The Green Party candidate Hannah Spencer speaks after winning the Gorton and Denton by-election, Manchester, England, Friday, Feb. 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Jon Super) British politics has entered a dangerous phase for its two dominant parties. The shock victory of the Green Party in the Gorton & Denton by-election is not merely a local upset. It…
NEW DELHI: A Delhi court on Friday granted interim bail to Indian Youth Congress general secretary Nigam Bhandhari until March 24 in the AI event protest case.The Congress’s youth wing worker had sought anticipatory bail.He had sought anticipatory bail. He has been directed to cooperate with the investigation, reported news agency ANI.The protest took place…
Deepinder Goyal, Zomato founder, is hiring engineers and scientists for his health-tech startup Temple, but with an unusual condition—applicants must have body fat under 16% (men) or 26% (women). Those who don’t meet the threshold can apply on a three-month probation. The post went viral, with social media split between admiration and amusement over the…
The US military used a high-energy laser system to shoot down a government drone near Texas’s Fort Hancock, triggering temporary flight restrictions in the surrounding airspace, reported news agency Reuters, citing congressional aides.The aircraft that was brought down belonged to Customs and Border Protection (CBP). Lawmakers were told the Pentagon deployed a laser-based counter-drone system…
NEW DELHI: A Rouse Avenue Court on Friday discharged former Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal, former deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia and 21 others in the Delhi excise policy case, refusing to take cognisance of the CBI’s chargesheet.The order was delivered by Special Judge (PC Act) Jitender Singh of the Rouse Avenue Court. ‘I Am…
KOLKATA: Strong tremors were felt in Kolkata on Friday afternoon, causing panic among residents across the city and surrounding areas.The earthquake, measuring 5.4 on the Richter Scale, struck south-west of the BMD Seismic Centre in Agargaon, Dhaka, Bangladesh, officials confirmed to news agency ANI.No immediate reports of casualties or property damage have been received. The…
President Murmu takes sortie in light combat helicopter ‘Prachand’ NEW DELHI: President Droupadi Murmu on Friday undertook a sortie in the indigenously developed Light Combat Helicopter ‘Prachand’ near the India–Pakistan border in Rajasthan’s Jaisalmer district.The helicopter took off from the Indian Air Force station in Jaisalmer, where the President was briefed by the captain before…
In a small village in Andhra Pradesh, Srikanth Bolla entered the world under circumstances that many around him viewed with sympathy rather than hope. Born visually impaired, his future seemed predetermined in the eyes of society. In rural India at the time, disability was often misunderstood, seen less as a condition requiring support and more…
BENGALURU: The Indian Army has completed the installation of Thermal Imaging Fire Control Systems (TIFCS) — an Indo-Israeli technology developed in Bengaluru — on 96 of its T-72 tanks, with the systems clearing firing validation trials before induction.The T-72 remains one of the mainstays of the Army’s armoured fleet. Upgrades such as thermal imaging and…
Belgian AI startup AiCandy has released an advertisement mocking AI’s increasing demand for energy. The spoof video imagines a fictional future in 2036 where humans generate electricity for AI systems through group workout sessions. The ad promotes a fictional company called “Energym,” which claims to power AI systems using energy generated by people cycling and…
