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President Asif Ali Zardari on Thursday formally appointed Army Chief Field Marshal Asim Munir as Pakistan’s first Chief of Defence Forces (CDF) for a period of five years.The move follows the recent passage of the 27th Constitutional Amendment on November 12, which created the post of CDF to unify command across the armed forces and…

Intel has said that it is shelving plans to spin off or sell a stake in its Networking and Edge Group (NEX) division. The chipmaker said that it is now best positioned to succeed as an internal unit. The decision marks a reversal of a strategy announced earlier this year. The company said it would…

Celina Jaitly has filed a plea in court as her brother Major Vikrant Jaitly has been detained in the UAE for th last 14 months. She filed a request so that the Indian Government can help rescue him. A hearing took place in court today and the Delhi High Court has directed to facilitate communication…

IndiGo CEO Pieter Elbers has written to employees acknowledging the severe disruptions that have hit the airline in recent days, conceding that IndiGo “could not live up to the promise” of providing a good travel experience to passengers. The carrier has seen more than 300 flight cancellations on Thursday alone, with scores of services delayed…

Anish Giri at the Global Chess League (GCL Photo) NEW DELHI: Coming into the second edition of the Global Chess League (GCL) last year in October, the current Dutch No. 1 Anish Giri had a turbulent time. In the span of one month, his ratings dropped drastically from 2746 to 2724.To put things into perspective,…

Search operation launched after bomb threat (ANI image) NEW DELHI: Security agencies on Thursday launched an extensive search operation in Rajasthan’s Ajmer after the district administration received a bomb threat email. The email claimed that RDX-based explosives had been planted at the Ajmer Sharif dargah, the district collectorate and the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant in…

Then-Gujarat CM Modi accompanying then-PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee, in a meeting with Putin NEW DELHI: As Russian President Vladimir Putin prepares to visit India for a much-anticipated meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, old images of the two leaders have resurfaced online. The photographs, taken in Moscow in 2001, show Modi — then the Chief…

Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli (AFP Photo) NEW DELHI: Former India head coach Ravi Shastri has issued a strong message to those questioning the places of Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma in the Indian team, especially amid growing discussions around their ODI future and India’s roadmap for the 2027 World Cup.Go Beyond The Boundary with…

Nasa astronaut Don Pettit has captivated the internet with a striking photograph taken from space, showing the Saudi Arabian city of Mecca shimmering against the night. The orbital image reveals a brilliant central glow visible distinctly even from 400 kilometres above Earth.Don Pettit shared the image highlighting “Islam’s holiest city” being visible even from space….

AHMEDABAD: A Indigo flight travelling from Medina to Hyderabad was forced to make an emergency landing in Ahmedabad on Thursday following a suspected bomb threat, airport officials said.The flight had 180 passengers and 6 crew members, airport sources told news agency ANI. Over 70 IndiGo Flights Cancelled Across India as Crew Shortage Triggers Massive Disruption…