NEW DELHI: It begins innocently. One short video while waiting for a cab. Another before dinner. A few more before sleeping. Somewhere between swipe and scroll, 40 minutes pass.Short-form videos are everywhere – on Instagram Reels, YouTube Shorts and similar platforms. But a global review of nearly 98,000 people, published in Psychological Bulletin, suggests that…
J-K Dy CM Surinder Choudhary after ACB raids his brother’s residence JAMMU: The anti-corruption bureau (ACB) of J&K Police on Wednesday conducted searches at the properties of deputy chief minister Surinder Choudhary’s brother Vijay Choudhary, a serving police inspector posted in Ladakh, in connection with an alleged disproportionate assets (DA) case.Calling the raids an attempt…
NEW DELHI: Defence and military experts, on Day 2 of DefSat2026 conference in New Delhi on Wednesday, intensified the strategic dialogue on building India’s persistent and resilient defence space capability, against the backdrop of rapid global transformation in space-based military infrastructure. With 1,602 space-based ISR satellites projected to launch globally between 2025 and 2030, the…
SRINAGAR: Ladakh administration has announced plans to launch high-end Changthang pashmina products in global luxury market and adopt a holistic approach to enable local processing of the prized fibre to increase local stakeholders’ income.Speaking at “From Changthang Fibre to Global Luxury Standards,” a two-day conclave beginning Tuesday, chief secretary Ashish Kundra stressed the need for…
Speaking on the occasion, the CM said, “These 365 days were the days that changed the course of Delhi, and the coming 4 years will change the condition of Delhi. Taking new decisions in the interest of the people of Delhi and carrying out development works in Delhi is our daily routine. On completion of…
NEW DELHI: Aaam Aadmi Party leader Sanjay Singh slammed the govt over Parliament’s global outreach program, in which he’s also named as a leader for Suriname, a country in South America. He called the decision “a joke” as his passport his seized. ‘What kind of joke is this? Govt has seized my passport and now…
Chief election commissioner Gyanesh Kumar (Left) PUDUCHERRY: Chief election commissioner Gyanesh Kumar said the purity of the electoral roll is the bedrock of democracy and affirmed that no eligible voter has been excluded and no ineligible person has been included on the final voters’ list after the special intensive revision (SIR) process.Kumar was here on…
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday hailed Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi as “not just my friend but my brother,” as the PM kicked off his historic two-day visit to Israel. Modi becomes the first Indian prime minister to address the Knesset. In his welcome note at the Israeli parliament, Netanyahu described the PM’s…
Rahul Gandhi (File photo) NEW DELHI: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday repeated his ‘PM is compromised jab’ over the India-US trade deal. The remarks came a day after the Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha challenged the Prime Minister to cancel the deal with US, claiming it’s against the interests of Indians, while reinvoking…
Photo credit: Agencies Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Tel Aviv for a two-day state visit to Israel, where he was personally received by Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu. Over 200 passengers on IndiGo flight 6E1025 from Chennai to Singapore were stranded inside the aircraft for nearly five hours, sparking chaos and passenger protests. Union commerce…
