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BARIPADA/PURI: At least three people were killed and three others injured as Nor’westers battered Odisha’s Mayurbhanj and Puri districts, police reported on Saturday.Strong winds accompanied by thunderstorms struck Baripada, the headquarters of Mayurbhanj district, around 11 pm on Friday, an officer said.“Two people were killed, and three others were injured. The deceased were travelling on…

PM Modi inaugurates Jewar airport NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday inaugurated Phase I of the Noida International Airport at Jewar in Uttar Pradesh, marking a significant milestone in India’s expanding aviation infrastructure.PM Modi was accompanied by Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath and Governor Anandiben Patel. Developed at an investment of around…

Russian oil supplies to India could rise sharply, potentially doubling from January levels to account for at least 40% of India’s total imports. (AI image) As supply disruptions from the Strait of Hormuz continue due to the US-Iran war, India has stepped up its purchases of Russian crude oil. In fact, compared to the January…

Nearly four years after introducing its most extreme security feature, Apple says Lockdown Mode has yet to be successfully breached. As per a report by Tech Crunch, no iPhone has been breached even by sophisticated government-grade spyware.The company confirmed it has not observed a single case where an iPhone or other Apple device running Lockdown…

The United States expects its military operations against Iran to conclude within “weeks, not months,” and can achieve its objectives without deploying ground troops, secretary of state Marco Rubio said on Friday. Speaking after meetings with G7 counterparts in France, Rubio said Washington was “on or ahead of schedule in that operation, and expect to…

Tiger Woods (Image credit: Agencies) NEW DELHI: A major controversy erupted around golf legend Tiger Woods on Saturday after he was arrested on a charge of driving under the influence when his Land Rover rolled over on a two-lane road near his Jupiter Island home in Florida on Friday. Woods was lodged in the Martin…

US president Donald Trump on Friday winkingly referred to the Strait of Hormuz, the critical oil shipping route and a key choke point in the Iran war, as “Strait of Hormuz.”While speaking at the Future Investment Initiative in Miami Trump said, “Iran has to ‘open up the Strait of Trump, I mean, Hormuz,’” Trump said…

Ranveer Singh starrer ‘Dhurandhar: The Revenge’ has been the talk of the town right from the word go. The initial box office figures also showed that the movie has lived up to the hype. With a record-breaking premiere collection, followed by an impressive weekend opening, beating giants like ‘Pushpa 2,’ ‘Dhurandhar 2’ created history at…

India’s Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli (PTI Photo/Arun Sharma) Former India cricketer Yograj Singh has stirred a fresh debate around longevity and relevance in Indian cricket, taking a sharp dig at Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma amid growing conversations around age and retirement.With both Kohli and Rohit now active only in one format after stepping away…

NEW DELHI: In a major push for defence acquisition, the Rajnath Singh-led Defence Acquisition Council on Friday granted approvals to various proposals worth around Rs 2.38 lakh crore, including for additional units of the Russian-made S-400 long-range surface-to-air missile system and 155mm Dhanush — howitzer — gun systems.“The decisions taken in the Defence Acquisition Council…