PM Modi, Putin hold bilateral talks With the 18th Brics Summit under way in New Delhi, key developments have already emerged from the high-level engagements. Prime Minister Narendra Modi held talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin, gifting him a Russian translation of the Thirukkural, while Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian arrived in Delhi and is set…
Representative image of Hawaii from Canva In 1902, red mangroves were brought to Hawaii with an apparently practical purpose. Their tangled roots could hold soil in place, reduce erosion and stabilise shorelines around vulnerable coastal areas. At the time, the trees seemed like a useful solution for an island environment shaped by waves, storms and…
PM Modi and Putin heading to the car, marking their fourth time sharing a ride NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President shared a brief car ride on Friday as they met at Delhi’s Bharat Mandapam ahead of the Brics summit.The two leaders shared a ride to head to the exhibition at Bharat…
A cellphone number can appear to be a simple way to reach someone, but it is also often tied to bank accounts, password resets and two factor authentication. Federal prosecutors say a former AT&T retail employee exploited that connection by helping a hacker transfer customers’ phone numbers to devices controlled by criminals. The scheme allegedly…
Representative Image (AI-generated) What if a discarded Christmas tree could help bring a damaged river ecosystem back to life? For years, the Niagara River’s shoreline has been losing an important part of its natural ecosystem. More than 75% of the original coastal wetlands on the Canadian side had disappeared, reducing the shallow, sheltered areas that…
JPC first meeting on Sept 18 on FCRA NEW DELHI: The Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) examining the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2026, will hold its first meeting in Parliament on September 18, with BJP MP Sanjay Jaiswal as its chairman, news agency ANI reported.The 31-member committee was constituted after the Centre moved a motion…
Maaya Rajeshwaran Revathi NEW YORK CITY: Maaya Rajeshwaran Revathi and Ukraine’s Antonina Sushkova pulled off another upset on Thursday, shocking the fourth-seeded Russian combine of Felitsata Dorofeeva-Rybas and Anna Pushkareva 6-4, 6-4 in 64 minutes to reach the US Open junior girls’ doubles semi-finals.It was another clean performance from the Indo-Ukrainian duo, who had knocked…
Venkateswara Chagamreddy, an Indian man living in Texas on a student visa. An Indian citizen living in the US on a student visa has been sentenced to 30 months in prison for his role in a scheme that defrauded an elderly Vietnam veteran, the US Attorney’s Office said.Venkateswara Chagamreddy, 37, of San Antonio, Texas, was…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi meets Russian President Putin in New Delhi. NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday gifted Russian President Vladimir Putin a Russian translation of the Thirukkural, the ancient Tamil classic by poet-philosopher Thiruvalluvar, during their bilateral meeting in New Delhi ahead of the Brics Summit.The edition, published in 2026 by the…
The 10-Day Test That Ended Because England Had a Ship to Catch (Image: JIO) In an era when a Test match can be over in three or four days, it is almost impossible to imagine a game continuing for 10 days. But in 1939, England and South Africa played a Test with no time limit….