Gitanjali Angmo (left), Sonam Wangchuk NEW DELHI: : The Supreme Court on Wednesday took on record the amended petition filed by Gitanjali J Angmo, wife of climate activist Sonam Wangchuk, challenging his detention under the national security act (NSA) and sought a response from the Centre and the union territory of Ladakh within ten days,…
NEW DELHI: Not all heroes sweep through the skies; some kneel by roadside pits with hearts of gold and a rope in hand. In Tamil Nadu, a police officer turned from law enforcer to life saver when he rescued a trembling puppy trapped in a roadside pit, creating a moment that tugged at every heart…
Online commerce giant Amazon has announced that it is cutting around 14,000 corporate jobs. Amazon’s senior vice president of people experience and technology, Beth Galetti shared a blog post announcing the job cuts. In the post, Galetti said the company is making “organizational changes across Amazon” that will result in an “overall reduction in our…
NEW DELHII: Pro-Khalistan group Sikhs For Justice (SFJ) has announced plans to “shut down” Punjabi singer-actor Diljit Dosanjh’s concert in Australia on November 1 — the same day the Akal Takht Sahib observes as Sikh Genocide Remembrance Day.The organization’s move comes days after Dosanjh was seen touching the feet of Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan, whom…
Representative image (AI) NEW DELHI: A Gurgaon-based entrepreneur’s post about an employee’s unusually candid leave request has gone viral after he described it as the “most honest” application he has ever received.Jasveer Singh, co-founder and CEO of Knot Dating (matrimony app), shared the email on X, saying the note reflected how Gen Z employees are…
Delhi’s attempt at tackling air pollution through cloud seeding has sparked criticism from environmental specialists who view this strategy as nothing more than a costly band-aid. NEW DELHI: Experts have termed Delhi govt’s cloud seeding trials, held on Tuesday, a “hugely expensive, temporary and unsustainable” measure to deal with the capital’s toxic pollution. Even if…
VP CP Radhakrishnan with his mother (X) NEW DELHI: In a heartfelt moment that drew emotional responses from supporters and well-wishers, Vice President CP Radhakrishnan on Tuesday shared that he was “blessed to receive the blessings of his mother” during his visit to Tiruppur in Tamil Nadu. Taking to X, the Vice President wrote: “Blessed…
NEW DELHI: President Droupadi Murmu took a sortie in a Rafale fighter jet at the Indian Air Force Station in Ambala, Haryana, on Thursday. Air Chief Marshal A P Singh was among those present for the occasion. Rafale jets, manufactured by French aerospace company Dassault Aviation and formally inducted into the Indian Air Force in…
US President Donald Trump has said he “loves” Prime Minister Narendra Modi and described him as a strong and admirable leader, even as he once again repeated his baseless claim that he personally brokered a ceasefire between India and Pakistan in May.Speaking at a luncheon for APEC CEOs, Trump recounted his version of events from…
If recurring KYCs was not enough, there’s now a KYV that you must go through if you happen to own a vehicle. Short for know your vehicle, this new process that is supposed to sanitise your FASTag is the latest compliance burden to be thrust on Indians.What was the need? Apparently, cases of misuse of…
