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Joël Lapointe was doing something entirely ordinary. The Canadian amateur astronomer had Google Maps open in 2024, scrolling through Quebec’s Côte-Nord region to plan hiking routes for a camping trip. Somewhere north of Magpie, around Lake Marsal, the terrain stopped looking like terrain. It looked like a ring—a near-perfect circular scar pressed into the forest,…

Qatar denies detaining three Iranian pilots (representative image) Qatar on Saturday denied Iranian claims that its forces were holding three Iranian military pilots captured after their fighter jets were downed during a March operation, saying the allegations were misleading and came at a sensitive time amid efforts to ease regional tensions.Qatari foreign ministry spokesperson Majed…

NEW DELHI/DHAKA: India and Bangladesh are discussing a possible bilateral visit by Prime Minister Tarique Rahman late next week, official sources said. Though the visit has yet to be officially confirmed, Rahman is likely to travel to India between Aug 21 and 25, in what would be his first trip to the country after taking…

‘Awarapan 2’ box office collection Day 2: Emraan Hashmi starrer crosses Rs 66 crore worldwide in two days; surpasses ‘Spider-Man’ in India and ‘Batwara 1947’ Emraan Hashmi‘s ‘Awarapan 2’ made it to the theatres on Friday and is receiving massive praise from the audience. The same was reflected in its box office numbers. After earning…

Magnus Carlsen (Image credit: Vineet Ramakrishnan/TimesofIndia.com) TimesofIndia.com in PARIS: Lucas had come to watch chess with his family. His wife was there, so was his young daughter and his 11-year-old son, Marius, who has been playing the game for only about a year.By the time they left the Esports World Cup arena at Paris Expo…

Devdutt Padikkal (BCCI Photo) The fabulous, fluent 131 not out off 178 balls against Sri Lanka on Saturday was more than Devdutt Padikkal’s maiden Test century. It was another comeback chapter for the resilient 26-year-old, who had waited 632 days for another India appearance.Padikkal’s career has been marked by such recoveries. After a modest 119…

NEW DELHI: A political row erupted after a video from the Independence Day programme at Congress headquarters showed Congress Parliamentary Party (CCP) chairperson Sonia Gandhi gesturing and engaged in an exchange of comments with party president Mallikarjun Kharge, drawing the attention of others, including Rahul Gandhi, who was standing at some distance.BJP MP Anurag Thakur…

NEW DELHI: “Thanks to our intelligence agencies… they did a brilliant job and within a short period of time, we were able to identify the perpetrators and act with precision,” Ajit Doval said. The national security adviser, widely seen as one of the architects of the retaliation for the Pahalgam attack, indicated that India had…

NEW DELHI: BCI’s controversial decision to bar 2026 law graduates from Hyderabad’s NALSAR University of Law from being registered as advocate, which it withdrew within hours, brought into focus the regulator’s working which has been headed by senior advocate and BJP MP Manan Kumar Mishra for 14 years.A statutory body established under Advocates Act, 1961,…

New Delhi: PM Narendra Modi chose his Independence Day address Saturday to give a strong indication of of his govt’s intent to revive the Constitution amendment bill to implement one-third reservation for women in Lok Sabha and assemblies, with a 50% jump in their overall strength from 2029, urging all political parties to ensure that…