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NEW DELHI: India’s military will test drone and counter drone systems next month in a major exercise to toughen its air defences, a senior officer said on Tuesday, months after a conflict with Pakistan saw the large-scale use of unmanned aerial systems (UAS). The Indian military will hold exercise ‘Cold Start’, its biggest ever drone war games, in the first week of October in the presence of defence industry officials and researchers, said Air Marshal Rakesh Sinha, deputy chief of the Integrated Defence Staff. “We will be testing some of our drones and counter-drone systems during this exercise … so…

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks as he meets with United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres (not pictured) during the 80th United Nations General Assembly, in New York City, New York, U.S., Sept. 23, 2025.Alexander Drago | ReutersIt’s been a chaotic few days for the tech sector, and industry executives and experts are still assessing how U.S. President Donald Trump’s latest immigration crackdown could shape the future of their workforces. The Trump administration sparked widespread panic Friday after announcing employers will pay a new $100,000 fee for H-1B visas, which are temporary work visas granted to highly skilled foreign professionals. These visas have…

Roger Goodell, NFL Commissioner with Anthony Capuano, Marriott International CEO, CNBC CEO Council Member, speaking at the CNBC CEO Council in Arizona on May 19th, 2025.Chris Coduto | CNBCThe NFL could begin renegotiating its media rights deals as soon as 2026, four years ahead of the current agreement’s opt-out clause, Commissioner Roger Goodell told CNBC in an exclusive interview.A new media rights deal could potentially add billions of dollars to the league’s coffers. The league needs agreement from its current media partners — Disney, Comcast’s NBCUniversal, Paramount, Amazon and Fox — to start discussions on any new deal.The NFL signed…

NEW YORK: US President Donald Trump on Tuesday met with eight leaders from Muslim and Arab countries, including Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York, terming it his “most important meeting”. Also present in the meeting were Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, Jordan’s King Abdullah II, Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud, Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto, UAE Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, and Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly. “We want to end the war in Gaza. We’re going…

The International Cricket Council (ICC) has suspended USA Cricket’s membership in the sport’s world governing body with immediate effect, although the country’s teams will still be able to play in the run-up to the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics. The ICC Board agreed to suspend USA Cricket after “repeated and continued breaches of its obligations as an ICC member under the ICC’s constitution,” a statement issued late on Tuesday said. “These include, but are not limited to, the failure to implement a functional governance structure,” and a “lack of progress toward achieving National Governing Body status with the United States Olympic…

RAWALPINDI: Counsel for former prime minister Imran Khan walked out of an anti-terrorism court (ATC) on Tuesday after the judge rejected their request to halt proceedings in a case until a high court rules on the legality of his decision to secure Imran’s presence through a WhatsApp video call. During the hearing of the May 9 GHQ attack case in which Imran Khan is one of the key accused, a heated argument took place between the defense — Imran’s counsels — and prosecution. On behalf of Imran Khan, two applications were filed: one seeking transcripts and CCTV footage of the…

All of a sudden, Pakistan’s Asia Cup campaign is alive and well. All of a sudden, Pakistan’s Asia Cup campaign is alive and well. Two days after getting thrashed by arch-rivals India for the second time in the tournament, the national side bounced back with a hard-fought five-wicket victory against Sri Lanka on Tuesday in Abu Dhabi. It was a low-scoring encounter and Pakistan were clearly not clinical, especially with the bat, but it sure was a confidence boost for the side reeling after the India drubbings. More importantly, the match-winning performances came from players who were under fire coming…

KARACHI: Pakistani fintech companies are increasingly turning their eyes towards the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), lured by the vast opportunities offered under Riyadh’s Vision 2030 digital transformation agenda and catalysed by the latest Pak-Saudi defence pact. Pakistan’s growing IT sector has immense potential to become part of the broader strategic and defence ties with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia at the next level, said Shaza Fatima Khawaja, Federal Minister for IT and Telecommunication. “Pakistan’s IT sector is strengthening itself on various fronts to evolve into a key regional player and a data transshipment hub for various countries, including China…

Sam Altman, chief executive officer of OpenAI Inc., during a media tour of the Stargate AI data center in Abilene, Texas, US, on Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2025. Kyle Grillot | Bloomberg | Getty Images Talk about bad timing. OpenAI’s first Stargate development to come online — a data center in Texas that’s stuffed to the brims with Oracle and Nvidia infrastructure — did so just as investors started questioning the sustainability of the artificial intelligence firm’s trajectory.Shares of Nvidia and Oracle, the major players in OpenAI’s push to establish data centers that are essentially the heart of ChatGPT, fell Tuesday.…

FAISALABAD: Recent flash floods have caused massive destruction to irrigation infrastructure in Faisalabad zone, inflicting losses worth Rs650 million. The irrigation department has forwarded a summary to the Punjab government seeking immediate release of funds for restoration, sources confirmed. Apart from damaging houses, livestock, and livelihoods across hundreds of villages in Tandlianwala (Faisalabad) and Bhowana (Chiniot), the floods also washed away critical canal structures. The damaged sections were swiftly repaired by registered contractors on the directives of the department’s senior officials. An executive engineer of Faisalabad Irrigation Zone said that flood restoration works already executed included the repair of the…