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Army chief General Upendra Dwivedi NEW DELHI: “India is preparing for Operation Sindoor 2.0,” Army chief Upendra Dwivedi said on Saturday, asserting that the military posture adopted in response to Pakistan‘s actions following the Pahalgam terror attack remains in place.Speaking to news agency ANI, the Army chief stressed that “Operation Sindoor is still continuing” and…

NSA Ajit Doval, Russian Presidential aide Patrushev review maritime, defence cooperation National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval met with the Aide to the President and Chairman of the Maritime Board of Russia, Nikolai Patrushev, in Moscow on Friday (local time), where the two sides reviewed progress on key bilateral initiatives in the maritime and defence…

CHANDIGARH : Punjab and Haryana HC on Friday dismissed an anticipatory bail plea filed by academic Madhu Kishwar in connection with an FIR registered by Chandigarh Police over the upload and circulation of a video on social media allegedly resembling the holder of a constitutional post.There is a difference between constructive criticism and tweeting to…

AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi NEW DELHI: AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Friday said that if offering namaz on roads is considered wrong, then restrictions should apply equally to religious activities of all faiths, citing Article 25 of the Constitution, which guarantees freedom of religion and the right to freely practise and profess one’s faith.Addressing an…

NEW DELHI: With drones emerging as a prime source of low-altitude threats at sensitive airports, particularly in J&K and Punjab, the CISF, which guards 72 airports across the country, has tied up with the Indian Army to equip its personnel with advanced capabilities to detect, track and neutralise hostile unmanned aerial systems (UAVs). Simultaneously, 659…

MUMBAI: The India heads of AI world’s arch-rivals Anthropic and OpenAI took to the stage at the annual Tech Week here, pitching their suite of products to a room full of developers and founders.“What makes India really important in OpenAI’s journey is the opportunity centred around access, adoption and agency,” said Pragya Misra, OpenAI’s head…

NEW DELHI: For an examination system handling millions of answer sheets every year, the push towards technology was perhaps inevitable. CBSE’s rollout of on-screen marking (OSM) for Class XII board examinations this year was therefore hardly a radical experiment, but part of a larger shift already underway across universities and examination boards seeking to reduce…

NEW DELHI: With India staring at having a weak monsoon year that may impact overall farming operations and water availability in the country, Isha Foundation – a non-profit spiritual organisation – on Friday pitched for a farmer-driven ecological movement by adopting tree-based agriculture, which, it said, may not just help farmers in getting them better…