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Supreme Court quashes Lucknow Court order summoning Rahul Gandhi
Rahul Gandhi gets relief as SC quashes summons NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday set aside a Lucknow trial court’s order summoning leader of opposition Rahul Gandhi in a criminal defamation case over his remarks about VD Savarkar.A bench of Justices Dipankar Datta and Sheel Nagu held that the required sanction had not been…
Jaguar Land Rover told to replace Rs 1.57 crore luxury SUV
AI generated image used for representative purpose NEW DELHI: A consumer commission in Delhi has held Jaguar Land Rover India and its authorised dealer guilty of deficiency in service after finding that a brand-new luxury vehicle developed multiple defects within weeks of purchase and was repeatedly taken to the workshop. The commission said the vehicle…
Pakistan joins China Moon race with Jinnah-1 rover; mission in 2029
According to Suparco, Jinnah-1 will study plasma, radiation and the geology of the lunar surface (representative image) Pakistan has named its first lunar rover “Jinnah-1”, marking a new step in the country’s space programme as it prepares to send the rover to the Moon in 2029.The Pakistan Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (Suparco) announced…
German startup Voodin replaced fibreglass with laminated veneer lumber in 19.3-metre turbine blades; its new EU-backed factory targets fully recyclable blades at commercial scale
When you look at wind turbines the blades look larger than life. Like permanent, monumental objects that will turn forever above the same field, long after you are gone and someone else is looking up at them similarly. In reality, most wind turbine blades last only 20 to 25 years and when they stop spinning,…
1,057 police, fire and correctional personnel receive gallantry, service medals
1,057 personnel awarded Gallantry, Service Medals ahead of Independence Day NEW DELHI: A total of 1,057 personnel from the Police, Fire, Home Guard and Civil Defence, and Correctional Services have been awarded Gallantry and Service Medals on the occasion of Independence Day, the ministry of home affairs said.The awards include 301 Medals for Gallantry (GM),…
CJI pulls up Bar Council of India over threat of action against NALSAR students
CJI Surya Kant (File photo) NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday expressed “strong disapproval” of the Bar Council of India’s (BCI) now-revoked order barring the enrolment of 2026 graduates of Hyderabad’s NALSAR University of Law as advocates after a section of students objected to the university inviting Chief Justice of India Surya Kant as…
Fugitive drug kingpin Virender Singh Basoya extradited from UAE in multi-crore cocaine bust
India’s Narcotics Control Bureau has secured the extradition of Virender Singh Basoya from the UAE. NEW DELHI: In a major breakthrough in the crackdown on international drug networks, the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) has secured the return of fugitive drug kingpin Virender Singh Basoya from the United Arab Emirates (UAE).Basoya, accused of orchestrating a massive…
Harsimrat Kaur Badal ‘deeply touched’ by PM Modi’s ‘kind gesture’ after attack on Sukhbir Badal
Sukhbir Badal was attacked at a gurudwara in Maharashtra’s Nanded NEW DELHI: Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) MP Harsimrat Kaur Badal on Friday said she was “deeply touched” by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “kind gesture” of reaching out to enquire about the health of her husband and party chief, Sukhbir Singh Badal, who was attacked at…
Sam Altman is happy he rejected Goldman Sachs job offer, tells that while it was tough to say ‘No’ then, it should not be for students nowadays, as …
Sam Altman, CEO of ChatGPT-maker OpenAI said he is glad he turned down an internship offer from Goldman Sachs during college, adding that while rejecting such an opportunity was difficult at the time, it should be much easier for students today because artificial intelligence has lowered the barriers to starting a company. Speaking at the…
Bangladesh PM likely to visit India as Dhaka presses for Sheikh Hasina’s extradition
Tarique Rahman likely to visit India Bangladesh Prime Minister Tarique Rahman’s proposed visit to India has not yet been finalised, with the timing dependent on his “schedule” and the “progress” of ongoing bilateral discussions.“The government is positive about visits to all countries. But it will depend on the PM’s schedule and on how far discussions…
