(Image credits: X @IAFTPS) BENGALURU: The valedictory function of the “1st Test Course for Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAVs)” — or drones — and the 25th Production Test Pilots (PTP) Course was held Friday at the Air Force Test Pilots School (AFTPS), under the Aircraft and Systems Testing Establishment (ASTE), Bengaluru.Air Marshal KAA Sanjeeb, director general…
India and Oman are aiming to operationalise their recently signed Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) within the next three months, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said on Friday, signalling a faster rollout than several past trade pacts, PTI reported.The India–Oman free trade agreement was signed on December 18. Under the CEPA, Oman has offered…
India vs South Africa Live Score: Hello and welcome to TimesofIndia.com for the 5th T20I between India and South Africa Today, we are at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad for the final game of the ongoing T20I series. Shubman Gill’s injury may have come at the wrong time, but it has opened a rare…
Akshay Kumar and Vidya Balan will reunite for Anees Bazmee’s upcoming film after ‘Mission Mangal’ (2019). Reports confirm Vidya as one of the female leads, with their chemistry expected to elevate the story. Akshay, last seen in ‘Jolly LLB 3’, also gears up for ‘Haiwaan’, directed by Priyadarshan. Akshay Kumar and Vidya Balan are set…
A day after the enforcement of BS-VI compliance and mandatory pollution-under-control certificates at Delhi’s border points and petrol pumps, awareness among commuters appeared to have increased on Friday, with many people voluntarily producing documents before refuelling.Nischal Singhania, president of the Delhi Petrol Dealers’ Association, told PTI that queues at pollution-under-control (PUC) certification centres remained unchanged,…
When senior ministers began promising a $5-trillion Indian economy by 2024–25, it was sold as a near-term milestone that would change everyday life — more jobs, better infrastructure, bigger pay packets. In late 2022, home minister Amit Shah even declared that “India will become a 5 trillion dollar economy by 2025.”Three years on, the goalpost…
Indian GM Raunak Sadhwani during FIDE World Cup Goa 2025 (FIDE Photo) NEW DELHI: The COVID-19 outbreak had not yet caused a hullabaloo across the globe, Lionel Messi was still without a FIFA World Cup title, artificial intelligence (AI) had not entered everyday conversations, and Russia and Ukraine were still “non-hostile” neighbours when Nagpur’s Raunak…
Actress Nidhhi Agerwal shared a dance video post-controversy at a song launch event where she was mobbed. The video, featuring her grooving to ‘Sahana Sahana,’ was seen as a subtle thank you to fans and a way to focus on her work amidst a police probe into the event’s security. Controversy erupted during ‘The Raja…
NEW DELHI: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) in its probe into the ‘donkey’ or ‘dunki’ route found Thursday that a key operator based in Haryana allegedly collected property papers from aspirants as security to guarantee payments for arranging illegal travel to the US through Mexico.‘Dunki’ route is a network used to send Indians illegally to the…
Competition Commission of India (CCI) chairperson Ravneet Kaur said on Friday clarified that the probe was based on an initial assessment of information received by the regulator after flights cancellations. The regulator had decided to look into IndiGo’s operations following the recent flight disruptions that affected passengers across the country,Speaking to PTI, Kaur said specific…
