PLAY was abandoned on the first day of the third Test between Australia and India at the Gabba in Brisbane after rain fell for much of Saturday. Australia finished the day on 28-0 with Usman Khawaja 19 not out and Nathan McSweeney on four after India captain Rohit Sharma won…
BOLLYWOOD luminaries and members of the Kapoor family gathered in Mumbai on Friday to celebrate the legacy of Raj Kapoor, a day ahead of the late actor-filmmaker's 100th birth anniversary. The event marked the start of a three-day RK Film Festival organised by PVR INOX Limited and the Film Heritage…
INDIA should do more to tax its super-rich given its high levels of inequality, French economist and author Thomas Piketty said on Friday. The writer of the best-selling book "Capital in the 21st Century" called on India to follow through on a July pledge by finance ministers from the Group…
His death comes three months after he publicly accused OpenAI of violating US copyright law while developing ChatGPT, a generative artificial intelligence programme that has become a moneymaking sensation used by hundreds of millions of people across the world, the report said. Its public release in late 2022 spurred a…
VETERAN BJP leader Lal Krishna Advani has been admitted in the ICU of Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals in New Delhi. "LK Advani ji, former deputy prime minister of India, has been admitted to the ICU of Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals for medical management and investigations," the hospital said in a statement. "He…
AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday stepped up his attack on the BJP-led central government over the "deteriorating" law and order situation in Delhi and sought a meeting with Union Home Minister Amit Shah to discuss the issue. In a letter to Shah, the former Delhi chief minister claimed that…
GUJARAT minister Harsh Sanghavi on Friday said one of the persons arrested in connection with a fake Enforcement Directorate raid in Kutch district earlier this month is a "general secretary" of Aam Aadmi Party, an allegation the Arvind Kejriwal-led outfit denied. On December 4, Kutch-East police had arrested 12 people,…
IN THE aftermath of the 34-year-old techie's suicide in Bengaluru, a public interest litigation (PIL) in the Supreme Court has sought the appointment of an expert committee to review and reform the existing dowry and domestic violence laws to stop their misuse. The PIL filed by advocate Vishal Tiwari sought…
A PROFESSOR accused of sexually harassing two female PhD researchers at IIT-Mandi has been removed from his job, the institute said on Friday. The professor had been compulsorily retired based on the report of the Internal Complaint Committee (ICC) constituted to investigate the sexual harassment case, Registrar Sambhav Pandey told…
THE TREATMENT of minorities in Bangladesh is a matter of concern for India and New Delhi hopes that Dhaka will take action for their safety, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said in the Lok Sabha on Friday. The minister said India hopes that the new dispensation in Bangladesh will settle…