An Indian defense company says that it did not resell sensitive technology to Russia that was supplied by one of the biggest corporate donors to the populist Reform UK party. The New York Times reported in March that, according to 2023 and 2024 shipping records, the British aerospace manufacturer H.R. Smith Group exported equipment to…
A wave of extortion attempts has hit school districts across the United States following a major cybersecurity breach at education software provider PowerSchool, the company confirmed on Wednesday.PowerSchool, headquartered in California and serving over 60 million students globally, revealed that hackers are now leveraging sensitive data stolen in a previously reported cyberattack. The breach, first…
Canadian firm The Metals Company (TMC) announced on Tuesday that it has submitted application to the United States for deep-sea mineral mining in international waters. This marks the first such application, supported by President Donald Trump’s push for the industry. The minerals targeted by TMC are crucial for manufacturing electric vehicle batteries and electric cables,…
The pitch from “ZMoney” arrived on the encrypted messaging app Signal just days before Donald J. Trump’s presidential inauguration. “ZMoney” was Zachary Folkman, an entrepreneur who once ran a company called Date Hotter Girls and was now representing World Liberty Financial, the cryptocurrency firm that Mr. Trump and his sons had recently unveiled. Mr. Folkman…
A Nepal parliamentary committee has uncovered a large-scale corruption worth around Nepalese Rs 14 billion in the construction of the Pokhara International Airport, built by a Chinese company with a soft loan from China. A report by the sub-committee under the Public Accounts Committee of the House of Representatives (HoR) led by Member of Parliament…
The US State Department on Thursday accused Chinese satellite company Chang Guang Satellite Technology of directly aiding Iran-backed Houthi rebels in targeting US warships and international vessels in the Red Sea. The company, reportedly linked to China’s military, is said to have provided imagery used in the attacks. Confirming a report by the Financial Times,…
Bihar CM Nitish Kumar (File photo) NEW DELHI: The conspicuous absence of affirmation from the BJP top brass on ally Nitish Kumar’s chief ministership ahead of the upcoming Bihar assembly polls has led to out-of-sync statements from both the BJP and the JD(U).While Nitish’s party has dug its heels on the CM post, Haryana counterpart…
Image credit: Martin Harris’ X NEW DELHI: A Russian missile struck the warehouse of an Indian pharmaceutical company Kusum in Ukraine on Saturday amid the ongoing conflict, the Ukrainian embassy in India informed.It criticised the Vladimir Putin-led Russian government calling it a “deliberate” attack while the country claims a “special friendship” with India.“Today, a Russian…
As a partner at Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft, Wall Street’s oldest law firm, Todd Blanche had represented people close to President Trump over the years. But in 2023, when Mr. Trump was facing multiple criminal investigations and Mr. Blanche wanted to represent him, most of the firm’s leadership balked at the idea, according to people…
File photo – Piyush Goyal Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal announced on Saturday that a German chemical company will invest USD 1.5 billion in India, with a state already having identified land for the project. While the minister did not disclose the name of the company or the state involved, he mentioned that the…