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Trump’s $1M ‘Gold Card’ visa unveiled: What applicants stand to gain; what remains off-limits

US President Donald Trump on Wednesday unveiled his long-anticipated “gold card,” a high-priced immigration offering designed to grant legal status, and eventually US citizenship, to individuals and companies willing to pay significant sums.Framed as a replacement for the three-decade-old EB-5 investor visa, the new programme opens the door to permanent residency for foreign nationals ready...

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Why do microwave ovens sometimes overheat water?

A: Water has a property called surface tension: its surface behaves like a stretched skin that tries to shrink. When a vapour bubble forms inside hot water, surface tension tends to squeeze it. For a bubble to grow instead of collapsing, the water must be hot enough for the vapour inside to resist this squeezing....

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Can Sharjeel, Umar speeches be deemed terror acts: Supreme Court to cops

The Supreme Court questioned Delhi Police on invoking stringent UAPA provisions against riot accused for speeches, seeking justification for linking terror acts to their words. Justices sought clarity on how Section 15, pertaining to terrorist acts, applies when arms weren’t directly used by the accused, who have been jailed for over five years. NEW DELHI:...

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India’s western tragopan steadied by captive breeding, an interim fix

The western tragopan (Tragopan melanocephalus) is one of India’s rarest pheasants and the state bird of Himachal Pradesh. It was once found across parts of Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, and Uttarakhand, but now survives in small fragmented pockets. Studies in the forests of Kazinag and Limber in Jammu & Kashmir have revealed that while...

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Dramatic footage shows US operators fast-roping onto Venezuelan oil tanker

The United States seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela, President Donald Trump announced Wednesday, marking a dramatic escalation in his administration’s pressure campaign against Nicolás Maduro, the leader of Venezuela.“As you probably know, we have just seized a tanker off the coast of Venezuela, a large tanker, very large, the largest one...

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‘Dhurandhar’ Day 6: Ranveer, Akshaye, R Madhavan starrer nears Rs 200 crore mark

‘Dhurandhar’ starring Ranveer Singh, Akshaye Khanna, R Madhavan, Arjun Rampal and more, has been hogging the limelight for several reasons, one of which is its impressive box office collection. In just six days of its theatrical run, it has surpassed the lifetime box office score of several previous releases. According to the latest trade report,...

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