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Pakistan’s Defence Minister Khawaja Asif has once again put Islamabad in an awkward position with anti-US remarks, even as the country’s “hybrid government” seeks closer diplomatic and economic ties with the Trump administration.Addressing the National Assembly during a debate on terrorism following the February 6 suicide bombing at a Shia mosque in Islamabad, Asif said Pakistan had been “treated worse than toilet paper and then discarded” by the US after serving its strategic interests in Afghanistan. Source link

File photo shows Space Launch System (SLS), with the Orion crew capsule, stands at launch complex 39B as preprations continue for the Artemis 2 mission to the Moon at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral | Photo Credit: Reuters NASA on Thursday (February 19, 2026) said it successfully rehearsed the launch of its massive SLS rocket, which will send astronauts around the Moon for the first time in over 50 years.Technical problems in early February cut short an earlier so-called wet dress rehearsal of the launch of the Artemis 2 mission.But on Thursday (February 19, 2026), the U.S. space agency…

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman criticizes companies for ‘AI washing’ – falsely blaming AI for layoffs driven by cost-cutting. While genuine job displacement by AI is coming, many firms use it as a narrative shield for over-hiring or restructuring. High-profile companies have even walked back AI-centric layoff claims, revealing more mundane reasons. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has called out a growing corporate trend of blaming artificial intelligence for layoffs that have little to do with the technology itself. Altman says while AI is genuinely displacing some jobs, a portion of companies are simply dressing up routine cost-cutting in AI’s clothing—a practice…

Mumbai: A 15km run-around between three hospitals was what happened before 62-year-old Naseem Banu who finally collapsed and was put on a ventilator. Her family ran from Jogeshwari’s HBT Trauma Hospital to Cooper in Juhu and finally to Kokilaben Hospital in Andheri, all because the ‘trauma’ centre lacked a working CT scan machine and a neurosurgeon.Naseem was rushed to the trauma hospital in an emergency after suffering a fall with blunt trauma to her head and abdomen, including a head wound measuring 3 x 3 x 2 cm. According to the hospital’s medical superintendent Dr Hanumant Waikule, she was examined…

The Special Cell of the Delhi Police has arrested Khusnuma Ansari, also known as Neha, described by investigators as an accomplice of Mahfuz, alias Bobby Kabootar. NEW DELHI: The Special Cell of the Delhi Police has arrested Khusnuma Ansari, also known as Neha, described by investigators as an accomplice of Mahfuz, alias Bobby Kabootar.’Lady don’, Khusnuma, operated a beauty parlour in northeast Delhi.However, police claim the business was merely a front to mask the gang’s illegal activities and manage their drug distribution network.Khusnuma and Bobby have been associated for seven years.During the arrest near the Mahipalpur flyover, police said they…

Bengaluru: The Election Commission is set to begin the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Karnataka from April, with the state included in the second group of 23 states and Union territories scheduled for the exercise.Bihar was the first state where the SIR was launched on June 24, 2025. Subsequently, on Oct 27, the ECI announced the exercise for a group of 12 states. Even as the revision is under way in those states, the EC has written to chief electoral officers of the second group to begin preparations.In a letter issued Thursday, the EC said: “Since the…

HYDERABAD: Tension erupted in Hyderabad’s Amberpet after a YouTuber was allegedly attacked by a group of people for filming near the Jama Masjid on Thursday night. Police reached the spot and brought the situation under control.According to the Amberpet police, the YouTuber was recording a video in the vicinity of the Jama Masjid when he was attacked. Around the same time, a Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj procession was passing through the area, during which slogans were raised by both groups.Police officials who were present at the spot intervened promptly and brought the situation under control.“A YouTuber was filming a video near…

Chennai: Tamil Nadu will introduce a co-ordinated single-window counselling system for PhD admissions across all state-run universities under the higher education department, state higher education minister Govi Chezhiaan told the assembly on Thursday.Under the system, universities will publish discipline-wise details of departments, research supervisors and available PhD vacancies, allowing applicants to choose their area of research, institution and supervisor. The minister said the move was aimed to ensure uniformity, transparency and fairness in admissions.A dedicated software platform will be developed to monitor the process at the state level. “Through this, the higher education department will track each stage of a…

Ahmedabad: With Gujarat set to improve ease of doing business, the state’s share in manufacturing in the country is expected to increase to 21% by 2030 from the current 18.5%, said deputy chief minister Harsh Sanghavi on Thursday. He said that GIFT City and Dholera will play an important role in coming years with global and national companies coming here.Addressing a gathering of industrialists at “Gujarat: Powering Global Growth”, organized by Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (Assocham), Sanghavi said, “State budget is 22% higher for industries and the incentive process is smooth in Gujarat. We are working…

Prayagraj: The Allahabad high court has stressed that there cannot be any discrimination or high-handedness in freezing bank accounts on the instructions of investigating agencies in cyber fraud cases. A division bench comprising Justice Atul Sreedharan and Justice Siddharth Nandan was examining the procedure adopted by authorities in relation to the freezing of bank accounts linked to cyber fraud cases. The court noted that banks often freeze accounts without providing much information to the account holders. Hearing a writ petition filed by one Tarkeswar Tiwari, the court observed, “Multiple writ petitions reveal that banks are freezing accounts based on instructions…