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Robin Hood folklore to Victorian novels, ‘Major Oak’ was a cultural icon

Updated on Jun 19, 2026 12:59 pm IST

A 1,200-year-old Major Oak tree, where Robin Hood allegedly used as a hide out, stands in Sherwood Forest near Nottinghamshire, England, on Oct. 19, 2007. (AP Photo/SIMON DAWSON)

Story beyond US strikes on ships in West Asia: Sanctions & flags of convenience

A container ship and survey vessel in the Strait of Hormuz, off Muscat, Oman.(Reuters File Photo)

Updated on Jun 18, 2026 05:06 pm IST

Washing and replacing: What it takes for Delhi to keep 500 Tricolours flying

The Tricolour hoisted at Central Park in Connaught Place, New Delhi.(Ajay Aggarwal/HT File Photo)

Updated on Jun 18, 2026 01:49 pm IST

The ‘time-travel’ flaw that prompted India to block Telegram before NEET retest

Security persons checking aspirants before appearing in the NEET UG 2026 exam conducted by National Testing Agency (NTA) at an examination centre in Patna.(Santosh Kumar/HT)

Updated on Jun 17, 2026 11:24 am IST

Designed in one weekend, deployed for 70 years: The B-52 US bomber that crashed

A B-52H Stratofortress bomber at the Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana.
(US Air Force)

Updated on Jun 16, 2026 06:20 pm IST

What Claude's Fable 5 withdrawal could mean & Anthropic's feud with Trump govt

The US government's directive came at a time when Anthropic has confidentially filed for an IPO. (Reuters)

Updated on Jun 13, 2026 05:22 pm IST

The ocean patch that is cooling in a warming world, and what it means

The cold blob south of Greenland, visible on this temperature map. The visualisation shows temperature changes from 1880 to 2015 as a rolling five-year average. Orange represents areas warmer than the 1951-80 baseline, and blue, areas cooler than the baseline.(Courtesy: Nasa)

Updated on Jun 13, 2026 12:45 pm IST

2.5 times more than Saudi's Aramco: How big is SpaceX’s $75 billion IPO?

At $135, SpaceX’s $1.77 trillion valuation — about $1.8 trillion on a fully diluted basis — ranks it among the 10 most valuable public companies in the world.(REUTERS)

Updated on Jun 12, 2026 02:09 pm IST

Final probe report pending, questions about AI 171 crash that remain unanswered

London-bound AI-171, after it crashed on the roof of a building in Ahmedabad. (CISF via ANI)

Updated on Jun 13, 2026 05:48 am IST

From patrol to rescue: US's sea drone just rewrote rules of unmanned warfare

US Navy awarded Saronic Technologies the contract for Corsair vessels last year.(Courtesy: Saronic Technologies)

Published on Jun 11, 2026 01:09 pm IST

Mamata began political career with Cong. Will she go back to where it began?

Rumours of a TMC-Congress merger gained traction after Trinamool chief Mamata Banerjee met Sonia Gandhi in Delhi,(HT Photo)

Updated on Jun 11, 2026 01:09 pm IST

Hydra - Hitler or Marvel? Creature at the centre of Revanth Reddy's controversy

A controversy has erupted after Telangana chief minister Revanth Reddy spoke about HYDRAA, or Hyderabad Disaster Response and Asset Protection Agency, earlier this month, linking it to Nazi Germany's Adolf Hitler.

Updated on Jun 11, 2026 01:18 pm IST

Heat, instability, 128kmph winds: Science behind dust storms hitting Delhi-NCR

A dust storm in New Delhi on Tuesday evening. (ANI)

Published on Jun 10, 2026 06:15 pm IST

OpenAI files for IPO: Why AI giants are racing to Wall Street

OpenAI has been laying the groundwork to go public as part of a broader effort to raise more capital.(AFP)

Updated on Jun 10, 2026 01:01 pm IST

Why Delhi's water crisis keeps returning to the same chokepoint

Water levels in Yamuna drop during peak summer months. (HT Photo/Arvind Yadav)

Updated on Jun 10, 2026 02:39 pm IST

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