Azerbaijan says Russia pledged to punish those responsible for plane crash
Azerbaijan said on Monday (December 30, 2024) that Moscow had promised to punish those responsible for the downing of an Azerbaijan Airlines plane that Baku says was shot at by Russian air defences.The AZAL Embraer 190 jet crash-landed in Kazakhstan on December 25, killing 38 of the 67 people on board. Azerbaijan accuses Russia of […]
KTR Demands Memorial For PV Narasimha Rao In Delhi
Following the Telangana Assembly’s passing of a resolution seeking the Bharat Ratna for late former Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh, Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) leader KT Rama Rao urged the state government to persuade the Central government to establish a memorial for former Prime Minister PV Narasimha Rao in the national capital. Mr Rao said, […]
Appeals Court Upholds Verdict In Trump Sexual Abuse Case
A federal appeals court on Monday upheld a jury verdict ordering President-elect Donald Trump to pay $5 million for sexually abusing and defaming writer E. Jean Carroll. A New York jury found after a nine-day civil trial last year that the former president had sexually abused Carroll at a Manhattan department store in 1996. Trump […]
Elon Musk Wants Weak Europe, Says Germany’s Vice Chancellor
U.S. billionaire Elon Musk’s support for Germany’s far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) is a “logical and systematic” play for a weak Europe that will not be able to regulate as strongly, Vice Chancellor Robert Habeck said in his New Year’s address. The calls by Musk are not made out of ignorance, said Habeck, who is […]
Rahul Gandhi Behaved Like “Bouncer” Rather Than…: BJP’s Pratap Sarangi
Balasore BJP MP Pratap Chandra Sarangi on Monday criticised Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, alleging that he behaved like a “bouncer” rather than the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, a position once held by esteemed personalities like Atal Bihari Vajpayee. Mr Sarangi, who was injured and had to be admitted to a hospital […]
Steve Bannon warns Elon, Vivek; says there will be no reforms in H-1B because…
Steve Bannon said the technocrats have folded too quickly on the H-1B visa row because they are wrong. While the MAGA infighting over the H-1B dialed down after Donald Trump said he supports the program, his former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon upped the ante over the H-1B issue. Warning Elon Musk and Vivek […]
Elon Musk’s 2-point solution to fix broken H-1B system: X users ask what’s Tesla doing
Elon Musk said H-1B hiring should be costlier for companies than hiring American workers. Elon Musk provided an easy two-point solution to fix the broken H-1B program which he defended vociferously going against the MAGA activists and then Musk even abused them and declared war. Elon Musk asserted his belief in importing the top talent […]
‘It was a flying object that was unidentified’: Former US President Jimmy Carter on his UFO encounter
Former US President Jimmy Carter, who died on Sunday at the age of 100, once shared a striking account of a UFO sighting in 1969, though he remained skeptical about the existence of extraterrestrial life. The incident, which he recounted both before and during his presidency, continues to draw interest.In a 2005 interview with GQ […]
“He Is Our Dalit Leader”: Congress Dismisses Demand For Priyank Kharge’s Resignation
 Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar has rejected BJP’s demand for the resignation of state minister Priyank Kharge and said party leaders “know his integrity”. “We know the integrity of Priyank Kharge, the investigation is going on. No question of anyone resigning. Priyank Kharge is our Dalit leader. It is not possible (to hand over […]
US Treasury Says Was Targeted By China State-Sponsored Cyberattack
The US Treasury Department said Monday that a China state-sponsored actor was behind a cyber breach resulting in access to some of its workstations, according to a letter to Congress seen by AFP. The incident happened earlier this month, when the actor compromised a third-party cybersecurity service provider and was able to remotely access the […]
From Nuclear Submarines To Tejas Jet: Top Indian Defence Milestones In 2024
In 2024, India witnessed some of the most path-breaking achievements, ranging from border disengagement with China along the Line of Actual Control to the first test flight of the new variant Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas Mk1A to the testing of a hypersonic missile. The country’s defence and security apparatus evolved in the land, sea, […]
‘I am amused’: Atishi on Delhi LG attacking Kejriwal for calling her ‘temporary CM’
NEW DELHI: Lieutenant Governor of Delhi VK Saxena on Monday wrote a letter to Delhi CM Atishi conveying his objections over ex-CM Arvind Kejriwal calling her ‘temporary CM’.“I found it deeply objectionable and was personally hurt when your predecessor, Shri Arvind Kejriwal, recently declared you in the media as merely a temporary and stopgap Chief […]