- Saturday, March 29, 2025
AN IIT-Roorkee team discovered a new species of giant snake, that originated in India and got wiped out of the face of the earth 47 million years ago. Traced through the fossil remains from the Panandhro Lignite Mine in Kutch, Gujarat, the team discovered the new species, Vasuki Indicus. The…
THE Indian democracy and its biggest exercise of accommodating voices nationwide - the elections, have seen a new turn with the country's major political parties significantly focusing on environmental issues in their election manifestos, owing to the rising concerns over environmental degradation and climate change. While many policy experts have…
THE unexpected heavy downpour in Dubai and other regions of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) last week threw flight operations out of gear, leaving thousands of people stranded at the city's airport for several hours. According to a report by My Kolkata section of India's The Telegraph, a group of…
THE Indian apex court on Friday (19) directed all district magistrates and authorities concerned to decide within three days on applications seeking permission to conduct election-awareness programmes. In light of the ‘blanket orders’ passed by India's state governments and local administrative bodies on such gatherings, the court expressed surprise. During…
AN INDIAN man was reported dead while he was awaiting deportation because of entering the US illegally more than once, in a hospital in Atlanta on April 15. The deceased, Jaspal Singh, 57, was arrested by US Customs and Border Protection's Border Patrol officials on June 29 last year while…
MARKING a new beginning, India's premier carrier Air India is all set to deploy its widebody A350 aircraft for its international flight on the Delhi-Dubai route from May 1. In a release on Thursday (18), the airline said, "Operating as AI995/996, the aircraft is scheduled to depart Delhi daily at…
THE Indian consulate in Dubai, UAE, has posted helpline numbers for Indians and other passengers left in the lurch due to the unexpectedly heavy downpour leading to the cancellation of flights and disruption of daily life in the capital of the northern Emirate of the Gulf nation. Other neighbouring nations…
ONE of the 17 Indian crew members onboard container ship MSC Aries seized by the Iranian military over its speculated links with Israel, returned to Cochin in the southern Indian state of Kerala on Thursday (18). Ann Tessa Joseph, the only woman cadet among the crew members, MSC Aries, was…
AN overseas association of followers of India's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Israel recently met in Jerusalem to mobilise support for the Hindu nationalist party, ahead of the general elections beginning on Friday (19). To discuss strategies to bolster the prospects of the BJP led by prime minister Narendra…
THE nifty miniature airplane model collection of Dubai-based Indian-origin businessman Kalpesh Mehta provides a glimpse into the astounding history as well as the fast-evolving nature of the aviation industry. Showcased in Mehta’s astonishing collection are more than 3,000 die-cast metal models of airplanes that are not just full of intricate…
