Airlines turn to AI to save fuel; IndiGo to start trials for thriftier take-offs NEW DELHI: After doing everything humanely possible to cut fuel burn, Indian airlines have turned to artificial intelligence (AI) to help save the prohibitively expensive black gold. IndiGo has asked its pilots to save fuel during the time when the aircraft…
Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s Virat Kohli, and players celebrate after winning the IPL 2026 Final (PTI Photo) Royal Challengers Bengaluru not only defended their IPL title in style but also secured the biggest financial reward of the season after defeating Gujarat Titans by five wickets in the IPL 2026 final in Ahmedabad.RCB’s title-winning campaign was rewarded…
Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on May 8 ruled that Vodafone cannot offer songs as caller tunes or ringtones solely under agreements with sound recording companies and must also obtain permission from the Indian Performing Right Society Ltd (IPRS), which represents authors, composers and publishers.The case involved Vodafone’s value-added service using film and non-film songs…
Investor wealth shrank by Rs 5.77 lakh crore on Friday as a sharp bout of selling in the final hour of trade dragged benchmark indices deep into the red amid concerns over a weaker monsoon outlook and geopolitical uncertainty.The BSE Sensex plunged 1,092.06 points, or 1.44 per cent, to settle at 74,775.74. During the session,…
Lucknow: A shift in study abroad preferences is being seen among students in the city, with Ireland, Germany, Japan, France and Australia emerging as top choices for higher education. Students and parents are moving away from traditional destinations like the UK, USA and Canada, citing safety concerns and recent anti-India protests reported in these countries.Education…
For most people, discarded orange peel is little more than food-processing waste. In Costa Rica, one abandoned environmental experiment showed it could become something very different. During the late 1990s, around 12,000 tonnes of leftover citrus peel were spread across a worn-out cattle pasture beside the Guanacaste Conservation Area as part of an unusual restoration…
A Chinese-American professor has sued a university in Texas and mentioned the name of Dr Hemang Desai for only favoring Indians while granting tenure. A Chinese-American assistant professor, Dr Sean Wang, has sued Texas’ Southern Methodist University over discrimination and being favorable only to Indians. The lawsuit was filed last year but came to light…
SRIHARIKOTA: A sudden hold in the final five minutes of the countdown briefly froze the celebration waiting to erupt at Sriharikota. Then, after a tense 35-minute delay and a restart of the launch sequence, Skyroot Aerospace’s Vikram-1 roared off the first launchpad at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre here at 12.05 pm Saturday, becoming India’s…
Mysuru/Madikeri: Two weeks after a Kutta homestay owner was booked in connection with the alleged rape of a US tourist, who was a guest at the facility, the II Additional District and Sessions Court in Kodagu granted bail to P A Ponnappa aka Vishal on Saturday.Vishal, charged with attempting to suppress the incident, was arrested…
“Making reels or videography in Kedarnath temple courtyard is prohibited”: Rudraprayag SP Rudraprayag Superintendent of Police Niharika Tomar said on Tuesday that the administration has tightened security and management arrangements in Kedarnath Dham during the pilgrimage season.She said that the use of mobile phones, drones, or any cameras for videography has been completely banned within…
