Author: Rahul M

What is the future of cars? For one thing, after substantial government support and poaching of top Western talent, China’s car industry is about to dominate globally with charging rates, ranges, luxury design, technology, and sheer volumes. Moreover, it’s no longer content with serving its own enormous market as Chinese brands make serious inroads across Australia and Europe.In May, it was reported that, for the first time, Chinese automaker BYD sold more cars in Europe than Tesla in the previous month. Meanwhile in the US, the affordable car is about to go extinct. With President Donald Trump’s back-and-forth tariffs, it…

Just a few days after his team battled to a hard-earned draw at Old Trafford in Manchester, India head coach Gautam Gambhir found himself in a confrontation of a different kind. On Tuesday, during India’s first training session at The Oval ahead of the final Test against England, Gambhir was seen yelling at a heavyset man who was later identified as Oval pitch curator Lee Fortis. In video footage captured by Indian media on tour, Gambhir can be heard shouting, you don’t tell us what we need to do and later using unparliamentary language. Batting coach Sitanshu Kotak later explained…

New Delhi: Emphasising that terrorism is nearing its ‘decline’ in India, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said in his Rajya Sabha address Wednesday that Hindus “can never be terrorists”. Coming down heavily on the Congress during the discussion on the Pahalgam massacre and Operation Sindoor, Shah said the Congress gave away a portion of Kashmir to Pakistan, but the Narendra Modi-led government will get it back. “Congress party’s lenient policies and approach of appeasement allowed terrorism to grow and thrive in the country. Fortunately, we now have leadership that responds with decisive actions, deploying a BrahMos missile, rather than relying…

BRASILIA, Brazil — President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of Brazil is outraged.President Donald Trump is trying to push around his nation of 200 million, dangling 50% tariffs as a threat, Lula said in an interview. And yet, he added, the U.S. president is ignoring his government’s offers to talk.“Be sure that we are treating this with the utmost seriousness. But seriousness does not require subservience,” the Brazilian president said. “I treat everyone with great respect. But I want to be treated with respect.”Lula granted his first interview to The New York Times in 13 years Tuesday, in part because…

LONDON (AP) — A technical issue briefly caused flight delays in Britain on Wednesday before engineers were able to restore the system, the air traffic control operator said.The National Air Traffic Service, or NATS, said the glitch happened at its control center at Swanwick, southwest of London, and required the service to limit the number of aircraft flying to ensure safety. Gatwick Airport said the issue affected outbound flights across the U.K. Some inbound flights were put into holding patterns or diverted.About 20 minutes after issuing an initial alert, the agency said engineers had fixed the problem and that it…

The highly anticipated fifth and final Test of the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy 2025 at The Oval is set for a dramatic turn, with the pitch conditions sparking fresh debate. Indian journalist Sandipan Banerjee has revealed that the Oval surface, traditionally known for aiding pace and bounce, currently has a healthy covering of grass. This revelation comes amidst swirling speculation that India’s head coach Gautam Gambhir’s recent verbal spat with Oval pitch curator Lee Fortis might have inadvertently cost the visitors a more batting-friendly surface. While it can also be assumed that the green top is provided to stop India from playing…

The police investigating the alleged theft of cryptocurrency worth $44 million from CoinDCX, a cryptocurrency exchange operated by Bengaluru-based Neblio Technologies, said on Wednesday that hackers had installed malware on a company laptop used by Rahul Agarwal, an employee of the firm they have arrested over the crime. The police said the hackers installed malware on the pretext of giving Agarwal, a Jharkhand native who had worked with CoinDCX for the past three years, a part-time job. In a police complaint filed on July 22, Hardeep Singh, Vice-President, Public Policy and Government Affairs, Neblio Technologies, said that someone hacked into…

The Bengaluru police on Tuesday booked a case on a complaint filed by actress and former Congress MP Ramya against 43 social media accounts for allegedly sending vulgar and threatening messages to her over a social media post on the Renukaswamy murder case, in which popular Kannada actor Darshan Thoogudeepa is an accused. A Central Crime Branch (CCB) officer of the rank of deputy commissioner of police will supervise the investigation, officials said. In her complaint filed on Monday, Ramya claimed that the social media accounts were being operated by Darshan Thoogudeepa’s fans. Darshan was arrested on June 11 last…

The Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of West Bengal has directed all the  District Election Officers (DEOs) to conduct sampling of one per cent of Form 6 disbursed in the past one year to check if any “fictitious” voters were added to the electoral rolls.West Bengal will go to the Assembly polls early next year. In a letter to the DEOs and DMs, CEO Manoj Agarwal directed them to form a team of senior officers to check the disbursed Form 6 in their respective districts and submit a report by August 14. “Sample checking of less than 1 per cent Form…

MOSCOW (AP) — A powerful earthquake struck Wednesday off Russia’s Far East coast, flooding a fishing port with waves from a tsunami, cutting power to a few areas and sending some panicked residents fleeing buildings but causing only a few injuries.Regional authorities say they were prepared for the 8.8-magnitude quake and the subsequent waves, and moved quickly to keep residents safe. They introduced a state of emergency in some areas, but said there was no major damage.Here is what to know about the Russian areas hit by the quake and tsunami:Kamchatka peninsulaDubbed the “land of fire and ice,” Kamchatka is…