A passenger plane bound for Melbourne, Australia, made a safe landing at Invercargill Airport in New Zealand on Monday after a fire shut down one of its engines mid-flight, according to the nation’s fire service.The Virgin Australia Boeing 737-800 jet encountered the engine fire, prompting an emergency diversion to Invercargill. Despite the frightening situation, the…
(Representative Image) Following Nike‘s decision to halt sales to Russia shortly after the country’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine more than two years ago, an online sports retailer owned by Russia’s Zenit soccer club, footballstore.ru, continues to offer dozens of Nike-branded items, including the US sportswear maker‘s Phantom GT2 Elite soccer boots for around USD 330….
NEW DELHI: In yet another sharp counter to Elon Musk‘s views on Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs), BJP leader Rajeev Chandrasekhar called the Tesla co-founder and CEO “factually wrong.” Chandrasekhar, while speaking to news agency ANI, said that Musk’s suggestion about ‘all EVMs being hackable‘ was too broad and inaccurate. “To claim that there cannot be…
Representational New Delhi: India’s gold and silver imports from its free trade agreement (FTA) partner UAE have skyrocketed 210 per cent to USD 10.7 billion in 2023-24 and there is a need to potentially revise the concessional customs duty rates under the pact to mitigate the arbitrage driving this surge, a report said on Monday….
NEW DELHI: Team India‘s last group match, against Canada, was abandoned without a ball being bowled due to a wet outfield at Broward County Stadium in Lauderhill, Florida on Saturday.With India already through to the Super Eights, the rain interruption gave Rohit Sharma and his men some time to put their feet up and relax.T20…
SIP route to become a crorepati? Systematic Investment Plans (SIPs), often seen as the mutual fund equivalent of putting your money in recurring deposits offered by banks, are a great way for retail investors to invest in equity mutual fund schemes. To maximize the benefits of this investment method, investors can consider opting for a…
NEW DELHI: The ministry of home affairs on Monday handed over the recent Jammu and Kashmir‘s Reasi terror attack case to the National Investigation Agency. The attack, which occurred on June 9, resulted in deaths of nine and several injured as terrorists open fired on en-route from Shiv Khori cave shrine to Katra. Carrying pilgrims…
New Delhi, June 16 (IANS) India’s textile exports grew by 9.59 per cent in May this year compared to the same month of the previous year, despite unfavourable economic conditions in major markets such as the European Union (EU), the US and West Asian nations, according to a report by the Confederation of Indian Textile…
Cambridge University has implemented a new rule prohibiting intimate relationships between teachers and students to safeguard student welfare. Recent release of staff and student relationships policyAccording to updates on Cambridge University’s website, recent revisions have been made to its ‘policies & procedures’ note. University now banned faculty from “pursuing or entering into an intimate relationship…
NEW DELHI: Sam Pitroda on Monday joined the ongoing debate over the possibility of hacking Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) and said that the EVMs can be manipulated. “I have spent about 60 years in the forefront of electronics, telecom,IT, software, complex systems and a lot more. I have studied EVM system carefully and believe that…
