US warplane strikes, disables oil tanker near Oman; crew of 24 Indians evacuated
24 Indian seafarers aboard a vessel reportedly attacked off the coast of Oman (image credit X)) An unladen oil tanker, MT Marivex, with 24 Indian crew members, was disabled and later caught fire in the Gulf of Oman on Monday following US military action, according to officials.The US military said an F/A-18 Super Hornet fired…
Not in room, yet in conversation: CJP crawls into INDIA bloc huddle | India News
NEW DELHI: The presence of the Cockroach Janata Party was felt at the INDIA bloc meeting even though none of its Generation Z leaders were present at the table during the opposition huddle.During the meeting, the CJP was not part of the formal agenda, but was referred to by several leaders in their presentations, news…
They are not illegal aliens: 12 Indians involved with ‘criminal tourism’ in Canada, they came to steal
12 Indians have been named as police in Canada busts a major criminal tourism network. All of them have legal visas to enter and stay in Canada. But they did not come to the country to study or work. They were brought to the country for criminal operations. The Durham regional police arrested 46 individuals,…
Several Indian workers killed in Dubai after minibus hits truck
Tragedy struck in Dubai as a minibus carrying Indian workers collided with a truck, resulting in multiple fatalities and injuries. Authorities revealed the truck had stopped unexpectedly due to a technical issue. Preliminary investigations suggest the bus driver’s inattentive driving and failure to maintain a safe distance contributed to the devastating crash. Source link
Quote of the day by American astronomer Marc Aaronson: “If we are going to die anyway…why be cautious? Why not risk all now, at this moment, in this adventure?” |
Marc Aaronson (Image source: researchgate.net) There are certain quotes that make people pause because they seem to challenge a habit that most of us have. This quote by Marc Aaronson is one of them. It does not offer comfort. It does not suggest a careful plan. Instead, it asks readers to think about how much…
Hungary Parliament Salary Cut: Charity begins at home: Hungary lawmakers vote unanimously to cut salaries by 40% in rare show of political austerity
Hungary’s parliament on Monday unanimously approved a sharp reduction in lawmakers’ salaries and allowances, backing Prime Minister Peter Magyar’s efforts to curb administrative spending and restore strained public finances.All 189 lawmakers present in the 199-member National Assembly voted in favour of the bill submitted by the ruling Tisza party.The legislation will reduce MPs’ monthly base…
Another mutiny brewing? TMC turmoil reaches Parliament – what we know so far | India News
NEW DELHI: Over a month after facing a drubbing in the West Bengal polls, Trinamool Congress appears to be experiencing a second wave of mutiny, with several party MPs reportedly submitting a letter to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla expressing their desire to support the BJP-led NDA.This comes days after Mamata Banerjee lost control over…
Dr Melanie Walker says Donald Trump introduced her to Jeffrey Epstein. Then she met Bill Gates… | World News
It begins, as so many Jeffrey Epstein stories do, in a room where power recognised power. In this case, the room was reportedly the Plaza Hotel in New York in the early 1990s. A young woman from Texas, Melanie Starnes, later Dr Melanie Walker, has told people that she was introduced there to Epstein by…
‘He knows I helped him’: Ashok Gehlot on Sachin Pilot, 2022 Rajasthan crisis and a ‘big conspiracy’ | India News
NEW DELHI: Former Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot has revived his long-running political differences with Congress leader Sachin Pilot, saying he remains hurt that Pilot never publicly acknowledged his role in helping him become a Union minister.Speaking in Jaipur, Gehlot said Pilot was aware of the support he had received but chose not to mention…
AI’s secret water crisis: How data centres are draining freshwater reserves across the world |
AI’s Every time you use ChatGPT to write a 100-word email, roughly 519 millilitres of water is consumed, nearly the volume of a standard water bottle. That figure comes from a peer-reviewed 2025 paper published in Communications of the ACM by Pengfei Li, Shaolei Ren, and colleagues at the University of California, Riverside. It accounts…
