NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday asked Punjab chief secretary and police chief why contempt proceedings are not being initiated against them for non-compliance with its December 20 order of hospitalization of farmer Jagjit Singh Dallewal, who is fasting until death. at the Shambhu border for almost a month.A special panel of Justices Surya…
Tech billionaire Elon Musk faced accusations of censorship on Friday from conservative colleagues after several prominent right-wing accounts that had criticized Musk’s views on immigration said they subsequently lost access to premium features on the social media app. Musk, X. According to a review by NBC News. Some reports said that the number of people…
WEST PALM BEACH, Florida – After a nearly week-long search, Athena found her way home to her Florida family in time for Christmas Eve and even rang the doorbell. Athena, a four-year-old German shepherd-husky mix, escaped from her home in Green Cove Springs, Florida, on December 15, sparking a search through the community and nearby…
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday reiterated his call for improved relations with Afghanistan, but stressed that the administration in Kabul must first rein in Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP). Relations between Pakistan and Afghanistan have been strained due to frequent border skirmishes and Islamabad has repeatedly demanded Kabul take action against the banned TTP for using…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister of Malaysia Anwar Ibrahim posted a moving tribute to Dr Manmohan Singh on Friday ‘X’, recalling the many kindnesses of “his dear friend” when he, Anwar, was imprisoned, and describing him as “a little clumsy as a politician but undeniably upright, firm and determined as a statesman,” a man “whose legacy…
Google’s blowout earnings report in April, which sparked the biggest rally in Alphabet shares since 2015 and pushed its market cap past $2 trillion for the first time, tempered fear that the company was falling behind in artificial intelligence. As executives enthusiastically talked about the results with Google’s employees at an all-hands meeting the following week, it was clear that Wall…
A former senior adviser and close friend of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he doesn’t think Trudeau will still lead the Liberals in the next election. Gerald Butts writes in a Substack newsletter today that Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland’s recent cabinet resignation dealt Trudeau a stunning blow that loosened his already tenuous grip on the…
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) said Friday that its Parker solar probe was “safe” and operating normally after successfully completing the closest approach to the Sun of any man-made object. The spacecraft passed just 3.8 million miles (6.1 million kilometers) from the Sun’s surface on Dec. 24, flying into the Sun’s outer atmosphere…
JAMMU: The lockdown in Katra town in J&K’s Reasi district against the proposed ropeway project entered the third day on Friday even as Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Sangharsh Samitiwho led the strike, extended the agitation for another 72 hours and said all activities in the holy city would remain suspended during the lockdown.Meanwhile, the J&K…
A fire broke out inside a Christmas market kiosk in Midtown Manhattan on Friday morning, authorities said. There were no injuries. The fire started shortly before 9:30 a.m. in a shed in Bryant Park’s Winter Village and was extinguished a short time later, the FDNY said. The kiosk and an adjacent booth were damaged and…
