NEW DELHI: Union Civil Aviation Minister Ram Mohan Naidu Kinjarapu on Sunday expressed his confidence in Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB)’s probe into AI 171 crash, urging people to avoid “jumping to conclusions” till the final report was out. He also questioned the coverage of the crash probe by the Western media houses pointing out…
China has initiated a major dam project on the Brahmaputra River, raising concerns in India and Bangladesh about potential impacts on water flow. Meanwhile, the US NTSB has dismissed Western media reports as speculative regarding the Air India crash. Here are top 5 news stories from the dayChina starts mega-dam project on BrahmaputraChina on Saturday…
The discovery of a new butterfly species in Kerala’s Western Ghats has excited scientists and conservationists alike. Named Zographetus mathewi, this small but significant butterfly reveals just how much of India’s biodiversity—especially in the Western Ghats, a globally recognised hotspot—remains underexplored. The identification of this species not only adds to the growing list of Indian…
NEW DELHI: Air Marshal Jasvir Singh Mann on Sunday assumed charge as the Senior Air Staff Officer (SASO) of the Western Air Command, Indian Air Force. Before this appointment, he was serving as the Director General (Weapon Systems) at Air Headquarters, the ministry of defence said in a statement.“The Air Officer is a recipient of…
Cars are submerged in a parking lot of Westernport Elementary School as flooding forces the evacuation of the school, and downtown homes and businesses were inundated with rising floodwaters in rural Westernport (Image: AP) Flooding in rural western Maryland forced the evacuation of an elementary school Tuesday afternoon as water began to breach the second…
A famous anecdote about Mahatma Gandhi claims he was once asked by a reporter what he thought of Western civilisation. He ostensibly replied: “It sounds like a good idea,” a tongue-in-cheek remark critiquing the moral decay that surrounds any society built on the edifice of slavery and the opium trade. The same could be said…
Only three days remaining in the 2024-25 NBA regular season, the playoff picture in the Western Conference remains in chaos. Though the Eastern Conference is mostly sorted out, there is a thin margin between postseason spots in the West. Through Friday morning, the No. 4 seed Denver Nuggets (48–32) were just one game ahead of…
Taliban chief Hibatullah Akhundzada, on Sunday, announced that Afghanistan does not require Western laws anymore. He said that it is no longer needed under the governance of Sharia law. Akhundzada stated this in a sermon on Eid Al-Fitr in Kandahar. His 50-minute address was shared on the microblogging platform X by the Taliban government’s spokesperson,…
Archaeological excavation work at the Sima del Elefante site in Sierra de Atapuerca, Burgos, Spain, where a fossil from a hominin between 1.1 million and 1.4 million years old was found. (AP) WASHINGTON: A fossil of a partial face from a human ancestor is the oldest in western Europe, archaeologists reported Wednesday. The incomplete skull…
Teleperformance, the world’s biggest call centre operator, is using Artificial Intelligence (AI) to “neutralise” Indian accents for clients from Western countries, according to The Telegraph. The French company said it was using real-time AI software on phone calls to increase “human empathy” between two people while speaking over the line. Teleperformance has offices in several…