missing South Korean sailor has been recovered off the east coast, a day after he disappeared during patrol near the de facto maritime border with North Korea, the navy said on Monday.The sailor, a seaman apprentice, failed to report for duty on Sunday morning while the vessel was on patrol near…
IED blast in Nagaland: 1 Assam Rifles personnel killed, four injureD (Representative image) One Assam Rifles personnel was killed and four others were injured in a suspected improvised explosive device (IED) blast near Sukhovi in Nagaland on Monday, officials said.According to the Defence Public Relations Officer (PRO), Kohima, the blast targeted Assam Rifles vehicles.“A suspected…
NEW DELHI: A district consumer commission in Himachal Pradesh has held RedBus and a bus operator jointly responsible for cancelling a passenger’s confirmed ticket just 17 minutes before departure, leaving him stranded late at night and forcing him to book an emergency flight to Delhi. The commission, in its July 4th order, ruled that online…
Of the H-1B petitions approved in fiscal 2025 (fiscal ended Sept 30), nearly 70 percent were for beneficiaries whose country of birth was India. The second most common country of birth was China, accounting for approximately 12 percent of all beneficiaries. Top source countries for H-1B visas (including extensions) 1 India 2,83,772 69.9% 2 China…
Actor Naseeruddin Shah’s old criticism of Anupam Kher has resurfaced online after Kher’s recent comments on the reported theft of donations at the Ayodhya Ram Temple sparked debate. A clip from Shah’s 2020 interview is once again being widely shared, with the veteran actor calling Kher a “clown” while speaking about his political views.The years-old…
A late filing fee of Rs 5,000 is applicable if the income tax return is submitted after the due date specified under Section 139(1). (AI image) ITR filing FY 2025-26: When filing your income tax return, full, accurate and timely reporting of your income and tax dues is important. Failure to file income tax returns…
The completed bow section of the future USS District of Columbia, pictured indoors for the first time. Photo from Ashley Cowan’s LinkedIn. The United States is building a new generation of ballistic missile submarines that will anchor the country’s sea-based nuclear deterrent for decades to come.Designed to replace the aging Ohio-class fleet, the 12-boat Columbia-class…
PALAKKAD: Convicted murderer Chenthamara showed no remorse after being found guilty in the sensational Pothundi double murder case, telling a Kerala court on Monday that he had no objection to being hanged and would kill more people if necessary.The remarks came moments after the Palakkad additional sessions court convicted him in the case that had…
NEW DELHI: Poland on Monday said Russian President Vladimir Putin “pays close attention” to what Prime Minister Narendra Modi says, describing India’s role in efforts to prevent further escalation in the Russia-Ukraine conflict as “crucial.”Speaking on India’s role in the Ukraine-Russia war, Poland’s secretary of state at the ministry of foreign affairs, Władysław Teofil Bartoszewski,…
