Month: May 2025

[ad_1] The world is watching Donald Trump. Trump said on Tuesday that he’s just getting started, touting what he described as the “most successful first 100 days of any administration in the history of our country.” At a rally in Michigan, the 78-year-old basked in cheers while highlighting a presidency that has disrupted global alliances and shaken up US politics. He also defended his tough trade stance, justifying steep tariffs on Chinese goods by saying Beijing “deserved” them and would likely bear most of the cost. “You don’t know whether or not China’s going to eat it. China probably will eat those tariffs,” Trump told ABC News on Tuesday. “China was making $1 trillion dollars a year. They were ripping us off like nobody has ever ripped us off. Almost every country in the world was ripping us off. They’re […]

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Days after the Pahalgam terror attack, in which a Pakistan link has emerged during investigations, the Centre has reconstituted the National Security Advisory Board (NSAB), appointing former RAW chief Alok Joshi as its chairman and 14 other domain experts that include ex-commanders from the three armed forces, former diplomats, officers and technocrats.NSAB, tasked with undertaking long-term analysis of and providing perspective to the Prime Minister-led National Security Council on issues related to national security, now has 15 serving members. The other new members appointed are former Western Air Commander Air Marshal P M Sinha, former Southern Army Commander Lt Gen A K Singh and Rear Admiral (Retd) Monty Khanna, former IPS officers Rajiv Ranjan Verma and Manmohan Singh, and former diplomat B Venkatesh Varma. NSAB also comprises technical experts like Prof K Kamakoti and B S Murthy.The […]

[ad_1] Google has announced it will modify its performance rating system to reward high performers with larger bonuses and equity awards, while potentially reducing compensation for lower-performing staff.In an email titled "Strengthening our performance culture," John Casey, Google's vice president of global compensation and benefits, informed employees that more of them will have the opportunity to achieve the "Outstanding Impact" rating during annual reviews."High performance is more important than ever to achieve the goals we've set," Casey wrote, noting that the changes are being made to "further reward top contributors" at the company.Google managers can now reward more employees as top performersThe changes specifically affect Google's annual review system known as Googler Reviews and Development (GRAD), which rates employee performance on a scale from "not enough impact" to "Transformative Impact." Most employees typically fall into the "Significant Impact" category.Under the […]

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: The use of long-range weapons for limited punitive strikes against Pakistan, without crossing the LoC, is currently being considered the preferred military option. This comes amid a review of the situation by the PM-led cabinet committee on security, even as firing exchanges between the rival armies have now spilled over to the international boundary in J&K.Indian Army warned Pakistan Army to desist from "unprovoked" small arms firings being initiated by its troops all along the 778-km LoC, from Kupwara, Baramulla and Uri to Naushera, Sunderbani, Akhnoor and Poonch, over the DGMO hotline on Tuesday afternoon."But later in the night, Pak Army escalated the situation by opening fire in Pargwal sector of the 198-km IB in Jammu region. Our troops are effectively responding in double measure to all ceasefire violations," an officer told TOI.The CCS meeting Wednesday, the […]

[ad_1] ATTARI: Cradling her 14-day-old infant, Sara Khan stood at the Attari-Wagah border in her washroom slippers, holding back tears. A resident of PoK, she had been living in India since 2017 after marrying Aurangzeb Khan from J&K. "I had a C-section recently. My stitches haven't healed. Doctors advised me not to travel," Sara said Wednesday as her pleas to stay with her family in J&K, citing her newborn's Indian citizenship, went unanswered.Sara is among dozens of Pak nationals - mostly women married to Indian men - who have been forced to leave India in the wake of a govt directive issued after Pahalgam attack. The directive has triggered scenes of heartbreak, confusion, and uncertainty at Attari.Anjum Tanveer, father of a two-year-old Ayeza, was told his wife Attiya Aslam - a Pak national from Gujranwala - must leave India despite […]

[ad_1] ISLAMABAD: An official 2am warning in Pakistan about an impending Indian military offensive “within 24 to 36 hours” set the stage for an information blitzkrieg throughout Wednesday, including claims by state-run media that air force jets scrambled to force four IAF Rafale fighter jets to “retreat in panic” from near the LoC.Some reports said two Indian surveillance quadcopters hovering over the LoC in Bhimber and Kotli sectors were shot down. Pakistan’s defence minister Khawaja Asif vowed a “decisive response” to any aggression from across the border.Hours before PTV News reported that several IAF Rafales and Su-30MKIs were “spotted and chased” during reconnaissance along the LoC, information minister Attaullah Tarar put out a statement citing “credible intelligence” that India could strike at Pakistan any time.“India’s refusal to allow neutral probes (into the terrorist attack on tourists in J&K’s Pahalgam) reveals […]