WASHINGTON: The US military has stopped another merchant vessel trying to break through the American blockade of Iranian ports, a US official with knowledge of the situation told AP on Saturday.The Gambia-flagged bulk carrier Lian Star ignored multiple warnings from US forces overnight as it tried to enter an Iranian port, the official, who spoke…
The internet is convinced Taylor Swift has something to do with ‘Toy Story 5’, and the evidence keeps growing. Just days after the film’s makers attempted to calm speculation about a possible Swift connection, they posted an Instagram reel directly tying the singer to the fifth installment in the beloved franchise, sending fans into a…
SpaceX has won a contract for over $4 billion to build satellites to track foreign aircraft and missiles as part of President Trump’s Golden Dome defensive shield.The space-based tracking network integrates space sensors, communication systems and AI-enabled ground processing to look and alert for airborne threats from orbit, according to a US Space Force statement…
‘Pati Patni Aur Woh Do’, which stars Ayushmann Khurrana in the lead, is currently enjoying its third week in theatres. The Mudassar Aziz directorial features Sara Ali Khan, Wamiqa Gabbi, and Rakul Preet Singh as female leads. The film has been earning slow but steady collections after initially raking in decent box office numbers. Despite…
NEW DELHI: Exclusive breastfeeding among infants under six months has declined sharply in India, according to the National Family Health Survey (NFHS-6) 2023-24, raising concerns among child health experts despite significant improvements in child nutrition and maternal health indicators.The survey found that the proportion of infants under six months who were fed only breastmilk fell…
Praggnanandhaa, Gukesh, Magnus Carlsen, and Divya Deshmukh (Photo by Michal Walusza for Norway Chess) NEW DELHI: After a disappointing Thursday where Dommaraju Gukesh tasted the bitterness of a defeat to World No. 1 and five-time world champion Magnus Carlsen in what was the reigning world champion’s final game as a teenager, Gukesh returned to the…
SINGAPORE: US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth took another swipe at Washington’s NATO and European partners on Saturday, saying those that do not hike defence spending sufficiently “will face a clear shift in how we do business”.NATO members pledged last year to ramp up defence-related spending to five percent of GDP but, despite increased efforts, many…
The ‘Don 3’ controversy is showing no signs of cooling down. Ranveer Singh reportedly reached out to filmmaker Farhan Akhtar in a bid to mend their fractured professional relationship, but the offer was swiftly turned down. With a Rs 45 crore lawsuit on the table and trade unions closing ranks, the issue has become one…
NEW DELHI: Holding that liberty of an individual is not a trivial matter which could be sacrificed at the altar of bureaucratic lethargy even in case of a prisoner, Supreme Court has awarded Rs 11 lakh compensation to a convict who had to spend 24 days in custody even after the court granted him parole,…
The dangers of AI eclipsed those of nuclear weapons at a defence forum discussion on strategic stability in Singapore, as panelists warned it could reduce reaction times to the point where people make rash decisions.Collapsing the so-called “OODA loop” – an acronym for observe, orient, decide and act – creates a sort of fog in…