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At time when India’s energy and defence ties with Russia have emerged as a major irritant in the India-US relationship, government-owned Hindustan Aeronautics (HAL) has inked a memorandum of understanding with Russia’s Public Joint Stock Company United Aircraft Corporation (PJSC-UAC) — a company sanctioned by the US — to manufacture the latter’s SJ-100 regional jets in India.If the MoU materialises, SJ-100 could become the first passenger jet to be fully manufactured in India, which harbours the ambition to become an aerospace manufacturing hub. India has been pushing global aircraft manufacturers to set up final assembly lines (FALs) for passenger jets…

The opposition INDIA bloc, led by the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and Congress, on Tuesday launched the Bihar poll manifesto – ‘Tejashwi Pratigya Pran” – during an event in Patna.The manifesto was launched during an event in Patna. (X/RJD)The launch event was attended by RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav, Congress leader Pawan Khera, CPI(ML) Liberation General Secretary Dipankar Bhattacharya, among other leaders.Bihar will go to the polls in two phases on November 6 and November 11, with counting of votes to be held on November 14.The Opposition Grand Alliance in Bihar has named RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav as its chief ministerial…

BENGALURU: The Karnataka high court on Tuesday stayed the state government from enforcing its controversial order restricting gatherings of more than 10 people in public or government-owned spaces, including parks, playgrounds, and roads.The Karnataka government’s October 18 order required private organisations, associations, and groups to seek approval before using public spaces or government property for their activities. (Screengrab/YouTube/@HighCourtofKarnatakaOfficial)This government order (GO) was “prima facie, a clear violation of citizens’ fundamental rights” guaranteed under the Constitution and could not be allowed to continue to operate, said justice M Nagaprasanna of the high court’s Dharawad bench.The court made it clear that the government…

A 10-year-old tribal girl died when an improvised explosive device (IED) planted allegedly by Maoists exploded in Jharkhand’s West Singhbhum district on Tuesday, police said.The Maoists had planted the IED to target security forces, but unfortunately, the innocent girl unknowingly had stood on the IED. (HT file photo)Sub-Divisional Police Officer (SDPO), Manoharpur, Jaydeep Lakra, told PTI that the girl had gone to pluck Sial leaves in the Tilaposi forest when her leg accidentally fell on the IED planted underground allegedly by Maoists.”The Maoists had planted the IED to target security forces, but unfortunately, the innocent girl unknowingly had stood on…

Air India’s low-cost arm Air India Express is expecting to induct 20 to 24 aircraft in the fleet in the next calendar year, a top airline executive said on Tuesday.He said that Air India Express is now looking to strengthen its presence in the domestic market, with this segment expected to grow faster than the international network. (REUTERS file photo)Air India currently has a fleet of 110 planes comprising Airbus 320/ 321, Boeing 737 and 737 Max.” We are looking at about 20 to 24 aircraft in the next calendar year,” Air India Managing Director Aloke Singh said here at…

Kolkata: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee targeted the Centre on Tuesday after a 57-year-old man died by suicide in North 24 Parganas district’s Agarpara, leaving a note holding the National Register of Citizens (NRC) responsible for his death.“It shakes me to the very core to imagine how, for years, BJP has tormented innocent citizens with the threat of NRC, spreading lies, stoking panic and weaponizing insecurity for votes. They have turned constitutional democracy into a draconian law-regime, where people are made to doubt their own right to exist,” the chief minister wrote on X.“This tragic death is the direct…

Much is known about vitamin D, yet misinformation abounds. As such, when Harvard-trained gastroenterologist Dr Saurabh Sethi tried to clear the air, we took notes. “5 things you didn’t know about vitamin D. I am a gastroenterologist. The last point is the most important one,” he said in a post on YouTube Shorts. *It is not just a vitamin. It actually works more like a hormone in your body, controlling over 200 genes.*Food sources are rare. You need to eat piles of salmon, tuna, eggs or mushrooms just to match the vitamin D your skin makes in 15 minutes of…

HyderabadOctober 28, 2025 03:51 PM IST First published on: Oct 28, 2025 at 03:51 PM IST Ahead of the crucial Jubilee Hills bypoll and close on the heels of a high-profile exit, the K Chandrashekar Rao-led Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) is faced with another issue – drastic drop in donations. According to the BRS’s annual submission of audited accounts for the 2024-2025 fiscal submitted to the Election Commission (EC) on October 10, the party has got donations worth only Rs 15 crore, a steep fall from the Rs 580.52 crore (Rs 85 crore through trust funds and Rs 495.52 through…

ENG-W vs SA-W Women’s World Cup 2025 Semifinal Match Today Live Cricket Score Streaming: England and South Africa will lock horns in the first semifinal of the Women’s ODI World Cup 2025 on Wednesday. England began their campaign at the same venue where they will take on the Proteas women again earlier this month with a thumping 10-wicket victory. They have held a largely spotless run throughout the league phase, save for a washout against Pakistan and a defeat to arch-nemesis Australia. Meanwhile, Laura Wolvaardt’s South Africa roll into the contest after losses at either end of the league stage…

In response to concerns about a growing number of users turning to ChatGPT for therapy and professional advice, OpenAI recently made certain improvements that enable the AI chatbot to detect signs of mental or emotional distress in users.On Monday, October 27, researchers released a first-of-its-kind study that examines how these safety improvements to model behaviour are performing with respect to mental health concerns such as psychosis or mania; self-harm and suicide; and emotional reliance on AI. Amongst the key findings from the study is the estimate that around 0.07 per cent of ChatGPT users active in a given week exhibited…