Representative image BENGALURU: A 28-year-old Ugandan woman, who arrived at Kempegowda International Airport on May 23, has been isolated at the Epidemic Diseases Hospital in Indiranagar as a precautionary measure after her samples were collected for Ebola testing amid a global alert over the viral disease.According to Ritvik Ranjanam Pandey, principal secretary of the health…
SWARUPNAGAR/KOLKATA: Hundreds of Bangladeshis without the documents required to stay in India made a bee-line for the Bithari-Hakimpur border exit in Bengal’s North 24 Parganas on Tuesday, seeking to return home amid an administrative flurry to implement the new BJP govt’s “detect-delete-deport” strategy for illegal immigrants.CM Suvendu Adhikari told all suspected infiltrators to leave or…
Victim Sandhya Jain (56) and CCTV footage snip of culprit biker (R) NAVI MUMBAI: A Navi Mumbai based journalist Sandhya Jain (56), who writes on women’s rights and safety, was badly injured in a hit-and-run accident recently on the Palm Beach Road, as a speeding motorcyclist jumped a red signal to crash straight into her…
The rivalry between Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk has officially reached the Moon. NASA announced on Tuesday that it had selected Bezos’s Blue Origin to carry out the first in a planned series of three uncrewed lunar missions aimed at preparing for a future Moon base, handing the company a contract worth about $230M. The…
In the summer of 1999, after a gap of almost 28 years, the Indian Air Force received orders on May 26 to take the fight to the enemy. The whine of jet engines echoed across airfields in the north — from Srinagar, Awantipur, Pathankot, and Adampur — along with feverish activity across these bases, all…
THANE: Tensions flared in Mira Road near Mumbai after a video showing a policeman running away with a pig — allegedly being taken towards the protest site — went viral on Tuesday amid a row over goats being kept inside the Poonam Cluster society premises ahead of Bakrid.The controversy erupted after members of the housing…
Earlier this month, Cloudflare said that it would cut about 20% of its workforce as the company restructures operations around the rapid adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) tools, and forecast second-quarter revenue slightly below Wall Street expectations. The internet infrastructure and cybersecurity company is laying off more than 1,100 jobs globally. The layoff announcement was…
NEW DELHI: A San Francisco-bound Air India Boeing 777 with about 250 people onboard returned to Delhi after flying for almost nine hours on Wednesday. The wide body aircraft’s (VT ALL) traffic collision avoidance system (TCAS) was not working properly. Since having a functional TCAS is mandatory over the North Atlantic oceanic region that it…
Glenn Phillips (Screengrab) NEW DELHI: Royal Challengers Bengaluru completely outplayed Gujarat Titans in IPL 2026 Qualifier 1, winning by 92 runs after posting a huge total of 254/5. Rajat Patidar led the charge with a stunning unbeaten 93 off just 33 balls, smashing nine sixes and five fours. Virat Kohli and Krunal Pandya also chipped…
NEW DELHI: BJP leader K Annamalai on Tuesday urged the Centre to withdraw its decision to implement the three-language policy in the current academic year and asked CBSE to make the policy compulsory after three years, as originally announced.In a post on X, Annamalai said that the sudden announcement by CBSE has caused great shock…