Institute of Peace (FIle Photo AP) WASHINGTON: A federal judge on Friday denied the Trump administration’s request that she stay her May 19 ruling that returned control of the US Institute of Peace back to its acting president and board.In a seven-page ruling, US district court Judge Beryl A Howell said the government did not…
CEO Byju Raveendran in interview with ANI NEW DELHI: In his first extensive pubsince Byju’s came under intense scrutiny, founder and CEO Byju Raveendran has laid out a renewed vision for the embattled ed-tech company- “Byju’s 3.0”- with a sharp focus on returning to its roots: empowering teachers, prioritizing students as he explained on why…
West Indies’ Shai Hope, right, and Evin Lewis (AP Photo) Cricket West Indies has appealed to the International Cricket Council to establish a qualification pathway for Caribbean nations to compete in the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics, where cricket will return after a 128-year absence with a six-team T20 tournament for both men and women.The qualification…
Kartarpur corridor shut for the day NEW DELHI: The Kartarpur corridor at Dera Baba Nanak in Punjab’s Gurdaspur district was reportedly shut on Wednesday. The suspension of the cross-border pilgrimage route came shortly after the Indian armed forces carried out precision missile strikes on nine terrorist camps located in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), news…
Operation Sindoor impact on IPL: Several airports along the border of Pakistan – Jammu, Srinagar, Leh, Jodhpur, Amritsar, Bhuj, Jamnagar, Chandigarh and Rajkot – have been closed until 5:30am IST on May 10 as India struck Pakistan terrorist camps early Wednesday as part of Operation Sindoor.Multiple airlines have already issued advisories and have suspended operations…
The US on Friday refused to entertain a Pakistani journalist’s question about whether President Donald Trump was still willing to play mediator between India and Pakistan over the Jammu and Kashmir issue, if both countries were interested. Asked if Trump was still willing to mediate like he had claimed during his first term in office,…
NEW DELHI: Terminal 2 of Delhi Airport will be shut for repairs on April 15 for about four months and Terminal 1 will finally start operating at 100% capacity. Airlines operating flights from this all-domestic terminal will shift to T1. These include IndiGo and Akasa among others.In a statement, IndiGo said ” effective April 15,…
President Donald Trump’s administration told Congress on Friday it would cut nearly all remaining jobs at the US Agency for International Development and shut the agency, even as Trump promised that the US would provide assistance to Myanmar following a devastating earthquake. Humanitarian aid experts expressed alarm at the new cuts to an agency whose…
A state of emergency has been declared in Bangkok following a significant earthquake. The airport has been shut down, and high-rise buildings have been evacuated. Residents are not allowed to use elevators, and many are waiting outside as authorities check building safety. Traffic jams have ensued, and there are concerns about potential aftershocks. Some residents…
Heathrow Airport in London was plunged into chaos after a fire at an electrical substation shut down operations at one of Europe’s busiest air hubs, forcing the airport to cancel or divert more than 1,000 flights on Friday and removing a global linchpin of air travel. Heathrow’s chief executive, Thomas Woldbye, described the disruption as…