File photo: B‑1B Lancer bomber at the RAF Fairford airbase (Picture credit: Reuters) The United States has withdrawn all its bombers from RAF Fairford in England, a US-run military base that had been used to launch strikes on Iran, following an investigation into a suspected terror plot targeting the facility.The bombers have been redeployed to…
NEW DELHI: Farmer organisations under the Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM) umbrella have rejected govt’s minimum support prices for Rabi crops for 2027-28, announced on Sept 30, calling the Rs 25-per-quintal – equivalent to just 25 paise per kg – increase for wheat an “insult”.SKM sought immediate revision of MSPs for all Rabi crops and freedom…
In 2021, Australian engineers mixed shredded single-use face masks with processed building rubble for road bases; the material met engineering standards, and 1 km of two-lane road could use about 3 million masks/Image: RMIT University About 3 million single-use face masks could be used to build the base of a one-kilometre, two-lane road, according to…
External affairs minister S Jaishankar said Sunday India’s approach to the Russia-Ukraine war had moved beyond just the advocacy of dialogue and diplomacy between the 2 countries, suggesting India might be looking to actively mediate in the conflict. Both Moscow and Kyiv have said in the past few days that India had come up with…
The shooting took place at around 1:25 am during a large gathering attended by more than 1,000 people. Two people were killed, and at least 25 others were injured after gunfire erupted at a homecoming block party in Vienna, Georgia, early Sunday, The Guardian reported citing authorities.The shooting took place at around 1:25 am during…
NEW DELHI: Mumbai Police on Sunday registered an FIR against the organisers of the joint morcha led by Maharashtra Navnirman Sena and Shiv Sena (UBT) for not obtaining mandatory police clearance and violating prohibitory orders.The FIR was registered at the Azad Maidan police station after Uddhav Thackeray and Raj Thackeray led a joint protest march…
Texas landowners feared border barriers would cut off access to the Rio Grande; an October 2 court order now blocks construction in the Big Bend sector while the legal challenge continues/Image: Getty Images A federal judge has blocked further construction of border barriers in Texas’ Big Bend region after landowners and local groups warned that…
NEW DELHI: A number of farmer organisations, joining hands under umbrella outfit, Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM), have rejected the new minimum support prices (MSPs) for Rabi crops for 2027-28, announced by the govt on Sept 30, saying that the Rs 25-per-quintal hike in the MSP for wheat—equivalent to just 25 paise per kilogram—is an insult.The…
Retired FBI agent Dave Benscoter turned his retirement into a mission to find ‘lost’ apples. (Photo: Dave Benscoter) Retirement from the FBI gave Washington native Dave Benscoter plenty of time on his hands in 2012. Little did he know that a routine day of yard work would eventually lead him on a more than decade-long…
RANCHI: More than 300 students from Birla Institute of Technology (BIT) Mesra took part in in a 24-hour hackathon focused on some of the most pressing challenges emerging from the rapid adoption of artificial intelligence, including high-precision generative AI systems, deepfake-driven insurance fraud and agentic AI applications.The event, Adrosonic Build, organised by technology company Adrosonic,…
