Prime Minister Narendra Modi along with French President Emmanuel Macron. PM Modi and French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday spoke on the need to shield children from the harms of AI and social media. “We must become even more vigilant about children’s safety. Just as a school syllabus is carefully curated, the AI space too…
Ajit Pawar died in a plane crash on Jan 28 MUMBAI: DGCA carried out 51 regulatory audits of non-scheduled operators (aircraft charter companies) in 2025, govt said Thursday, adding that all findings arising from those inspections had been closed.Civil aviation ministry said audits included surveillance of VSR Ventures, operator of the Learjet 45 involved in…
Dehradun: Uttarakhand HC has set aside the appointment of the managing director of Power Transmission Corporation of Uttarakhand Ltd (PTCUL), holding that the mandatory educational qualification under Selection and Appointment of Managing Directors and Directors in the Three Corporations Rules, 2021, was not shown to have been complied with, reports Gaurav Talwar.A division bench of…
Rajnath Singh at ‘MILAN 2026’ Visakhapatnam: Defence minister Rajnath Singh urged global powers to confront fast-evolving, intertwined maritime risks through cooperation rooted in respect and reciprocity, as India opened its largest-ever multilateral naval exercise, Exercise MILAN-2026.“When our ships sail together, when our sailors train together, and when our commanders deliberate together, we build a shared…
NEW DELHI: TMC MP Mahua Moitra moved Delhi high court on Thursday, challenging a district court order refusing to grant her shared custody of a pet Rottweiler called Henry. The lawmaker had sought interim custody of Henry for 10 days every month. HC sought the stand of Moitra’s former partner and advocate, Jai Anant Dehadrai,…
NEW DELHI: Smoking on board an aircraft, with lavatories being one of the favourite places for this illegal act, could soon get one arrested and also put on the no-fly list. Continuously kicking seat backs/tray tables, tampering with emergency exits, playing with life jackets or on-board protests, too, could invite the same action under the…
DMDK, DMK forge first-ever poll pact CHENNAI: Premallatha Vijayakant sought to evoke emotion and nostalgia while addressing reporters at Anna Arivalayam on Thursday. But what stood out was pure politics: Her party, DMDK, had for the first time since Vijayakant founded it in 2005, forged an alliance with DMK.“This was to happen in 2016,” she…
PM Modi with Netherlands PM Dick Schoof Outgoing PM of the Netherlands, Dick Schoof, in an interview with TOI’s Sidhartha, says he is worried over concentration of AI development, and calls for lowering dependence on a few economies, while underlining the need for responsible use of the technology. Excerpts:What has been the focus here?China and…
NEW DELHI: After days of speculation, Bill Gates did not deliver his scheduled keynote at the AI Impact Summit 2026, with the Gates Foundation announcing the decision just hours before the address on Thursday. The Foundation had stated a day earlier that the keynote will go ahead as planned. However, Thursday morning, it was announced…
Manipur Chief Minister Yumnam Khemchand Singh with children during the distribution of financial assistance to Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) at the Alternative Housing Complex in Langol, Imphal West, on Thursday. Imphal/Churachandpur: A fractured state tried to talk to itself. For the first time since ethnic violence tore Manipur apart in May 2023, chief minister Yumnam…
