By-Yogesh NagarkotiBAGESHWAR: A 19-member trekking team successfully crossed Traill’s Pass (5,312m) in the Kumaon Himalayas after battling blizzard conditions, deep crevasses and a narrowly avoided avalanche. The historic high-altitude pass, regarded as one of Uttarakhand’s toughest trekking routes, connects the Pindari Glacier region in Bageshwar with Munsiyari in Pithoragarh district.Team members said the journey demanded…
“Ye tera ghar, ye mera ghar, ye ghar bohot haseen hai.” Owning that ‘haseen’ home has long been a cornerstone of the Indian dream. More than just a roof over one’s head, having one’s own home has traditionally represented stability, success and long-term security.But in 2026, that dream is running into a reality check. Property…
NEW DELHI: India’s annual defence production has surged to an all-time high of Rs 1.78 lakh crore in the financial year (FY) 2025-26, the defence ministry said on Wednesday.Giving details of the record production, defence minister Rajnath Singh in a post on X said, “Under the inspiring leadership of PM Modi, India’s defence production is…
US President Donald Trump sparked laughter among world leaders at the G7 summit in France on Wednesday after arriving late to a key meeting and jokingly declaring, “I’m the boss.”The light-hearted moment came as leaders gathered for the final day of talks at the lakeside resort of Evian-les-Bains in the French Alps. Trump, the last…
Anthropic confidentially filed to go public as soon as this fall, riding its success story that it dominates the enterprise artificial intelligence (AI) market. However, as the startup prepares for a public offering that may carry a valuation of nearly $1 trillion, it is facing an existential crisis that just won’t go away: the US…
Europe’s biggest pharma company Novo Nordisk has been hit by a cyberattack, with cyber extortion group FulcrumSec claiming it spent more than two months inside the company’s network and stole more than one terabyte of data. According to a Reuters report, the hacking group said it gained access to Novo Nordisk’s systems, collected sensitive information…
In the summer of 2022, Sri Lanka became a symbol of economic collapse.Fuel stations ran dry. Long queues stretched for kilometres. Power cuts lasted for hours. Inflation surged, foreign exchange reserves evaporated and the country defaulted on its external debt for the first time in its history.The crisis triggered political upheaval, culminating in the resignation…
NEW DELHI: The Delhi Police Special Cell has arrested five more members of an eight-person terror module allegedly linked to Pakistan-based Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) handler Shahzad Bhatti, in a major crackdown against a trans-border terror network, the police said on Wednesday.The latest arrests come after a multi-state investigation into the activities of an outfit identified…
UK house prices rose 3.8 per cent year-on-year in April 2026, taking the average property value to £270,000, according to the latest UK House Price Index released by HM Land Registry.Prices were up 0.7 per cent from March, while residential property transactions jumped 53.2 per cent compared with a year earlier, signalling renewed momentum in…
Elon Musk‘s xAI has received support from the US Department of Justice in a lawsuit seeking to stop the company from operating natural gas turbines. In a filing seen by Wired, the agency sided with the company, saying attempts to stop xAI from running the natural gas turbines “threatens American national, economic, and energy security…