LONDON: Concerns had been raised by whistleblowers for years over the safety of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft which crashed in Ahmedabad on Thursday.John Barnett, who had worked for Boeing for more than 30 years and had been employed as a quality manager at the North Charleston plant, which builds the 787 Dreamliner, had alleged…
CHHATRAPATI SAMBHAJINAGAR: The driver of Shiv Sena’s MP and former state minister Sandipan Bhumre and his MLA son, Vilas, is facing an inquiry by Economic Offences Wing (EOW) over the receipt of a three-acre prime land at Dawoodpura on Jalna Road in Sambhajinagar, valued at Rs150 crore as per the Ready Reckoner rate, in a…
Faith rules, and so does Rishikesh when it comes to remaining the priciest desi destination in terms of average hotel room rates. Though business travel gathered steam last fiscal — Mumbai and Delhi knocked off Srinagar and Udaipur from the second and third spots — leisure was the buzz, with 10 out of top 15…
NEW DELHI: An Apache helicopter of the Indian Air Force (IAF) has made an emergency landing in the Nangalpur area.Last week, IAF was forced to make an emergency landing in a field near UP’s Saharanpur after the pilots received a technical snag warning on their flying panel in the cockpit. After extensive checks on the…
PM Modi and Samrat Chaudhary (file) NEW DELHI: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday released its third and final list of 18 candidates for the upcoming Bihar Assembly elections, thereby naming nominees for all 101 seats it is contesting under the NDA seat-sharing arrangement.With this list, the BJP has completed its share of candidate…
When Tatiana Teppoeva received the layoff email from Microsoft in January 2025, her initial reaction was disbelief. But that disbelief quickly gave way to a sense of liberation. “I felt it was a green light,” she told Business Insider. After 14 years at Microsoft and an earlier 17-year career at Boeing, Teppoeva, 49, faced the…
Image via Instagram/ Georgina Rodriguez Stop the presses: Georgina Rodríguez has just confirmed what fans have been whispering for years — she and Cristiano Ronaldo are engaged. The model and influencer posted a close-up of her hand on Instagram, the enormous diamond ring glinting as if to shout the news from every rooftop: “Yes I…
(Image via Getty Images: Ron MacLean and Don Cherry) In November 2019, CBC’s Hockey Night In Canada’s segment Coach’s Corner’s iconic commentator, Don Cherry, was fired by Sportsnet because he made certain comments on the country’s immigrants. Cherry said on-air, “I live in Mississauga (Ontario). Very few people wear the poppy. Downtown Toronto, forget it…nobody…
The idea of growing plants in space once sounded like a far-off dream, but modern scientific advancements have brought it closer to reality. This achievement is not only about enjoying the sight of greenery in a weightless environment but also about ensuring survival, maintaining astronaut mental health, and supporting future deep space missions. Fresh vegetables…
NEW DELHI: Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Monday said he was absent from the party’s “Vote Chor, Gaddi Chhod” rally as he was abroad due to a prior commitment.The former diplomat, who has recently made headlines for skipping Congress meetings and praising Prime Minister Narendra Modi, added that there are “no issues” from his side.“I…
