Trump-Xi summit puts tariffs, AI, rare earths and Taiwan in focus Chinese President Xi Jinping arrives in Washington on September 23 for a three-day state visit. When US President Donald Trump welcomes Xi to the White House, the two leaders will have plenty to talk about: tariffs, artificial intelligence, rare earths, Taiwan and Iran.India will…
German cruiser SMS Emden that bombarded the city during the WWI on September 22. When World War I broke out in Europe in July 1914, Madras was thousands of kilometres away from the battlefields. Yet there was little certainty among British authorities that the war would remain confined to Europe. The city’s strategic importance as…
File photo: Pezeshkian waves to media and officials as he boards his plane while leaving Mehrabad airport for New York to attend the UN General Assembly, in Tehran, Iran Iranian president Masoud Pezeshkian is set to address the United Nations General Assembly in New York this week, giving Tehran a rare opportunity to make its…
The DRDO has developed different classes of lasers, which are increasingly becoming more powerful. (Image credit: DRDO) India is moving to take its indigenous directed-energy weapon capability from trials to production, with the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) set to seek an industry partner within the next six months for its 30kW-class counter-drone laser…
Main accused Nandan Yadav injured in police encounter in Jamui, hospitalised JAMUI: Nandan Yadav, the main accused in the Jamui minor molestation and assault case, was injured in a police encounter on Tuesday and has been admitted to a hospital for treatment, police said. Yadav sustained a bullet injury in leg, according to officials.Police said…
New Delhi, Sep 20 (ANI): Fire and Fury Gunners, alongside Infantry units and Indo-Tibetan Border Police, conducts Exercise AGNEYASTRA-IV, on Sunday. (@firefurycorps X/ANI Photo) Well entrenched in the information age, network-centric warfare is changing the way wars are fought. At its core, network-centric warfare is about gathering and turning information into a battlefield advantage. This…
AI generated image used for representative purpose NEW DELHI: A district consumer commission in Punjab has directed MakeMyTrip to refund Rs 18,775 to a consumer after two hotel properties booked through its platform were found to be non-existent. The commission also awarded Rs 25,000 compensation and Rs 5,000 litigation costs in an order passed on…
Photo credit: Christies.com A woman, named Norma Ifill from Philadelphia, paid just $15 for an unusual necklace at a Brooklyn flea market, wore it for years without knowing its origin, and only later learned it was a work by Alexander Calder, according to a report by The Sun. The forgotten piece, a silver wire and…
