18-year-old Bianca Adler turns back 400m from Everest summit, returns a year later to make historyPhoto: Bianca Adler/ Instagram In the pre-dawn darkness of the world’s highest mountain, an 18-year-old from Melbourne stood on top of the world. Bianca Adler had just become the youngest Australian to summit Mount Everest, completing a feat that had…
NEW DELHI: Suvendu Adhikari on Saturday took oath as the first BJP chief minister of West Bengal, marking a historic breakthrough for the saffron party in the state. The swearing-in ceremony was held at Kolkata’s iconic Brigade Parade Ground in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and several senior NDA leaders.Adhikari was unanimously elected…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Donald Trump are expected to come face-to-face in France next month at the G7 Summit.The White House told news agency AFP that Trump will travel to France despite tensions between Washington and its allies over a host of issues ranging from Iran to tariffs.The summit, scheduled…
Daniel Radcliffe is best known for his leading role in the ‘Harry Potter’ film franchise. He is known to be extremely down-to-earth and keeps most of his personal life away from prying eyes. However, here and there, he ends up revealing adorable details about his life as a father. In one of his recent conversations,…
Two Indian men who sought asylum in New Zealand on the basis of a claimed same-sex relationship are facing deportation after an immigration tribunal rejected their appeal, finding key parts of their account were not credible.The Immigration and Protection Tribunal found that the two men, both from Jammu and in their late 20s, failed to…
Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s Krunal Pandya(PTI Photo/Shailendra Bhojak) BENGALURU: Nearly 15 years ago, on matting wickets in Palej, a small town in Gujarat’s Bharuch district, a lanky youngster learnt the value of adaptation. Bowling with coated balls in local village tournaments, he quickly realised there would be little assistance for spin and survival depended on discipline,…
Actor-filmmaker Riteish Deshmukh, who has taken on multiple responsibilities as writer, director, producer, and lead actor in ‘Raja Shivaji’, recently landed in controversy following the trailer launch. The ambitious historical drama on Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj has generated significant buzz but also criticism online, particularly over a scene featuring Sanjay Dutt and the iconic Wagh Nakh.An…
Representative image (Photo: AP) Ukraine said on Sunday that its drones struck a major oil pipeline dispatch station and an oil depot deep inside Russia, as Kyiv continued to expand long-range attacks on Moscow’s energy infrastructure more than four years into the war.According to the Ukrainian military, drones targeted a “dispatch station of a major…
An Indian man with a long criminal record has been arrested by US immigration authorities in Los Angeles and could now face deportation proceedings, according to Immigration and Customs Enforcement.ICE said 26-year-old Parminderpal Singh, a citizen of India, was arrested this week and remains in immigration custody pending removal from the United States.Authorities said Singh’s…
Netra AEW&C uses the Brazilian Embraer EMB-145 airframe as its platform and on which is mounted an active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar in its dorsal fin. NEW DELHI: The indigenously-developed Netra Airborne Early Warning and Control (AEW&C) system, which is India’s specialised “eye in the sky”, achieved a big milestone on Thursday when the…