New Delhi: Senior advocate K V Viswanathan, whose name was recommended by the collegium for judgeship in the Supreme Court, will become the 58th Chief Justice of India in August 2030 for a period of over nine months if the Centre gives the nod. The collegium, headed by Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud, in…
Kolkata, May 16 (PTI) An explosion at an illegal firecracker unit located in Egra in Purba Medinipur district of West Bengal killed five people and critically injured seven others on Tuesday, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said. The impact of the explosion “was so massive” that the factory, which was being run from a residential building,…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Japan, Papua New Guinea and Australia from May 19 to 24, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) announced on Tuesday. Modi will be in Japanese city of Hiroshima from May 19 to 21 for the G7 summit. The MEA said the prime minister will speak at G7 sessions…
Mumbai: Low-cost international carrier Air India Express on Tuesday said it has hired over 280 pilots and 250 cabin crew during a recent recruitment drive conducted across Delhi, Mumbai and Bangalore. Approximately 300 pilots actively participated in the selection process conducted during the drive, the airline said. Formerly under the Indian Government, Air India Express is…
New Delhi: “Kennedy” is darker than what Anurag Kashyap explored in “Ugly”, says actor Rahul Bhat who believes his role of a cop-turned-assassin is the director’s version of an “angry middle-aged man”. The upcoming noirish thriller, set for Cannes premiere later this month, follows the titular character working for a corrupt police force with scores…
New Delhi: Barely two weeks into his new role as head coach of Indian men’s hockey team, South African Craig Fulton is pretty clear about his goals — to make the side number one in Asia and qualify for next year’s Olympics in Paris. Fulton, who witnessed the rise of Belgium hockey since 2018, wants India…
New Delhi: A slight delay is expected in the onset of the southwest monsoon over Kerala and it is likely to arrive by June 4, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Tuesday. The southwest monsoon normally sets in over Kerala on June 1, with a standard deviation of about 7 days. “This year, the…
Bengaluru: Karnataka BJP president Nalin Kumar Kateel on Tuesday alleged ‘Talibanisation’ has started in the state after the victory of the Congress in the Assembly polls and those indulging in “anti-national activities” are “rising up” to destroy peace. The Lok Sabha member from Dakshina Kannada met family members of Krishnappa, a BJP worker who was…
Islamabad: Pakistan has no other option but to ask its all-weather ally China to bail out its ailing economy to avert full fledged eruption of the Balance of Payment (BoP) crisis if the IMF does not revive the USD 6.5 billion programme, according to a media report on Tuesday. The policymakers are left with no other…
New Delhi: With the robot capable of distinguishing one object from another, it can record the time and date objects enter or leave its view. The researchers then developed a graphical interface to enable users to choose objects they want to be tracked and, after typing the objects’ names, search for them on a smartphone…
