- Thursday, March 13, 2025
An Indian PhD student at the University of Cambridge has solved a 2,500-year-old Sanskrit grammatical problem which, ever since the fifth century BC, has baffled academics. Rishi Rajpopat, 27, successfully cracked a law created by ancient Sanskrit language master Panini, who lived in India 2,500 years ago. In order to support his theory, Rajpopat used a page from an 18th-century copy of a Panini Sanskrit text. The Astadhyayi, or grammar of Panini, used an algorithm-like approach to convert a word’s base and suffix into grammatically sound words and phrases. Conflicts…
Nirav Modi, the fugitive diamond merchant wanted in India to stand trial on fraud and money laundering charges, on Thursday suffered another setback in his legal battle against his extradition as the High Court here denied him permission to appeal against the move in the UK Supreme Court. In a…
Created by Mindy Kaling and Justin Noble, the well-received drama series The Sex Lives of College Girls has been renewed for Season 3 at HBO Max. The streamer announced the news on December 14, just ahead of the show’s season two finale. “Mindy Kaling and Justin Noble continue to brilliantly capture the…
An acid attack on a 17-year-old girl by two masked men in Delhi on Tuesday brought back for Kangana Ranaut the painful memories of a similar attack on her sister, Rangoli Chandel. Rangoli, who now manages her sister’s work, was 21 years old when she was assaulted by acid and…
A former GP who abused his trusted position has been convicted of sexually assaulting his patients after persuading them to undergo unjustified invasive examinations. Manish Shah, whose appointments would often be fully booked, is found guilty of 25 sexual assaults against four women at his Romford clinic in east London.…
A top court in Pakistan will take up a petition on December 20 seeking the disqualification of former Prime Minister Imran Khan for “concealing” his alleged daughter’s name in the nomination papers. The Islamabad High Court Chief Justice Aamer Farooq will hear the petition on December 20 filed by a…
During a recent episode of The Checkup With Dr David Agus on Paramount+ the 84-year-old, actor and activist Jane Fonda spoke about her struggle with both the eating disorders anorexia and bulimia which she supposedly battled during her teens. According to health experts, an eating disorder is defined as a…
Thirty-four years after Indian batting great Sachin Tendulkar scored his maiden first-class century on debut, his son Arjun celebrated the same achievement in the Ranji Trophy on Wednesday. Playing for Goa against Rajasthan, Arjun struck 120 runs off 207 balls, smashing 16 fours and two sixes on day two of…
France and the United Kingdom, two veto-wielding permanent members of the Security Council, reiterated their support for a permanent seat for India at the powerful horse-shoe table. “France supports the candidacy of Germany, Brazil, India and Japan as permanent members. It also wishes to see a stronger presence of African…
UK nurses on Thursday staged an unprecedented one-day strike as a “last resort” in their fight for better wages and working conditions, despite warnings it could put patients at risk. Up to 100,000 members of the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) in England, Wales and Northern Ireland are stopping work…
