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…
Sanjay Khan’s wife Zareen Khan passed away in November last year. While she was married to a Muslim and born as a Parsi, she was cremated as per Hindu rituals. While people raised questions, in a recent interview, Zareen’s daughter, jewellery designer Farah Khan Ali has broken silence on it. She revealed the reason why…
NEW DELHI: In the first case of its kind, Supreme Court on Thursday quashed orders passed by NCLT and NCLAT on the ground that they decided a case on the basis of AI-generated non-existent case laws and verdicts, cautioning that unchecked use of AI could distort the justice delivery system.A bench of Justices P S…
Jagpreet Singh was convicted of murdering his wife days after entering Canada, he claimed he “accidentally poked” her in the stomach. An Indian-origin man has been convicted of second-degree murder for fatally stabbing his wife just six days after arriving in Canada, with a judge rejecting his claim that he had only accidentally “poked” her…
NEW DELHI: Faced with a pile of cases under the Foreign Exchange Management Act (Fema) and eager to avoid prolonged legal battles, the Enforcement Directorate is settling for large-scale compounding of offences and termination of adjudication proceedings after obtaining the Reserve Bank of India‘s approval.In the last 15 months, more than 150 Fema cases have…
This Thai proverb reminds us that good work should be done without seeking attention. The ultimate act of goodness is doing something noble when no one is watching. Such kind works done in shadows do not cry for attention, for reward. And this timeless Thai saying invokes a religious image as it refers to the…
‘The monkey is a gazelle in its mother’s eyes’ At first glance, the proverb sounds almost humorous. How can a monkey possibly resemble a graceful gazelle?Yet for centuries, Arabic speakers have repeated the saying “القرد بعين أمه غزال” (Al-qird bi-‘ayn ummihi ghazal) to express one of the most universal truths about human relationships: affection often…
Chinese president Xi Jinping (File photo) DHAKA: China said Thursday it is “determined” to build an economic corridor with Bangladesh and Myanmar, but remains open to “other countries” joining its “transnational initiative” – a project on India’s eastern flank that mirrors the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor’s (CPEC) strategic role on its western frontier.The corridor – discussed…
Amarnath Yatra (File photo) JAMMU: J&K Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha flagged off the first batch of pilgrims for the twin base camps of Amarnath Yatra 2026 from Jammu’s Bhagwati Nagar base camp under elaborate security arrangements early Thursday, as chants of “Bam Bam Bhole”, “Har Har Mahadev”, and “Jai Barfani Baba Ki” rang in the…
‘Let the experiment be made on a low-value body’ At first glance, the phrase sounds like something carved into the stone walls of an ancient laboratory—cold, detached, and unsettlingly clinical. It carries the weight of a world where knowledge was pursued with fewer ethical brakes and where the value of a “body” could be weighed…