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The Indian crew on board of a cargo ship seized by Iran’s Revolutionary Guards can go back any time they wish, Iranian ambassador Iraj Ilahi told NDTV in an exclusive interview today. They are not detained and are under the command of the captain of the ship. The Portuguese flagged container ship MSC Aries and its crew were seized by Iran’s Revolutionary Guards near the Strait of Hormuz on April 13. Iran had said the vessel is “related to the Zionist regime (Israel) in the Gulf”. Earlier today, one of the crew members — deck cadet Ms. Ann Tessa Joseph,…
Google fired 28 employees following a disruptive sit-down protest over the tech giant’s contract with the Israeli government, a Google spokesperson said Thursday. The Tuesday demonstration was organized by the group “No Tech for Apartheid,” which has long opposed “Project Nimbus,” Google’s joint $1.2 billion contract with Amazon to provide cloud services to the government of Israel. Video of the demonstration showed police arresting Google workers in Sunnyvale, California, in the office of Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian’s, according to a post by the advocacy group on X, formerly Twitter. Kurian’s office was occupied for 10 hours, the advocacy group…
Elon Musk is expected to visit India to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi next week and announce an investment of $2 billion – $3 billion in setting up a Tesla manufacturing unit in the country. Over the past few years, Tesla has expressed interest in entering the Indian market, hindered mainly by steep import duties. However, with the recent announcement of reduced import tariffs for Electric Vehicles (EVs) priced above $35,000, provided the manufacturer gives a guarantee of investment of Rs 4,150 crore and sets up the manufacturing plant within three years with 25% localisation and subsequently achieves 50% localisation…
At least 80 Maoists have been killed and more than 125 arrested while 150 have surrendered in this year so far in Chhattisgarh, where 29 ultras were gunned down two days ago in a fierce encounter with security forces, officials said today. Left-Wing Extremism-related violence has declined in the country by 52 per cent and the number of deaths by 69 per cent from 6,035 to 1,868 in 2014-23 compared to 2004-14, according to Union home ministry data. Since the formation of the Vishnu Deo Sai government in Chhattisgarh in December 2023, pro-active operations have been carried out and, as…
Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Anil Chauhan has said he believes that space is already an established domain of warfare and it will “cast its influence” on air, maritime and land domains. In a recorded video address that was played at the inaugural session of the three-day Indian Defence Space Symposium in Delhi on Thursday, General Chauhan also said that “space diplomacy” will soon become a reality. Navy Chief Admiral R Hari Kumar, Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) Chairman Samir V Kamat and other senior officers of the armed forces attended the event held at the Manekshaw Centre…
On Thursday morning, students at a school in Uttar Pradesh were deprived of an academic lesson because their principal was busy getting a facial, but possibly learned a valuable life lesson instead – facts are, sometimes, indeed stranger than fiction. Police officials said Sangeeta Singh, the headmistress of a primary school in Unnao district, was getting a facial done when she was supposed to be teaching students. The beauty procedure was being carried out in the area where food is cooked for students of the primary school in Dandamau village of Bighapur block and an assistant teacher, Anam Khan, caught…
Fashion designer-actor Masaba Gupta and Satyadeep Misra are all set to welcome a baby. The couple announced their pregnancy in an Instagram post on Thursday evening. In a joint post with her husband, Masaba Gupta shared three images including one in which the lovely couple can be seen seated on the floor. Alongside the post, she wrote, “In other news – Two little feet are on their way to us! Please send love, blessings and banana chips ( plain salted ONLY) #babyonboard #mom&dad.”Parineeti Chopra was among the first to congratulate Masaba. “Congratsss mama,” she wrote. Roshni Chopra wrote, “Omg happy…
KL Rahul is celebrating his 32nd birthday today and on this occasion, the Indian cricketer received an adorable wish from his wife Athiya Shetty. The actress shared two adorable candid pictures with KL Rahul and wrote a sweet birthday note. Calling KL Rahul, her “everything,” she wrote, “my whole heart for my whole life…happy birthday, my everything.” In the first image, the two can be seen posing for a selfie in their beach wear. The next is a monochrome picture in which Athiya gives a warm hug to her husband. For the unversed, Athiya Shetty and KL Rahul got married…
PBKS vs MI Live Updates, IPL 2024: Rohit Sharma has equalled a historic feat of MS Dhoni as Mumbai Indians got an invitation to bat first against Punjab Kings in an IPL 2024 game on Thursday. Rohit achieved the feat by getting named in MI’s playing XI for the game. He is making appearance in his 250th IPL game, thus becoming only the second batter after MS Dhoni to do so. Sam Curran won the toss and opted to bowl first against MI in the game in Mullanpur. (Live Scorecard | IPL 2024 Points Table) Here are the Live Updates…
North Korea is developing lethal bacteria and viruses as part of the country’s biological weapons (BW) programme, US officials have warned. In its annual assessment, the US State Department said that the reclusive state has developed sprays and “poison pens” as a means of spreading deadly diseases, as per a report the UK-based The Times. The report titled “Adherence to and Compliance with Arms Control, Nonproliferation and Disarmament Agreements and Commitments” focusses less on North Korea’s nuclear programme and more on the weapons designed to spread bugs such as anthrax and smallpox. The report noted that the North has had…