Long before steering Google through the tech revolution, Sundar Pichai was just a quiet college kid navigating the chaotic campus of IIT Kharagpur. He wasn’t dreaming of Silicon Valley boardrooms yet; he was just trying to catch the eye of a classmate named Anjali Haryani. While he buried his head in metallurgy and she tackled…
Maruti Suzuki has revised the prices of select variants of the Victoris SUV, making a part of the lineup more affordable by up to Rs 38,900. The latest price cut applies only to a few mild-hybrid petrol variants. Here’s a quick look at the key details you should know. The price reduction is applicable on…
Born in 1937 in the village of al-Awja near Tikrit, Saddam Hussein rose through the ranks of Iraq’s Ba’ath Party before becoming the country’s president in 1979. (File photo) Even after losing power and facing trial for crimes against humanity, Saddam Hussein remained defiant. Sitting inside a Baghdad courtroom in 2006, the former Iraqi president…
UAE has revoked Horizon University College’s licence, halted all academic operations / Image – file The UAE Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research (MoHESR) has revoked the licence of Horizon University College (HUC) in Ajman after identifying what it described as “severe and repeated violations” of the country’s higher education regulations.The decision immediately stops…
PM Modi heaps big praise on Biju Patnaik during Jakarta address NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday praised former Odisha chief minister Biju Patnaik for his role in Indonesia’s independence movement, saying his actions helped bring India and Indonesia closer. Addressing the Indonesian parliament in Jakarta, PM Modi recalled that India strongly backed…
Sanju Samson & Ajinkya Rahane (Photo X) India batter Ajinkya Rahane expressed disbelief regarding Sanju Samson’s omission from India’s T20I squad for the Zimbabwe tour. He expressed surprise and hoped that the selectors had communicated the decision to him.Rahane took to Instagram and posted a story throwing his weight behind Samson, saying he expected the…
The sudden removal of ‘Satluj’ from ZEE5 has sparked fresh debate, with actor Kanwaljit Singh becoming the latest member of the film’s team to voice his disappointment. The film, based on the life of human rights activist Jaswant Singh Khalra, had quietly premiered on the streaming platform on Friday evening without any promotional campaign. While…
Vedant and Aditi (Image Credit: Instagram/ @anujmohanty) A story shared by content creator Anuj Mohanty on his social media series The State Startup Stories has brought attention to a Gujarat-based startup that aims to build homes without using cement. In the video, Mohanty shares the journey of founders Vedant and Aditi, and highlights how their…
Belgium’s Charles De Ketelaere (17) celebrates after scoring his side’s opening goal during the World Cup round of 16 soccer match between the United States and Belgium (left) and US President Donald Trump The United States’ FIFA World Cup campaign ended with a 4-1 defeat to Belgium in the round of 16 on Monday (local…
What began as a family outing to help remove invasive snakes from Florida’s Everglades quickly turned into a terrifying fight for survival. Carl Jackson believed he had spotted a Burmese python measuring about 12 feet as it crossed a dirt road in Big Cypress National Preserve. But the moment he grabbed the snake, he realised…
AMSTERDAM: India has emerged as the global development hub for more than 85% of Philips’ artificial intelligence (AI) solutions for healthcare, underscoring the country’s growing role in shaping next-generation medical technologies even as the company bets on AI-enabled diagnostics to help address India’s shortage of advanced imaging services and trained specialists.The company said its Bengaluru…
Cristiano Ronaldo (Getty Images) Cristiano Ronaldo’s World Cup dream ended in heartbreak after Portugal suffered a 1-0 defeat to Spain in the Round of 16 of the 2026 FIFA World Cup. The 41-year-old forward played what he had earlier said would be his final match in the tournament, bringing an end to a remarkable 20-year…
Students taking delayed admission to government Pre-University (PU) colleges in Karnataka will no longer have to pay penalty charges from the 2026-27 academic session. The Department of School Education and Literacy has withdrawn the late admission fee system, saying the provision was being misused by some colleges.Till now, students admitted up to 10 days after…
Best known for the popular track ‘Dil Le Gayee’, singer Jasbir Jassi has extended his support to Diljit Dosanjh and the makers of ‘Satluj’, lauding the film for its depiction of human rights activist Jaswant Singh Khalra’s life. Sharing a video of himself speaking in Punjabi, Jasbir said that bringing Khalra’s story to the screen…
Nature cradles many miracles in its embrace, even in the way of forming partnerships that define entire branches of life over millions of years.Some of these relationships are so deeply intertwined that the survival and evolution of one species become closely dependent on the fate of another, creating a balance that has developed over time.Pollinators,…
In numerology your date of birth is said to tell us about your basic nature, your strengths and your money habits. Everyone has a birth number. It is also known as Mulank. You can tell it from the day you were born.For example, if you were born on the 5th, 14th or 23rd of any…
Representational photo of Voyager When NASA launched Voyager 1 in September 1977, it was expected to explore the outer planets before continuing its journey into deep space. Nearly 49 years later, the spacecraft is still continues to send information back to Earth from about 25 billion kilometres away, making it the most distant human-made object…
Police are investigating claims that Siya Goyal secretly married Chetan Chaudhary four months prior to the Ketan murder. PUNE: The investigation into the murder of young Pune realtor Ketan Agrawal has taken a dramatic new turn, with sources claiming that the prime accused, Siya Goyal, had secretly married her alleged lover Chetan Chaudhary nearly four…
Russia is maintaining working-level contacts with the United States and hopes Washington’s efforts to broker peace in Ukraine will succeed, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said on Tuesday, while also signalling that Moscow would closely monitor the outcome of the NATO summit in Ankara.Speaking after US President Donald Trump said on Monday that a resolution to…
Karnataka chief minister DK Shivakumar paid tribute to Bharadwaj, recalling that he built more than 140 suspension bridges across the country, linking remote and hilly villages and making life easier for countless people. (X/@DKShivakumar) NEW DELHI: Padma Shri awardee Girish Bharadwaj, the engineer celebrated as the “Bridge Man of India” for transforming rural connectivity through…
