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‘China running a racket’: EU attacks Beijing’s rare earth curbs; bloc looking for alternatives
The European Union on Tuesday sharply criticised China’s tightening grip over rare earth exports, with the bloc’s industry chief warning that Beijing’s curbs amount to a “racket” and threaten Europe’s strategic autonomy.Addressing EU lawmakers, European Commission vice president Stephane Sejourne said the bloc must urgently accelerate efforts to cut its reliance on Chinese critical minerals….
Sam Altman’s eye-scanning Orb startup to employees: Work weekends and ignore …
Representative Image. Credit: Tools For Humanity Sam Altman‘s eye-scanning startup, Tools for Humanity, has a message for its employees: Forget about your weekends. The company behind the “Orb”, a metal sphere that scans irises to verify human identity, has reportedly urged its employees to work on weekends and put their jobs above everything else. The…
‘Until Brahmin donates his daughter’: IAS officer’s remark on reservation stirs row; he issues clarification | India News
NEW DELHI: Senior IAS officer Santosh Verma, state president of the Anusuchit Jati-Janjati Adhikari Karmachari Sangh (AJJAKS) in Madhya Pradesh, has drawn sharp criticism after a video of a remark he made at an event in Bhopal went viral, prompting demands for a police case and disciplinary action. Speaking on whether reservation should be granted…
Zerodha CEO Nithin Kamath suggests fix for this common online trading mistake: If you get the urge to…
Zerodha founder and CEO Nithin Kamath has provided a simple solution to a common trading problem. Emphasising that investors commonly make the mistake of over-trading or revenge trading, especially after a win or loss, Kamath referred to a feature called “Kill Switch” offered by his online stock brokerage, Zerodha. The tool allows traders to prevent…
How the discovery of the ‘inner kernel’ may hold the answers to Neptune’s migration |
The Kuiper Belt has long fascinated astronomers, not only because it sits at the edge of our Solar System, but because it preserves some of the earliest material that formed around the Sun. For years, it was described simply as a wide ring of icy bodies beyond Neptune, an ancient reservoir of frozen debris. Yet…
Virat Kohli arrives in India ahead of South Africa ODI series – Watch | Cricket News
NEW DELHI: Indian batter Virat Kohli on Tuesday arrived in India ahead of the ODI series against South Africa starting November 30. The veteran Indian batter landed at Mumbai airport in the afternoon. Having settled down in London for a while, the former India captain usually prepares for home and away tours in England and…
‘Delete Central govt’: Mamata attacks EC, BJP over SIR; will back survey on one condition | India News
NEW DELHI: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday said she”loves Bangladesh as a country, because their language is same,” before training guns at the BJP-led central government and the Election Commission over the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral roll, warning that the exercise must not be rushed ahead of the…
‘Will respond at right time’: Taliban’s warning after Pakistani air strikes kill 10; vows retaliation
Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid The overnight Pakistani air strikes in eastern Afghanistan that killed 10 civilians Tuesday prompted the Taliban government to vow it would respond “appropriately at the right time.”“The Islamic Emirate strongly condemns this violation and crime and reiterates that defending its airspace, territory, and people is its legitimate right, and it will…
‘Misfit for Army’: SC flays Christian soldier’s indiscipline; refused command to enter temple | India News
Supreme Court (ANI photo) NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday strongly criticised a Christian Army soldier for refusing to enter temple and gurdwara for collective religious practices with his regiment. The top court said his conduct amounted to “gross indiscipline.“A bench of Justices Surya Kant and Joymalya Bagchi went on to describe him as…
Zubeen Garg’s death ‘plain and simple murder’: Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma tells assembly; claims motive behind killing will shock state | Guwahati News
GUWAHATI: Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has described the death of popular singer Zubeen Garg as “plain and simple murder”, telling the state Assembly on Tuesday that “one person killed him and others helped him”.“After preliminary probe, the Assam Police was sure that it was not a case of culpable homicide, but it was…
