LUCKNOW: UP chief minister Yogi Adityanath‘s chartered plane was forced to make an emergency landing at Kheria Airport in Agra on Wednesday after developing a technical snag mid-air. The incident occurred shortly after takeoff at 3:40 pm, following the conclusion of the chief minister’s scheduled programmes in the city. About 20 minutes into the flight,…
The Unified Payments Interface (UPI), which enables instant real-time payments, is currently experiencing disruptions. User reports indicate widespread issues with the services offered by the system, including payments and fund transfers. According to the outage tracking website Downdetector, reports of problems surged around 7:40 pm IST, with 2,750 users reporting issues. Most users reported issues…
Canada is turning away foreign workers, international students, and tourists at an unprecedented rate. In 2024, immigration officials rejected 2.35 million temporary resident applications — 50% of all submissions—marking a sharp rise from 1.8 million rejections, or 35%, the previous year, according to data obtained by the Toronto Star.Rejection rates soar across all categoriesVisitor visas…
Walked into his girlfriend’s building… Late Friday, a senior Houthi military official believed to be the group’s top missile commander was killed in a US airstrike in Sana’a, Yemen. The strike, confirmed by multiple US officials in internal communications, came after the individual was positively identified entering a residential building reportedly linked to his girlfriend….
AI image for representation only. On the face of it, it’s a straightforward transaction. CK Hutchison Holdings Ltd plans to sell two of its ports near the Panama Canal as part of a broader $19 billion divestment. But in geopolitics, nothing is just what it seems. With President Donald Trump hailing the sale as a…
NEW DELHI: Punjab Kings’ captain Shreyas Iyer may have missed out on his maiden IPL century, but his selfless approach in the season opener against Gujarat Titans has won hearts. While Iyer’s unbeaten 97 off just 42 balls powered PBKS to a commanding 243/5, it was his decision to prioritise the team’s success over personal…
File photo of US defence secretary Pete Hegseth (Pic credit: AP) The Atlantic has published the full text of a Signal group chat among senior Trump administration national security officials, revealing that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth shared precise details of military operations against Yemen’s Houthis. The chat logs indicate that Hegseth provided exact times of…
NEW DELHI: The defence ministry on Wednesday inked the around Rs 6,900 crore contract for production of 307 advanced towed artillery gun systems (ATAGS) and 327 high mobility 6×6 gun-towing vehicles with private sector companies Bharat Forge and Tata Advanced Systems, in the first-ever deal for such indigenous heavy-duty howitzers.With the signing of the deal…
Edmund Burke, the father of modern conservatism, once remarked, “All government—indeed, every human benefit and enjoyment, every virtue and every prudent act—is founded on compromise and barter.” Few in contemporary Indian politics have embodied this more than Uddhav Thackeray. To become the chief minister of Maharashtra, he dramatically reshaped his politics, severing ties with the…
Baltimore Ravens Derrick Henry | Nathan Ray Seebeck-Imagn Images Baltimore Ravens’ star running back Derrick Henry has officially sold his Dallas home, but it’s not just a routine real estate transaction—it’s a symbolic farewell to a long-standing dream. Henry, who was once rumored to be eyeing a future with the Dallas Cowboys, sold the property…
