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30,000-ft health scare: British Airways launches probe after 3 pilots suffer food poisoning on Hyderabad-London flight NEW DELHI: Three British Airways pilots operating a flight from Hyderabad to London fell ill after suspected food poisoning, prompting the airline to launch an investigation into the incident. One of the pilots became incapacitated while the aircraft was…

NEW DELHI: The Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA) has imposed a Rs 50,000 penalty on tea cafe chain Chaayos for automatically adding a service charge to customers’ bills, ruling that restaurants cannot force consumers to pay what is meant to be a voluntary tip.In an order dated July 14, the consumer watchdog directed Chaayos to…

Ashok Sharma (Pic credit: BCCI) NEW DELHI: India’s fast-bowling production line has unearthed another exciting prospect, with Rajasthan pacer Ashok Sharma making his international debut in the opening T20I against Zimbabwe in Harare on Thursday.The 24-year-old received his maiden India cap after a remarkable rise through domestic cricket and the IPL, as captain Shreyas Iyer…

Protest visuals from Patna NEW DELHI: Students protesting the NEET paper leak in Patna turned a tense demonstration into a viral moment, when they asked police to use water cannons because of the heat, and then danced as officers sprayed them.The protest, organised by the All India Students’ Association, an affiliate of CPI(ML) Liberation, demanded…

NEW DELHI: The government is reaching out to the opposition leaders to break the deadlock in Parliament over the NEET paper leak issue, government sources told news agency ANI on Thursday. This is a fresh effort fromt he government’s side to end the repeated disruptions that have stalled proceedings through the first week of the…

For decades, the Strait of Hormuz has been the world’s most critical oil gateway, with millions of barrels of crude passing through it every day. But repeated disruptions to oil supplies across the globe have exposed just how vulnerable that dependence is, prompting Gulf nations to resort to an ambitious network of pipelines designed to…

Second Uber layoff in eight weeks—and the first one AI gets blamed for. Uber has cut 10% of the roles inside its customer service operations, and for the first time the company is putting artificial intelligence at the centre of the explanation. The reductions hit the community operations team and were announced internally on Wednesday,…

India’s Commonwealth Games contingent has suffered a setback on the day of the Glasgow 2026 opening ceremony, with judoka Arun Kumar withdrawn from the competition after failing a dope test.The rising 73kg judoka was declared ineligible following an adverse analytical finding in an out-of-competition test conducted by the National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA). His withdrawal reduces…

Centre invites CJP for talks NEW DELHI: Union minister Jitendra Singh on Thursday invited the protesters against NEET paper leak for talks at JP Nadda’s place on the central government’s behalf. This comes after the talk on Monday with the Cockroach Janta Party’s spokespersons failed to bear any results.“The govt has sent four formal proposals…

Simone Biles’ journey to Olympic greatness was shaped by hardship, while Jonathan Owens became her constant source of support. (Image via Getty) Simone Biles has spent years making history in gymnastics. The world knows her as the Olympic champion who delivered unbelievable routines, won multiple gold medals, and became one of the greatest athletes of…