CIA director John Ratcliffe CIA director John Ratcliffe is preparing to take a larger role in US efforts to negotiate an end to the Russia-Ukraine war, as the Trump administration looks to revive a diplomatic process that has stalled without a breakthrough.The Financial Times, citing five people familiar with the plans, reported that the White…
NEW DELHI: A dispute has erupted over the ancestral home of Hindu saint Baba Neem Karoli Maharaj in Uttar Pradesh, with his six granddaughters alleging that the property is being illegally occupied and controlled by a trust headed by their aunt, PTI reported.Following the complaint, Firozabad District Magistrate Santosh Kumar Sharma has constituted a three-member…
Babar Azam tried to shut out the noise surrounding Pakistan ahead of the third Test against England at Edgbaston, but the team ended up creating plenty of noise of its own on the field.Pakistan made four changes to their playing XI after a turbulent week following their heavy defeat at Lord’s, with three players handed…
AI’s math breakthrough raises bigger questions TOI correspondent from Washington: A researcher at the Artificial Intelligence firm Anthropic quit his job on Tuesday with a grim warning over the rapid progress in the field which he fears could kill humanity as soon as 2030.“The people building AI earnestly believe that it could kill us all…
ORV Sagar Manthan, built under the Deep Ocean Mission at a cost of around Rs 840 crore, will boost India’s ocean research capabilities. NEW DELHI: The Government on Wednesday launched state-of-the-art ocean research vessel ORV Sagar Manthan at Rishi Bankim Shipyard in Kolkata, boosting India’s efforts towards self-reliance in oceanographic science and maritime technology.Constructed under…
Nitish Kumar Reddy (Image: IANS) NEW DELHI: All-rounder Nitish Kumar Reddy has received the green signal from the BCCI medical staff and is set to join the rest of the India squad in the national capital on Thursday ahead of the three-match T20I series against Afghanistan, starting on September 13, the TimesofIndia.com can confirm.Reddy last…
BLA claims major offensive across Balochistan, 52 Pakistani personnel killed in 28 operations The Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) has claimed that it carried out 28 operations across Balochistan between September 1 and 7, killing 52 Pakistani military personnel and injuring several others.The claims come against the backdrop of separate military operations in the province, with…
NEW DELHI: Students living in paying guest accommodations across Delhi are being asked to flag structural and fire safety gaps through an ABVP survey launched Wednesday after the Satya Niketan tragedy, as the organisation presses for inspections and accountability.Under its “Aakhir Kab Tak?” campaign, Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad workers visited PGs in student-dominated areas, asking…
Manon Fiorot has already decided what a win over Alexa Grasso should lead to.“I think the winner of this fight will be the next one for the belt,” Fiorot told TimesofIndia.com ahead of her flyweight bout against Grasso at UFC Noche on September 13 at Glendale, Arizona. “I’m pretty sure the winner on Saturday evening…
Explosion in Syria weapons warehouse An explosion at a weapons warehouse in Syria’s northwestern Idlib province killed at least 14 people and injured 11 on Wednesday, state television reported, citing the health ministry.The blast took place near Sarmada, close to the Turkish border, although authorities did not immediately establish what triggered the explosion.The site had…