Alexis Wilkins first met Kash Patel in 2022 Indian-origin Kash Patel was sworn in as the ninth director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on Friday. The oath was administered by US Attorney General Pam Bondi on the Bhagavad Gita. Mr Patel was joined by his family and girlfriend Alexis Wilkins, a country singer … Read more
Mumbai: Vasundhara Oswal, daughter of Indian-origin billionaire Pankaj Oswal jailed for the kidnapping and murder of her father’s former employee in Uganda, who was later found alive, claimed that her more than three-week ordeal behind bars was a gross violation of human rights. Vasundhara (26) was falsely charged with the kidnapping and murder of Mukesh … Read more
It’s still a day for the mega India vs Pakistan clash at the Champions Trophy 2025, but Indian national anthem ‘Jana Gana Mana’ has already started to play. More interestingly, in Lahore, Pakistan, where India is not even travelling for the Champions Trophy 2025. The incident happened at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore … Read more
Germany is preparing for a pivotal parliamentary election on February 23, following the collapse of the coalition government led by Chancellor Olaf Scholz in December. The key issues of the country are its struggling economy, migration, and Ukraine’s ongoing conflict with Russia. Why is a snap election taking place? View of the glass dome of … Read more
The current hostage-prisoner exchange by Hamas and Israel will be the final one in the first phase of the ceasefire deal. The six Israelis who are set to be freed are: Eliya Cohen, Omer Shem Tov, Omer Wenkert, Hisham Al-Sayed, Tal Shoham and Averu Mengistu. Hamas handed over two Israeli hostages to the Red Cross. Tal Shoham and Averu … Read more
Tesla CEO Elon Musk risks being expelled from the UK’s oldest scientific academy – the Royal Society. The move comes after over 2,700 scientists signed an open letter to protest against the world’s richest man’s membership in the esteemed institution. A meeting in this regard will take place on March 3. In an open letter, … Read more
A 20-year-old Indian student, Vishvaa Rajakumar, has won the Memory League World Championship by recalling the order of cards, numbers, names, images, and words. Mr Rajakumar was able to remember the order of 80 random digits in just 13.50 seconds. He was even able to recall 30 images in just 8.53 seconds, as per the official … Read more
London: A Hong Kong company has submitted an initial 7-billion pounds ($8.8 billion) bid for a majority stake in Thames Water, a heavily indebted UK water supplier, the Financial Times said Friday. CK Infrastructure, part of the CK Hutchison group, put forward the non-binding offer earlier this month, but expects the utility’s bondholders to take … Read more
Qualcomm will unveil new Snapdragon X laptop CPUs next week to power low-cost AI-capable devices in India. The firm has targeted the midrange laptop segment in the country. The chipmaker’s OEM partners are expected to introduce new Copilot+ laptops priced around $600 (roughly Rs. 52,000) and offer support for on-device AI features. The company is also … Read more
Microsoft has introduced Majorana 1, a groundbreaking quantum chip designed to bring industrial-scale quantum computing within reach in just a few years. Built on a revolutionary Topological Core architecture, this chip harnesses topoconductors – a material capable of stabilising and controlling Majorana particles. It makes qubits more reliable and scalable, bringing quantum computing closer to … Read more
Palestinian Territories: Israeli hostage Shiri Bibas’s community confirmed her death Saturday after new remains were returned from Gaza, as the seventh hostage-prisoner exchange under a fragile Gaza ceasefire was set to go ahead. Bibas and her two young sons, whose bodies were returned by Hamas to Israel on Thursday, had become symbols of the ordeal … Read more
Washington: US trans actress Hunter Schafer, known for her HBO hit show “Euphoria,” has said that her passport gender marker was changed to male, slamming the Trump administration which has demonized any recognition of gender diversity. Schafer blamed the policies of US President Donald Trump for the modification of her gender marker — despite having … Read more