Month: June 2025

[ad_1] Op Sindoor: Another Pakistan lie exposed; satellite images debunk claim it hit India's Adampur airbase (Pic credit: Damien Symon) NEW DELHI: Since Operation Sindoor, Pakistan has been living with fantasies and pushing hard to make the world believe that it won during the conflict against India. With the use of doctored satellite images, fake visuals, and misinformation campaigns, Islamabad has been claiming that it hit Indian airfields and installations. After the Operation Sindoor, Pakistan portrayed that it hit a Sukhoi-30MKI parked at Adampur air base in Punjab and destroyed an S-400 surface-to-air missile unit at Bhuj airfield in Gujarat. However, these assertions have been systematically dismantled by independent satellite imagery analyst Damien Symon, who has been closely examining these claims over the past month.Adampur airbase: The Sukhoi that wasn't hitOne of the most prominent claims involved a strike on […]

[ad_1] Betteridge’s law of headlines states that any headline ending in a question mark can be answered with the word “no.” But that’s not the case here. As far as reports—and word from the horse’s mouth are concerned—it would appear that, during this Pride Month, Elon Musk, the richest man in the world, did lose at fisticuffs to Scott Bessent, an openly gay member of the Trump cabinet.And it happened in the West Wing—which is fitting, because Donald Trump is the first WWE Hall of Famer to have served as President of the United States."Stone Cold" Steve Austin Stunner President US Donald TrumpMusk, once Trump’s most powerful private-sector ally, had entered the Oval Office to lobby for his pick to head the IRS. Bessent, a Yale-educated hedge fund veteran and one of the highest-ranking openly gay officials in the Republican […]

[ad_1] Nasa logo, left, and Elon Musk (Image credits: AP) Nasa and the Pentagon moved quickly this past week to contact alternative spaceflight providers after a public spat between US President Donald Trump and Elon Musk raised new fears about the government’s reliance on SpaceX.The situation escalated when Musk, responding to Trump’s threat to cancel SpaceX contracts, said he would halt flights of the Dragon spacecraft, Nasa’s only current vehicle for sending astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS). Though Musk later walked back the statement, it sent shockwaves through US space and defense agencies.Following the exchange, Nasa and the Pentagon contacted several commercial companies, including Rocket Lab, Stoke Space, and Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin, about the readiness of their launch systems, according to The Washington Post.Officials at Sierra Space, developing the Dream Chaser spaceplane, confirmed Nasa had reached out […]

[ad_1] Lightning hits California home as 6-year-old stands nearby A Southern California family had a heart-stopping moment on Tuesday when lightning struck a house just feet away, while they were standing outside recording the storm.Tiffanie Buckner was filming the dark clouds rolling in when a massive bolt of lightning hit a home in the cul-de-sac behind her. Her 6-year-old daughter, Penelope, was standing in front of the camera at that exact moment.Seconds later, a loud crack of thunder rang out, and the family screamed and ran toward the camera in shock."The sound was so loud and immediate that it made us all jump," Buckner said. "It was different from the usual lightning that just lights up the sky."She said she had only been filming to show the video to her mom and husband, not expecting it to turn into such […]

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Batting legend Sunil Gavaskar has voiced strong criticism of the Indian Premier League’s (IPL) growing tendency to prioritise raw, untested talent over consistent domestic performers. In his column for Mid-Day, Gavaskar argued that franchises must shift their scouting focus from state-level T20 leagues and U-19 tournaments to more competitive platforms like the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy.Go Beyond The Boundary with our YouTube channel. SUBSCRIBE NOW!“This year’s IPL proved once again that relying on the performances of the state T20 leagues is not the way to go into the auction,” Gavaskar wrote. “It’s far better to go by the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy deeds as these games are a lot more competitive.”Who's that IPL player?The former India captain also highlighted a worrying trend among younger players, suggesting that early fame and financial rewards might be affecting their motivation. […]

[ad_1] File photo: Justice Yashwant Varma (Picture credit: ANI) NEW DELHI: Justice Yashwant Varma of the Allahabad High Court faces the prospect of impeachment in the upcoming Monsoon session of Parliament after being indicted in a high-profile corruption case. According to officials cited by news agency PTI, resignation remains his only option to avoid a Parliamentary motion for removal, which, if passed, would strip him of pension and retirement benefits.Justice Varma came under scrutiny after a fire at his Delhi residence in March led to the discovery of several burnt sacks of unaccounted cash in the outhouse. Though he denied knowledge of the money, a Supreme Court-appointed in-house panel, led by then Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna, found him culpable after recording witness statements and Varma’s own deposition. Based on this report, Justice Khanna urged the President and Prime […]