NEW YORK — The price of oil surpassed $100 a barrel for the first time in almost six weeks after attacks on oil facilities and ships in the Middle East threatened to debilitate an already weakened supply chain. The most heavily traded contract for a barrel of Brent crude, the international standard, settled at $97.89 […]
SRINAGAR — Srinagar Lok Sabha MP Ruhullah Mehdi on Tuesday said the democracy in the country is “beginning to breathe” while referring to the protests against Chief Election Commissioner (CEC), Gyanesh Kumar, and demanded that all polls held under his supervision be “revisited and reviewed”. He also criticised the crackdown on protesters in Delhi during […]
PULWAMA — The second edition of the Royal Premier League Pulwama commenced in this south Kashmir district on Wednesday evening, marking a striking display of the region’s changing social landscape. In an area once associated with the presence of terror groups, the cricket tournament has brought a very different energy to the forefront-one defined by […]
NEW DELHI — Mobile number porting requests under the Mobile Number Portability service crossed the 100 crore mark on July 6, telecom regulator Trai said on Friday. The MNP service was launched on January 20, 2011. “On July 6, 2024, the porting requests processed in the country since January 2011 in India crossed the 100 […]
NEW DELHI — People are more likely to trust doctors and scientists, while their faith in public health agencies and social media is much less, finds a study. The study, conducted at the University of Florida examined the factors fuelling this mistrust and explored potential solutions. The team analysed responses from 5,842 adults in the […]
ISLAMABAD — Incarcerated former prime minister and PTI founder Imran Khan will run for the position of chancellor of Oxford University from Adiala Jail, British newspaper The Telegraph has quoted his advisor on international media, Syed Zulfi Bukhari, as saying. Imran, himself an Oxford graduate, is currently in Adiala Jail in a fresh Toshakhana case […]
JAMMU — Security Forces opened fire after movement of an Quadcopter was noticed on intervening Thursday and Friday night along Line of Control at Nowshera sector in Jhanger area of Rajouri district, said an official. The official told GNS that movement of the enemy Quadcopter was noticed in Sair along Line of Control in the […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Friday paid tributes to the martyrs of the 1999 Kargil war. “On the 25th anniversary of Kargil Vijay Diwas, I pay my humble tributes to brave armed forces personnel, who made the supreme sacrifice in the service of the motherland during India’s victory in ‘Operation […]
JAMMU — In a major crackdown on Thursday, the Jammu Police recovered a staggering 435 forged gun licences from a building under construction in Gadigarh near Harward College. Tirath Singh, who is believed to own several gun houses in the area had kept forged gun licenses in his newly under-construction building, said the police officials. […]
DRASS (KARGIL) — Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday paid homage to the Kargil war martyrs here to mark the 25th anniversary of India’s victory over Pakistan in the 1999 war. The prime minister laid a floral wreath at the Drass War Memorial to pay tributes to officers and soldiers of the armed forces who […]
SAN FRANCISCO — ChatGPT maker OpenAI has announced its foray into the search market dominated by Google, with launching SearchGPT which is an AI-powered search engine offering real-time access to information across the web. The Sam Altman-run company said it is testing SearchGPT, “a temporary prototype of new AI search features that give you fast […]
WASHINGTON — US Vice President and Democratic party nominee for Presidential elections, Kamala Harris, held discussions with Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and told him that it is time to get a ceasefire “deal done,” adding that she “will not be silent” about the suffering in Gaza, reported CNN. Vice President Harris on Thursday touted […]
LADAKH — Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Kargil today on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the Kargil Vijay Diwas and pay homage to the bravehearts who made the supreme sacrifice in the line of duty. PM Modi will visit the Kargil War Memorial at around 9:20 am and pay tribute to the […]
