The possibility that Prince Harry may be accompanied by Meghan Markle when he returns to England for the Invictus Games one-year countdown has reportedly left the royal family seething. The pair are said to be planning to turn the high-profile visit into a filmed event, with cameras expected to follow them during what would be…
NEW DELHI: In late 2020, during a pandemic-induced gap period before starting their freshman year at Stanford, Aadit Palicha and Kaivalya Vohra incorporated Kiranakart Technologies in Mumbai. After a pivot from a traditional grocery aggregator model to a hyper-local dark store network in mid-2021, they chose to officially drop out of their deferred university seats…
TNNPanaji: After a public backlash, Goa govt has decided to waive penalties imposed on electricity consumers for using power beyond their sanctioned load. Penalties already collected will be returned and adjusted as credit in future bills for consumers who have paid, chief electrical engineer Stephen Fernandes said on Wednesday.Fernandes said that the decision was taken…
Mercedes-Benz India has launched the 2026 S-Class, introducing the S 450e plug-in hybrid (PHEV) as the flagship luxury sedan’s newest variant. Bookings for the new Mercedes-Benz S 450e have opened today, while customer deliveries are scheduled to begin in the fourth quarter of 2026. The S 450e Launch Edition is priced at Rs 2.20 crore,…
Gauree.Malkarnekar@timesofindia.comPanaji: Over the past decade, at least 300 govt primary schools have had to close in Goa, with parents increasingly showing a preference for nearby privately-managed aided schools. As it is was largely govt schools offering education in the mother tongue, now with the closures, only 8.8% of all primary school enrolment in Goa is…
To make it easier for users to book train tickets and avail of other train-related services via the Indian Railways Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) platform, Indian Railways offers an AI chatbot called AskDisha 2.0. The chatbot offers users a range of services like booking tickets and getting refunds and it even provides necessary information….
Seven Rice University students in Texas have turned a classroom project into a startup with ambitions to transform healthcare logistics. Their company, Haast Autonomous, has secured $1.85 million in pre-seed funding to develop a drone-based transport system designed to move critical medical supplies quickly and safely between hospitals. The team believes existing healthcare networks rely…
NEW DELHI: The India-UK free trade agreement (FTA) and the social security deal are set to be operationalised from July 15 after talks between PM Narendra Modi and his counterpart Keir Starmer in Evian on Wednesday.“We have got an even solution that balances the interests of our stakeholders on the issue of steel,” a senior…
It was unsurprising that BJP rushed the swearing-in of Bengal’s new CM — even as Assam will have the same ceremony next week — and held it on Saturday on Rabindranath Tagore’s birth anniversary. BJP’s sweeping victory in West Bengal was built on several planks. One was a marked shift during election campaigning to combat…
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has reclaimed a spot in the list of the world’s 10 most valuable companies, riding the optimism of the artificial intelligence (AI) boom in the tech industry that pushed its stock to record levels.According to a report by Bloomberg, TSMC’s stock rallied 14% last week, elevating the chipmaker’s market capitalisation…
