- Saturday, March 01, 2025
SCIENTISTS are using superbugs to convert emissions from Tata Steel’s blast furnaces into sustainable raw materials, according to a statement. The pilot project, led by the University of South Wales, has been set up at the two huge Port Talbot iron-making furnaces, is showing promising results. It explores how waste gasses…
THE UK has called off a high-powered delegation to India over the latter’s stand on Ukraine invasion, the BBC reported. The cross-party UK delegation to India led by the Commons Speaker, Sir Lindsay Hoyle, and his deputy was cancelled at the last minute, the report added. It is largely viewed as a sign of a growing…
A HUMAN error appears to be the likely reason for the accidental firing of a missile into Pakistan two weeks ago, people familiar with the investigation have said. The Court of Inquiry probing the incident is learnt to have been examining the role of a group captain and a few…
A NEW book has revealed friction between Joe Biden and Kamala Harris though the White House worked hard to project a united front between the president and vice president and their respective teams, according to a media report. The upcoming book, This Will Not Pass: Trump, Biden, and the Battle for America’s Future by New York Times’s…
PAKISTAN prime minister Imran Khan has said he will not resign at any cost, even as at least three allies of the ruling coalition have indicated to vote against his government during a no-trust motion later this month. “I will not resign under any circumstance. I will play till the…
Bollywood actress Diana Penty, who can currently be seen in Salute (2022) which marks her debut in Malayalam cinema, will reportedly play the female lead opposite Shahid Kapoor in filmmaker Ali Abbas Zafar’s next directorial venture. A leading Indian publication reports that Penty, known for such films as Cocktail (2012), Happy Bhaag Jayegi (2016), and Parmanu: The Story of Pokhran (2018),…
WHEN 20 Indian soldiers were killed in a 2020 border clash with China, the military hardware New Delhi sent to bolster its Himalayan frontier was mostly Russian-origin, showing not for the first time its closeness to “longstanding and time-tested friend” Moscow. Facing an increasingly assertive China closer to home, these…
THE Indian Premier League (IPL) returns for its biggest season on Saturday (26), with a galaxy of top names and two new franchises expanding the world’s richest cricket competition to 10 teams for its 15th edition. But crowds in the cricket-mad nation will, initially at least, be limited to 25 per cent…
INDIAN education technology firm BYJU‘S was on Thursday (24) named as an Official Sponsor of the 2022 Football World Cup to be held in Qatar. The Bangalore-based firm, which offers online education catering to all age groups, also sponsors the Indian cricket team. It said the latest deal was its first…
CHINA’s foreign minister Wang Yi drew a rebuke from the Indian government ahead of his expected but unconfirmed visit to New Delhi on Friday (25), upsetting his hosts with remarks made in Pakistan this week concerning the disputed Kashmir region. Relations between the two nuclear-armed Asian powers turned chilly two years ago…
