Sky News interrupted its regular programming to bring viewers a breaking update. Gareth Barlow halted the programme to announce that BBC wildlife presenter Bill Oddie has died at the age of 85. “Breaking news to bring you now. Just hearing that the wildlife presenter and comedian Bill Oddie has died at the age of 85,”…
Australia’s most decorated living soldier, Ben Roberts-Smith, has been arrested at Sydney airport in relation to alleged war crimes. The Australian federal police and the Office of the Special Investigator announced details of the investigation in Sydney on Tuesday. They said Roberts-Smith was expected to be charged with “five counts of war crime – murder”….
Air India was privatized several years ago, in hopes of returning to its glory days, in terms of both customer service and profitability. Campbell Wilson was tapped as CEO when the airline was privatized, and while he has some accomplishments to show for his tenure, things are still very far from perfect, especially on the…
Director and actor RJ Balaji opened up about the journey behind his blockbuster film ‘Karuppu’ and revealed how actor Thalapathy Vijay and the Kannada hit ‘Kantara’ played a major role in shaping the movie. In a recent interview, Balaji shared that ‘Karuppu’ was initially meant to be Vijay’s final film before entering politics. Though the…
MUMBAI: Vijay Singh, a former Indian defence secretary whose eligibility as a trustee has come under legal challenge, absented himself from the board meeting of the Bai Hirabai Jamsetji Tata Navsari Charitable Institution on Friday, the latest sign of an intensifying governance dispute within India’s most powerful philanthropic network.The challenge was brought by Mehli Mistry,…
An oil slick from a stricken Iranian ship threatens to contaminate one of the Middle East’s most important wetlands, satellite image analysis suggests, making it one of a number of spills posing a risk to the livelihoods of coastal communities in the Gulf. The Shahid Bagheri, a drone carrier, began leaking heavy fuel oil in…
The substitute Pape Gueye scored a pair of sensational second-half goals from long range as Senegal got a much-needed boost to their goal difference with a 5-0 victory over 10-man Iraq in their Group I finale. Ismaïla Sarr added his third goal of the tournament, the first of four after half-time for the Lions of…
ISRO ISTRAC opens recruitment for multiple technical and support posts; online applications begin across India today ISRO ISTRAC Recruitment 2026: The ISRO Telemetry Tracking and Command Network (ISTRAC), Bengaluru, has invited online applications for recruitment to multiple technical, scientific and support posts under Advertisement No. ISTRAC:02:2026. The notification was released on June 27, 2026, and…
US stock markets traded cautiously near record levels on Monday as rising oil prices and fresh tensions around the Strait of Hormuz kept investors on edge, AP reported.The S&P 500 slipped 0.1 per cent after touching an all-time high, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 216 points, or 0.4 per cent, as of 9:35…
New Delhi, Apr 4 (PTI) Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Saturday hit out at Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin over his criticism of the three-language formula, saying the narrative of “imposition” is a “tired attempt” to mask political failures. Pradhan said mischaracterising a progressive and inclusive reform as “linguistic imposition” was aimed…
