- Friday, April 11, 2025
FIFTY years after Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins blasted off for the moon, a new space race is on. It is one that may affect the future of humanity even more than its Cold War predecessor, both on earth and in the wider cosmos. As anniversary celebrations get…
THE Partition of India was a "miscarriage" of history and it would not have taken place if former prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru hadn't intruded into his home minister Sardar Vallabhai Patel's domain, Indian minister Jitendra Singh said Tuesday (16). Singh, a minister in the prime minister's office (PMO), also said…
TOP Indian shuttlers P V Sindhu and Kidambi Srikanth made impressive starts to their campaign, progressing to the second round of the Indonesia Open with contrasting wins at the BWF World Tour Super 1000 tournament here Wednesday (17). Rejuvenated after a month-long break from a hectic BWF schedule, Sindhu and…
RESEARCHERS in India have developed a simple and cost-effective filtration system that may help reduce the health burden caused by arsenic and iron contaminated groundwater. Arsiron Nilogon, developed by a team led by Robin Kumar Dutta from Tezpur University in country's Assam state, filters out 99.9 per cent of the…
PAKISTAN authorities on Wednesday (17) arrested Hafiz Saeed, the alleged mastermind of a four-day militant attack on the Indian city of Mumbai in 2008, on terror finance charges, a spokesman for the chief minister of Punjab said. The move came days before a visit to Washington by prime minister Imran…
MULTINATIONAL automobile component major Bosch Ltd Wednesday (17) said it has inaugurated its new factory for mobility solutions near southern Indian city of Bengaluru with an investment of €31 million. The expanded unit for mobility solutions in Bidadi (Phase II), which is located around 35 kilometres from Bengaluru, will act…
LIVING healthily with a good diet and regular exercise may help people with a higher genetic susceptibility to dementia to offset the risk of developing it, according to recent research. The risk of dementia was reduced by 32 per cent in people with a high genetic risk if they had…
FOURTEEN people were killed when a building collapsed in northern India following heavy monsoon rains which have left more than 130 dead across South Asia, officials said Monday (15). Floods and landslides caused by the annual deluge have wreaked deadly havoc from the Himalayan foothills to low-lying camps housing Rohingya…
WITH promoter spat intensifying at India’s largest airline IndiGo, country's markets watchdog Sebi and the corporate affairs ministry have started digging deep into allegations of governance lapses and violations that could force the government to override existing arrangements and pacts at InterGlobe Aviation, officials said. Bringing into public the differences…
BOLLYWOOD superstar Shah Rukh Khan is set to receive an honorary doctorate degree from Melbourne-based La Trobe University for his contributions and efforts towards underprivileged children, women's empowerment through Meer Foundation and his achievements in the Indian entertainment industry. Khan, who will be visiting Australia to attend the 10th edition of…
