NEW DELHI: Marriages, long regarded as sacrosanct in Hindu culture, are increasingly breaking down over minor and trivial issues, the Bombay High Court observed while quashing a dowry harassment case against a man and his family.In its July 8 order, the Nagpur bench comprising Justices Nitin Sambre and M M Nerlikar noted that in matrimonial…
In a major policy shift, the union ministry of road transport and highways has scrapped the practice of assigning fixed construction targets to states. Instead, it will now work jointly with states and collaborate in order to set floating targets for building national highways, expressways, and greenfield corridors, reported ET.Under the new approach, the centre…
NEW DELHI: Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah scaled the boundary wall of the Mazar-e-Shuhada graveyard in Srinagar on Monday to offer prayers after alleging that security forces had tried to prevent him from doing so for two consecutive days.Abdullah, 55, claimed he had been under house arrest on July 13, observed as Martyrs’…
(Representative AI image) China’s exports grew at a faster pace in June, boosted by a temporary easing of US tariffs that encouraged a surge in orders before a looming August deadline.According to customs data released Monday, exports rose 5.8% year-on-year, up from May’s 4.8% growth, while imports posted their first increase this year, rising 1.1%.The…
NEW DELHI: The student accused of raping a woman on the campus of a top management school in Kolkata has admitted to purchasing sleeping pills and mixing them into cold drinks and water offered to the woman before the alleged assault, according to a senior police officer, quoted by PTI.“The accused had admitted to having…
MUMBAI :Adani Electricity continued its campaign against electricity thefts in suburbs. In a latest media report, it announced filing 1,166 FIRs against electricity theft offenders in 2024-2025, showing an increase from 974 FIRs in 2023-2024 — rise of 20%.This enforcement led to a reduction in distribution losses to 4.70% in 2024-25 from 5.47% previously.The company…
NEW DELHI: India’s booming futures and options (F&O) market saw a sharp dip in trading activity last week, with volumes dropping by nearly 20%, following Securities and Exchange Board of India’s (Sebi) ban on New York-based quantitative trading firm Jane Street over alleged market manipulation.The daily average turnover in index options on the NSE, which…
Gibran raises $2.6 million to build nature-inspired, adaptive AI systems (Representative AI image) BENGALURU: AI research startup Gibran has raised $2.6 million in a seed round led by Together Fund to develop a new class of adaptive, scale-free systems that augment human creativity and decision-making. The company draws on principles from evolutionary biology and complex…
NEW DELHI: The Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) revealed the five-member panel involved in the probe of the Ahmedabad plane crash, which claimed 260 lives.The panel submitted its 15-page preliminary report on Saturday, which revealed that the fuel control switch transitioned from ‘Run’ to ‘Cutoff’ and a MAYDAY call was issued just two minutes after…
Following the Air India AI-171 accident investigation, Etihad Airways ordered an inspection of a Boeing 787’s fuel control switch locking mechanism after a flight diverted back to Abu Dhabi. The focus is on a potential locking system failure, as highlighted in a prior safety bulletin, which could lead to unintended fuel cutoff. MUMBAI: An Etihad…
