Afternoon Times

A UAE-based brokerage firm vanished overnight, taking millions of dirhams from investor funds.

Delhi government on Wednesday revoked its order cancelling leaves of its officials in the wake of the military conflict with Pakistan earlier this month.

Loss of tree cover in 2024 — from deforestation and fires, deliberate or accidental — generated more than three billion tonnes of CO2 pollution.

Japan’s farm minister resigned after growing public outrage as he said he never buys rice due to free donations while the country faces soaring prices.

A former personal assistant of Sean “Diddy” Combs on Tuesday said that the music mogul took ecstasy pills featuring former US President Barack Obama’s face.

An SBI Bank Manager in Bengaluru refused to speak in Kannada, Karnataka’s official language, as a customer kept insisting and reminding her that “this is Karnataka”, sparking the language row.

London’s Madame Tussauds museum on Wednesday unveiled a new wax figure of Princess Catherine “to ensure her resemblance is fit for a future queen”.

Air taxi company Archer Aviation Inc. has been targeted by short sellers before, but the latest attack has an unusual twist: A proposed $1 million “friendly wager” with the TV…

The veteran rock star, a political opponent of the president, stood up as one of Trump’s most prominent cultural critics last week with a verbal takedown from a British stage.

In yet another flashpoint in the language tussle between the Centre and Tamil Nadu, the MK Stalin government has approached the Supreme Court, accusing the Narendra Modi dispensation of blocking…

The judicial commission investigating alleged irregularities in the Kaleshwaram project in Telangana has summoned BRS president and former Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao to appear before it as part of…

Japan’s agriculture minister, Taku Eto, resigned on Wednesday following widespread uproar over his insensitive comment about receiving rice as gifts.

The European Union and Britain on Tuesday rolled out a sweeping set of sanctions targeting what they call Russia’s “shadow fleet”, a covert network of tankers used to secretly move…

US regulators will no longer approve Covid booster shots for healthy adults and children without new studies, adding a costly requirement for drugmakers, though they will still be available for…

WhatsApp co-founder Brian Acton said that his messaging company had no plans to build social networking features to compete with Facebook before he sold the company to Mark Zuckerberg.

Congress leader Sachin Pilot paid homage to former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi on his 34th death anniversary at Vir Bhumi in Delhi on Wednesday.

US President Donald Trump launched a scathing attack on the previous Joe Biden administration, accusing its handlers of committing treason by implementing open border policies that he claims nearly destroyed…

A Chinese woman is currently under investigation for allegedly adopting stray dogs from a rescue group and later killing and cooking them.

Four children were killed in a blast targeting an army school bus in Pakistan’s troubled Balochistan province, a government official said on Wednesday.

India is well-positioned to deal with the negative effects of US tariffs and global trade disruptions as domestic growth drivers and low dependence on exports anchor the economy, Moody’s Ratings…

A millennial couple purchased a 145-year-old property in the United Kingdom and were petrified by what they discovered underneath it.

“God does not forgive nor forget,” were the words echoed with profound bitterness by Justice Duppala Venkata Ramana, a Judge of the High Court of Madhya Pradesh, as he prepared…

Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday paid heartfelt tributes to his father and former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi on the occasion of his 34th death…

Stock market benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty rebounded sharply in morning trade on Wednesday after heavy drubbing in the previous session amid buying in blue-chip bank stocks and a firm…

Ethiopian Ambassador to India, Fesseha Shawel Gebre, strongly condemned the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack, squarely blaming Pakistan for orchestrating the violence that killed 26 civilians while appreciating India’s response…

The Pakistan government is reportedly planning to borrow USD 4.9 billion from international banks to meet its external financing needs and strengthen its foreign exchange reserves.

Children and teenagers of any age who taste alcohol with their parent’s permission are more likely to engage in risky drinking in young adulthood. That was the finding of a…

India and the US are using the upcoming NASA-ISRO joint flight of an Indian astronaut to space as a big outreach activity between the world’s oldest and world’s largest democracies.

A New York man planned a murder-for-hire plot against his romantic rival and wanted to feed his remains to pigs.

The Gemini app now has over 400 million monthly active users and we are seeing strong growth and engagement, particularly with the 2.5 series of AI models, Sundar Pichai, CEO…

As the investigation into YouTuber Jyoti Malhotra’s alleged espionage for Pakistan proceeds, her fresh links with Bangladesh seem to have emerged, thereby bringing her under greater suspicion and scrutiny by…

The first blood test to help diagnose Alzheimer’s disease will be available from late June in the US following regulatory clearance for its use last week, according to the Japanese…

If you read Bloomberg Businessweek’s deep dive into Apple’s blundering work with artificial intelligence, a consistent theme is the lack of any clear idea within the company as to what…

Tesla CFO Vaibhav Taneja’s base salary stood at around Rs 3.33 crore, but the total compensation far exceeded that of Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and Alphabet Chief Sundar Pichai.

Services on Delhi Metro’s Blue Line between Dwarka and Janakpuri West were delayed on Wednesday morning due to a technical snag, the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) said.

An Indian national living in the United States has pleaded guilty to staging armed robberies at retail stores across several American states to help individuals fraudulently obtain US immigration benefits.

The Argentine court trying the medical team of late football legend Diego Maradona over his death suspended the trial for a week over questions about a judge’s impartiality.

In a bold diplomatic initiative following Operation Sindoor’, India has rolled out an unprecedented global campaign to expose Pakistan’s direct and indirect links to terrorism.

US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered a “comprehensive review” of the United States’ chaotic military withdrawal from Afghanistan in August 2021.

IndiGo Airlines has issued a travel advisory for Goa on Wednesday, warning that ongoing rain in the state may affect flight operations, leading to possible delays or disruptions.

The foreign ministry briefing for the all-party delegations that are going to visit more than 30 nations to explain Operation Sindoor and India’s resolve to end terror, has focussed on…

A man was killed while a woman lost both her legs after they jumped before a moving train in Uttar Pradesh’s Bhadohi district, police said on Wednesday.

The mother of Sean “Diddy” Combs’s ex-partner Cassie testified about the violence experienced by her daughter during her relationship with the music mogul.

While rising US-Iran tensions over Tehran’s uranium enrichment jeopardize nuclear talks, three Iranian sources said that the clerical leadership lacks a clear fallback plan if efforts to resolve a decades-long…

Amir Hamza, cofounder and senior leader of the terrorist group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), was hospitalised in Pakistan’s Lahore following injuries sustained at his residence, sources said.

Pakistan’s first and only other Field Marshal Muhammad Ayub Khan rose to absolute power more than six decades ago.

Stock market benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty rebounded in early trade on Wednesday after heavy drubbing in the previous session amid buying in blue-chip bank stocks and a firm trend…

The Tamil Nadu government has filed a petition before the Supreme Court against the Government of India for allegedly withholding funds after the state government decided not to implement the…

Delhi on Wednesday recorded the highest minimum temperature of the season so far at 30.2 degrees Celsius, 3.5 degrees above normal.

An exotic dancer by the name “The Punisher” has revealed the moment he realised he had been hired by music mogul Sean Diddy Combs to perform alongside his former partner…

The Gujarat Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) has caught two persons, including a minor, for allegedly hacking Indian websites and posting anti-India messages online, officials said on Tuesday.

The collector’s office in Maharashtra’s Palghar received a bomb threat email in the early hours of Tuesday, prompting the police to evacuate the premises, officials said.

Maharashtra has reported two COVID-19-related deaths since January this year, the state health department said on Tuesday.

The Army said on Tuesday that no air defence guns or any other air defence resources were deployed within the Golden Temple premises during Operation Sindoor.