NEW DELHI: Should classrooms pay the price for election duty, ask educators. The entire regular teaching staff of two Delhi govt schools – one at Bhalswa and another near GTB Nagar – has been deployed for booth-level officer (BLO) duties during the peak period of the special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, citing manpower…
Celebrated American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce have reportedly tied the knot in a private ceremony ahead of their star-studded celebration at New York’s Madison Square Garden, according to a report by the New York Post, citing multiple unnamed sources.The report claimed the pop superstar and the Kansas City Chiefs tight end, both 36,…
MUMBAI: If you think the AI boom will only make MacBooks and iPads more expensive, you are wrong. You probably do not realise it, but a host of products you use every day have memory chips in them-this is because devices are getting ‘smart’ which means they require more memory to process data and run…
NEW DELHI: Seeking to allay public fears over ethanol-blended fuel, petroleum minister Hardeep Singh Puri Thursday said a “make-believe” narrative had been unleashed on social media over the past few days.Addressing a press conference, the minister said the reduction in mileage of an E20-fuelled vehicle is “minor”. “It is well established that when you have…
NEW DELHI: A day after directing Meta to pause WhatsApp’s proposed username feature, govt has issued similar notices to Telegram and Signal over their existing username systems, asking them to explain how they prevent fraud and impersonation.The IT ministry wants detailed responses on safeguards against scams, phishing, digital arrest frauds and identity impersonation. Like WhatsApp,…
NEW DELHI: Another video purportedly showing a damaged stretch of the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway in Rajasthan’s Sawai Madhopur has gone viral, intensifying criticism of NHAI following the recent cave-in on the Delhi-Dehradun Expressway. Officials said the highways authority had terminated the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway contractor’s agreement in April after the builder repeatedly failed to fulfil the contractual…
Nadine De Klerk to Nat Sciver-Brunt, FOUR! That boundary will bring up the FIFTY for Nat Sciver-Brunt. One would know how important this innings is for England, and oh my, the skipper has delivered exceptionally well. Fuller in length, pitching it on off. Nat Sciver-Brunt gets on her front foot and flicks it well, toward…
The drama in Alliance continues to intensify, and this time, Gauahar Khan has strongly defended Zaid Darbar while calling out Nikhil Chinapa over his remarks.Reacting to Nikhil’s comments, Gauahar said, “I’m sorry. Nikhil Chinapa, you have all my respect because I really like you and you have a lot of experience. But the only one…
The AI-generated video shows Trump in a white lab coat introducing himself as “Dr. Trump” before prescribing a tongue-in-cheek “treatment” for TDS. US President Donald Trump has shared another AI-generated video on social media, this time portraying himself as a doctor offering a cure for what he calls “Trump Derangement Syndrome” (TDS), a term he…
Rajasthan Royals (ANI Photo) Jaipur: With the Rajasthan High Court suspending the ad hoc committee of the Rajasthan Cricket Association (RCA), a major roadblock in state cricket governance has been removed. The High Court has appointed additional chief secretary in the state home dept Bhaskar A Sawant as the sole administrator and has directed him…
The proposal comes at a time when Europe is reassessing its strategic dependence on Washington. Donald Trump’s repeated criticism of NATO allies, alongside growing uncertainty over future US commitments to European security. Canada is seeking to unveil a new multinational defence lender at next week’s NATO summit in Turkey, in what could become one of…
NEW DELHI: The Centre has widened its scrutiny of messaging platforms with username-based communication, with the ministry of electronics and information technology (MeitY) issuing notices to Telegram and Signal days after directing WhatsApp to justify its proposed username feature and pause its rollout in India.According to sources quoted by PTI, the notices to Telegram and…
