Mallikarjun Kharge (File photo) NEW DELHI: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Monday likened US President Donald Trump to dictators Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini over the United States’ actions in Venezuela. He also criticised Prime Minister Narendra Modi for allegedly yielding to Trump’s demand to cut India’s purchase of oil from Russia, which has been…
ONGC will take a 50 per cent stake in two joint ventures with Japan’s Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) to enter specialised ethane shipping.The joint ventures will each own a very large ethane carrier (VLEC), with ONGC and MOL holding equal equity. The vessels, with a combined cost of about $370 million, will transport ethane from…
S4861 bill targets small NJ school districts, raising union and parent concerns. (Getty Images) New Jersey lawmakers are considering a bill that could consolidate hundreds of the state’s school districts without requiring parental approval. The legislation, introduced by State Sen. Vin Gopal, D-Monmouth, would allow county executive superintendents and the state education commissioner to approve…
Recent research from Sydney University uncovers that type 2 diabetes can profoundly change the heart’s structure, resulting in increased stiffness and reduced strength. This microscopic deterioration in heart tissue disrupts essential muscle fibres and the body’s energy production, paving the way for potential heart failure. Diabetes is talked about in terms of blood sugar, diet,…
Pranav Dhanawade (X-Cricbuzz) On this day ten years ago, a quiet patch of ground in a Mumbai suburb became the centre of the cricketing world. There were no grandstands, no roaring crowds, and no television history attached to it. Yet on 5 January 2016, it witnessed an innings that school cricket had never seen before.Pranav…
India’s salaried class feels squeezed—not because they don’t want to pay taxes, but because the system increasingly treats retirement savings as a luxury. (AI image) For a country that prides itself on a thriving middle class, India’s tax treatment of retirement savings has begun to feel oddly out of step with economic reality. Over the…
NEW DELHI: From retooling classrooms to future-proofing jobs, India’s artificial intelligence strategy is decisively shifting towards people-first reform. Senior policymakers, academic leaders and industry experts on Monday flagged lifelong learning, human augmentation and inclusive skilling as central to India’s AI journey at a high-level Human Capital Working Group meeting hosted at IIT Guwahati.The two-day meeting…
HYDERABAD: SmartGreen Aquaculture (SGA), a Hyderabad-based startup, has set up what is touted as India’s first inland, premium trout farming facility in Kandukur mandal of Telangana’s Ranga Reddy district, on the outskirts of Hyderabad, at an initial investment of $6 million (approx. Rs 54 crore).The facility, based on the sustainable recirculating aquaculture system (RAS) technology…
Pulkit Desai’s election as mayor of Parsippany, New Jersey places a long, uneven personal trajectory into public view. His rise from a teenage immigrant to a United States Marine Corps veteran, technology professional and now municipal leader reflects a career shaped less by linear advancement and more by course correction.Desai was sworn in as mayor…
Bengaluru might be India’s silicon heart but the fact can’t be denied that it is also one of the worst-hit-by-traffic cities in the country! There are already myriad stories, videos and social media posts which talk about traffic woes of Bengaluru. But looks like all the limits crossed when a woman shared a video which…