China’s key maritime vulnerability starts at the Strait of Hormuz rather than the Strait of Malacca, creating a fresh arena of strategic competition in the Indian Ocean involving Beijing, India, France and the United States, according to a new report released ahead of the Shangri-La Dialogue security summit in Singapore.The London-based International Institute for Strategic…
NEW DELHI: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) detected around 20 cases of answer-sheet mix-ups during the first-time implementation of its on-screen marking (OSM) system this year, while more than 13,000 answer sheets ultimately had to be evaluated manually due to scanning quality issues, government sources told PTI on Friday.The issue came to light…
Nearly a decade after China launched its sweeping crackdown in Xinjiang, rights groups and researchers say Beijing’s campaign against Uyghurs has entered a new phase, one focused less on mass internment camps and more on reshaping identity, language, religion and family life.According to Financial Times, the shift has come even after Chinese authorities claimed in…
Rising El Nino risk drives IMD’s below-normal monsoon forecast for India (Image source: PTI) NEW DELHI: The India Meteorological Department on Friday issued its updated long-range forecast for the southwest monsoon season. The agency projected below-normal rainfall across several key regions and warned of heatwave conditions in multiple states starting June.The country is expected to…
Vivek Ramaswamy blasted the fake news that he was denied entry to the Knicks locker room and said he did not even wait after his team was crushed. Vivek Ramaswamy said it was a dumb thing to claim that he wanted to enter the Knicks locker room under the guise of welcoming them to Ohio…
NEW DELHI: Pope Leo XIV’s first major moral reflection on artificial intelligence appears to closely echo Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s repeated calls for human-centric, ethical and inclusive AI governance, with both leaders warning that technology must serve people rather than reduce them to data, profit or power.In his encyclical Magnifica Humanitas: On Safeguarding the Human…
Less than a year after the assassination of Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk, his widow Erika Kirk has denied rumours that she has moved on and started a new relationship.The controversy began after online conspiracy theorist Collin Scott Campbell claimed on X that Erika Kirk had been seen getting “very intimate” with casino heir…
NEW DELHI: Outgoing Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah on Friday met the Congress top brass in Delhi, a day after stepping down from the state’s top post.While meeting Rahul Gandhi at 10 Janpath, Siddaramaiah reportedly told him that he had fulfilled his promise to resign as chief minister, paving the way for a transition in Karnataka.“He…
A political dispute has erupted over the legal exemption allowing Sikhs to carry kirpans in public after Reform UK pledged to repeal the protection following a recent murder conviction.The debate was triggered by the case of Vickrum Digwa, 23, who was convicted of murdering 18-year-old university student Henry Nowak in Southampton using a 21cm kirpan,…
NEW DELHI: Leader of opposition in Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi on Friday interacted with autorickshaw drivers in Delhi’s Bengali Market area, sitting down with them over lunch as they spoke about rising expenses and daily struggles.The Congress leader was seen wearing an autorickshaw driver’s uniform during the interaction at Todarmal Park. He also shared a…