Indian embassy demands ‘thorough investigation’ from Venezuela after seafarer’s body returned with missing organs The Indian Embassy in Venezuela has sought a thorough investigation into allegations that the organs of Indian sailor Rakesh Chauhan were removed before his mortal remains were repatriated to India.In a statement issued on Thursday (local time), the Embassy of India…
NEW DELHI: The Election Commission of India on Thursday wrote to the two Trinamool Congress factions, one led by Mamata Banerjee and the other by Ritabrata Banerjee, regarding their claims and counter-claims with respect to the organisational elections and authorised signatories of the party.Sources in the EC told TOI that the two groups have been…
NEW DELHI: As the annual Shri Amarnath Yatra began on Friday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi extended his wishes to devotees undertaking the pilgrimage, describing the journey to the holy Amarnath cave as a “matter of great privilege” and urging pilgrims to follow five “Sankalps” (resolves) centred on cleanliness, safety, environmental conservation, support for the local…
BENGALURU: Artificial Intelligence has helped scientists unlock a century of the Sun’s history by analysing hand-drawn observations from the Kodaikanal Solar Observatory, turning fragile paper records into a valuable digital archive that could improve understanding of long-term solar activity and future space weather.In a study published in The Astrophysical Journal, researchers led by Dibya Kirti…
The two PMs will be signing FTA with New Zealand set to promote $20 billion investment in India NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set for his first-ever visit to New Zealand next week. New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon shared the announcement in a statement posted on X.In his statement Luxon wrote, “I’m…
NEW DELHI Congress Thursday wrote to PM Narendra Modi demanding a high-level investigation monitored by Supreme Court into what it called Ram Temple “chanda chori mega scandal”.Congress MP and general secretary KC Venugopal pointed out that Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust was created by the Centre after it was entrusted with public land by SC…
NEW DELHI: Japan PM Sanae Takaichi’s visit to India for the India-Japan summit heralded what her counterpart Narendra Modi described as a new chapter in their special strategic and global partnership, with both sides signing several agreements to boost cooperation in AI, energy security, mineral exploration and defence.The two also adopted a roadmap for economic…
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…
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,…
PM Modi with Japanese counterpart Sanae Takaichi (ANI photo) NEW DELHI: PM Narendra Modi and his Japanese counterpart Sanae Takaichi reaffirmed their commitment to an early convening of the next Quad Leaders’ Summit and underlined the importance of ensuring unimpeded freedom of navigation through the Strait of Hormuz in a joint statement.With both countries heavily…