NEW DELHI: Trinamool Congress on Wednesday refuted the reports of a possible merger with Congress after speculation intensified following an INDIA bloc huddle and a subsequent meeting between Mamata Banerjee and Sonia Gandhi.According to highly placed sources aware of the matters discussed at the meeting between Rahul Gandhi and Abhishek Banerjee, there was no discussion…
As the world grapples with mounting waste and rising carbon emissions, a bridge project in New York is offering an unusual example of how something destined for a landfill can be given a second life. In June 2024, construction began on a $21.2 million project in the Village of Whitney Point, where New York is…
Image credit: Wrestling Federation of India NEW DELHI: Indian wrestling has suffered a doping setback ahead of the Asian Games, with Greco-Roman wrestler Deepanshu provisionally suspended by the National AntiDoping Agency (NADA) after failing an out-of-competition dope test for the prohibited anabolic steroid stanozolol.Deepanshu, who competes in the 130kg category, had won the Asian Games…
Dubai’s Emir is so wealthy that he bought a 63,000-acre estate in the pristine Scottish Highlands, yet has visited only five times in twenty years The billionaire ruler of Dubai has expanded his huge 63,000-acre estate in the Scottish Highlands to include ten luxury properties, a hunting lodge and three helipads. However, he has visited…
Nearly two decades ago, rapper 50 Cent (Curtis James Jackson) joined an effort to transform an underused community garden in Queens into a public green space designed for gardening, recreation and community gatherings. Today, the site continues to carry his name as the Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson Community Garden.The project began in 2007 and had…
The architecture adheres to traditional Balinese principles, with the residence divided into a number of independent pavilions linked by open-air decks and sheltered walkways. Imagine if a piece of Bali was carefully taken apart, shipped across the Pacific, and reassembled along one of Hawaii’s most dramatic coastlines. So the answer is a gorgeous oceanfront estate,…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday accused the Congress of surrendering to “conspiratorial forces” during the Partition era, claiming that efforts had once been made to separate the whole of Bengal from India and merge it with Pakistan. PM Modi attended Paschimbanga Divas (West Bengal Day) celebrations at Tarakeswar in Hooghly district.The Prime…
Tamil Nadu chief minister C Joseph Vijay takes part in the ‘Start Run, Stop Drugs’ anti-drug awareness run at Chennai’s Marina Beach. (Video credit: X) Tamil Nadu chief minister C Joseph Vijay joins thousands during the ‘Start Run, Stop Drugs’ anti-drug awareness run at Chennai’s Marina Beach on the International Day against drug abuse and…
NEW DELHI: Chinese artificial intelligence startup Z.ai is emerging as a fresh challenger to OpenAI and Anthropic after its latest flagship model GLM-5.2 gained traction among developers for delivering advanced coding and AI agent capabilities at a significantly lower cost.The Beijing-based company’s latest model has climbed developer rankings and drawn praise from prominent AI figures,…
India’s infrastructure opportunity could hit $90 billion India’s growing data centre sector could open up a $90 billion opportunity for construction and infrastructure companies by FY35, according to a KPMG report. The opportunity is expected to rise from $30 billion by FY30 as the country adds more data centre capacity.India’s data centre capacity is expected…