New Delhi: Trinamool Congress (TMC) chief Mamata Banerjee has moved the Supreme Court challenging the Election Commission of India’s (ECI) decision to freeze the party’s name and its election symbol amid the ongoing dispute between rival factions. The plea, filed Friday, has been registered under Diary No. 58005/2026, with Mamata Banerjee as the petitioner and the Election...

La Paz: A diminutive wild cat that inhabits Bolivia’s cloud forest has been identified as a previously unknown species, marking the first time a new living cat species has been formally named and described in more than a century. The cat, called Tilcayo by local communities, is part of a group called tiger cats found across much...

A simple “I love you” has become an extraordinary demonstration of how brain-computer interfaces could transform communication for people who have lost the ability to speak. In a 23-second video shared by Elon Musk’s Neuralink, an unidentified clinical-trial participant appears to communicate the three words through a brain implant. A synthetic voice delivers the message while his...

New Delhi: Day 2 of SEMICON India 2026 witnessed 25 key announcements and collaborations covering various segments of the semiconductor value chain, including semiconductor manufacturing, materials, logistics, chip design, advanced packaging, power electronics and workforce development, according to a statement issued by the Ministry of Electronics and IT Friday. India’s Tata Electronics and L&T Semiconductor Technologies signed...

Bhubaneswar: Utkal University authorities Friday lodged a police complaint over an alleged leak of a question paper for the ongoing second-semester degree exam, an official said. From some unverified sources, we came to know that the question paper of Thursday's theory exam was leaked. However, we don't know whether it was really leaked, and the source of...

New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has registered an FIR based on a written complaint received from Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) against Reliance Capital Limited (RCAP), Anil D. Ambani, former chairman of Reliance Capital, Satish Seth, Group Managing Director of Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group (ADA Group), unknown public servants and others in...

New Delhi/Bhubaneswar: Odisha Friday announced an additional 25 per cent fiscal support on capital expenditure for semiconductor projects aligned with the Centre's newly-approved Semicon 2.0 programme, as Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi said the state has become the first in the country to extend policy support in the semiconductor supply chain, raw materials and equipment ecosystem. Speaking...

New Delhi: The environment ministry has proposed framing new rules to curb stubble burning in Delhi and other states, including Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh. Under the draft rules, a farmland where stubble burning takes place would be placed under a red category for 15 months from the date of the incident. However, the consequences of...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha government has put 20 districts on alert and asked 10 others to remain vigilant in view of an impending low-pressure system over the Bay of Bengal that is likely to intensify into a depression, Revenue and Disaster Management Minister Suresh Pujari said Friday. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) said an upper-air cyclonic circulation over north...

Frankfurt: The Kremlin has ordered the Russian businesses of Swiss-based food and beverage company Nestle and French retailer Auchan placed in temporary administration, procedure that previously has led to the forced sale of Western businesses to Russian owners at knockdown prices. The local assets of the two multinationals were put under what the Kremlin says is temporary...