NEW DELHI: India has signed agreements with 24 countries to export its digital public infrastructure model, moving beyond broad cooperation pledges to begin work on DigiLocker systems in Kenya and Cuba and expand UPI-linked payments across 10 overseas markets. Discussions are also underway with Laos, Seychelles, Venezuela, Armenia, Fiji, Guyana and Colombia for possible adoption…
Claire Macdonel who was attacked by a barracuda on her 13th birthday (Photo credit: FOX26) A 13-year-old girl from Sugar Land, Texas, is recovering after a rare barracuda attack during a family vacation in Turks and Caicos. Claire Macdonel is now back home in the Houston area and is preparing to undergo tendon repair surgery…
Uttarakhand has emerged as a preferred destination for defence personnel, with institutions like IMA, RIMC, etc., and a growing creative ecosystem. What gives Uttarakhand a special status is its glory as a state of defence, holding a fundamental value for national defence. The Times Group proudly presented ‘Times Samman 2026 – A Tribute to India’s…
China has achieved a major milestone in its pursuit of commercial nuclear fusion by completing the construction and testing of a colossal 582-ton superconducting magnet designed for its next-generation “Artificial Sun” programme, according to Xinhua News Agency. Measuring 21 metres in length, the toroidal-field magnet is the largest of its kind ever built for a…
NEW DELHI: More than one lakh schools across India are functioning with a single teacher, with Andhra Pradesh alone accounting for over 16,000, government data has revealed, highlighting severe deployment gaps despite the country’s overall pupil-teacher ratio remaining within national norms.According to UDISE+ data for 2025-26, India has 1,00,843 single-teacher schools across all management categories….
On a quiet Saturday evening in May 2018, walking through a street in Paris, Mamadou Gassama, a 22-year-old individual from Africa, noticed a crowd gathered beneath a residential building where a four-year-old child hung from a fourth-floor balcony. He quickly climbed the exterior of the building and rescued the boy to safety within no time….
The sounds of singing birds drifting through a leafy forest may do more than create a peaceful atmosphere; they could measurably improve mental health. A new study has found that spending just 10 minutes in a restored urban forest while listening to birdsong reduced people’s stress, increased positive emotions and made them feel more mentally…
‘No abnormality found in fuel control switch’: Government on Air India Boeing 787 crash NEW DELHI: The Centre on Wednesday said no abnormality has been found in the fuel control switch locking mechanism of the Air India Boeing 787 Dreamliner that crashed shortly after take-off from Ahmedabad on June 12 last year killing 260 people…
Indian AI engineer laid off after company moved project to India/Image: Getty Images An Indian AI engineer on an H-1B visa, who spent around six years in the United States, has said he lost his job after his employer moved the entire project to India, leaving him to decide whether to return home or continue…
MEA takes meme route (ANI image) The ministry of external affairs (MEA), in a unique attempt to counter repeated misinformation about the Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh, on Wednesday shared a viral meme from the American animated show South Park with the caption: “How many times do I have to explain this…