US President Donald Trump (AP photo) US President Donald Trump on Friday announced that Thailand and Cambodia, two Southeast Asian neighbours locked in a long-running territorial dispute, had agreed to halt all hostilities with immediate effect.Trump said he had a “good conversation” with the prime ministers of both nations about their “long-running war”, after which…
NEW DELHI: Veteran leader P Chidambaram on Friday hit out at his own party’s government in Karnataka after home minsiter G Parameshwara’s called for demolition of structures constructed using money from drug peddling in the state.In a social media post on X, Chidambaram said that Congress is against “bulldozer justice” and asked the Karnataka government…
Girls in rural India taught chess for free (Photo Credit: Special arrangements) NEW DELHI: The queen was not always the strongest piece in chess. From the inception of “Chaturanga” in India in the 6th century, and through its long journey across the Middle East before reaching Europe in the 15th century, the piece we now…
Pakistan on Friday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with global crypto exchange Binance to explore tokenisation of sovereign and real-world assets of up to $2 billion, marking one of the country’s most significant steps toward adopting blockchain-based financial infrastructure, PTI reported.The MoU was signed at the Finance Division by Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb and…
Bengaluru: With Global Capability Centres (GCCs) driving a major shift in high-end finance work, Bengaluru could emerge as one of the world’s strongest hubs for chartered accountants (CAs) if the latter start learning AI tools and foreign finance models, experts said at the fifth edition of the GCC Summit 2025 organised by the Bengaluru branch…
Oregon’s Willamette and Pacific universities announce merger to form largest private college. (Getty Images) Oregon’s Willamette University and Pacific University have announced plans to merge, creating the state’s largest private university. The proposed new system, tentatively called the University of the Northwest, would combine the resources of both institutions and serve more than 6,000 students…
Navi Mumbai: The chief officer of Matheran hill station municipal council, Rahul Ingale has lodged a complaint after his New Panvel sector-14 residence was broken into. The unidentified thieves had decamped with gold jewelry worth Rs 2.5 lakh. Ingale’s family members were staying in the house till Aug 2025 and some household items had been…
Fifty years after its release, Sholay, starring Amitabh Bachchan, Dharmendra alongside Hema Malini, Sanjeev Kumar and Amjad Khan, is back in theatres with its original ending—one that audiences never got to see the first time. For director Ramesh Sippy, the re-release has reopened memories of a time when the film was written off long before…
Good sleep is a vital part of one’s health, productivity, and general well-being. Nevertheless, there are numerous individuals who find it difficult to sleep comfortably when the weather is hot, especially in countries with moderate climates where houses are not designed for mechanical cooling. The influence of bedrooms on sleep is often underestimated in residential…
NEW DELHI: Authorities must take responsibility for every stage of a project, the road transport ministry said in its ‘Guidelines for Prevention and Mitigation of Road Tunnel Collapses’ issued on Thursday, amid a trend of highway authorities finding easy escape for such mishaps by passing the blame on contractors and consultants.As per the guidelines, the…
