Stockholm: Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar M Yaghi share the Nobel Prize in chemistry for their work in the development of metal–organic frameworks. Hans Ellegren, secretary-general of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, announced the chemistry prize in Stockholm Wednesday. It was the third...
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi extended a warm welcome to his British counterpart, Keir Starmer, Wednesday, calling his visit to India historic as he arrived with the largest-ever trade delegation from the United Kingdom. In a post on X, Modi said, "Welcome Prime Minister...
New York/Washington: The US Senate has confirmed Sergio Gor as the next Ambassador of the United States to India. Gor, 38, was among 107 nominees confirmed by the Senate in a single en bloc vote Tuesday, with 51 senators voting in favour and 47 against....
Guwahati: Zubeen Garg's cousin and Assam Police DSP Sandipan Garg was arrested Wednesday in connection with the singer's death in Singapore last month, a senior officer said. This is the fifth arrest in the case. Earlier, North East India Festival chief organiser Shyamkanu Mahanta, the...
Kyiv/New Delhi: Ukraine has claimed to have captured a 22-year-old Indian national allegedly fighting for the Russian army, while the Indian government said it is verifying the report. According to Ukrainian media outlet The Kyiv Independent, the man, identified as Majoti Sahil Mohamed Hussein from...
New Delhi: Google Wednesday announced a major update for its AI-powered Search experience in India, expanding AI Mode to seven new Indian languages -- Bengali, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Tamil, Telugu, and Urdu. With this rollout, millions more users across the country will now be able...
New Delhi: Gold prices reached a historic milestone Wednesday, crossing the $4,000 per ounce mark in international markets for the first time ever. The precious metal touched a record high of $4,002.53 in spot trading, while December gold futures on the US Commodity Exchange rose...
Kochi: The alleged Bhutan luxury car smuggling scandal took a serious turn Wednesday with the Enforcement Directorate (ED) launching simultaneous raids at 17 locations across Kerala and Tamil Nadu, including the homes of leading Malayalam actors Mammootty, his son Dulquer Salmaan, Prithviraj Sukumaran, and Amit...
Jaipur: A truck carrying LPG cylinders caught fire following a collision with a tanker on the Jaipur-Ajmer highway Tuesday night, police said, adding that one person was killed in the accident. Chief Minister Bhajanlal Sharma termed the fire incident on the Jaipur-Ajmer Highway as extremely...
New York/Washington: Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney Tuesday lauded US President Donald Trump for bringing ‘peace’ between India and Pakistan, as he called the American leader a 'transformative president'. “You are a transformative president… the transformation in the economy, unprecedented commitments of NATO partners to...
United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s second visit to India has ruffled quite a few feathers in New Delhi....
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By Aakar Patel The three democratic tools available to us are the vote, the court and protest. The only one...
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By Dilip Cherian Appointing Gaurav Yadav as regular Director General of Police in Punjab settles a question that should never...
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Defeat in Ayodhya in 2024, where the Ram temple was built with much pomp, appears to have deeply shaken the...
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