Category: Events

This image taken from video broadcast by Al-Masirah TV, a Houthi-controlled news channel, shows an explosion at the Sanaa International Airport compound. United States on Saturday issued a fresh travel advisory for Americans travelling to the Middle East and warned of a possible rapid escalation amid Houthi missile and drone attacks towards Saudi Arabia.The US...

Arjun Erigaisi at 46th Chess Olympiad (Photo by Rafal Oleksiewicz for FIDE) NEW DELHI: The 46th edition of the Chess Olympiad began on a murky note, with multiple teams facing accommodation issues upon arrival in host city Samarkand, Uzbekistan. India, the defending champions across both the open and women’s sections, also had to wait for...

The US military claimed it was targeting ‘narco-terrorists’ The US military said it killed four people in a strike on a vessel in the Caribbean on Saturday, alleging that it was involved in drug trafficking.“On September 19, under the direction of Southern Command, Joint Task Force Western Hemisphere executed a lethal, kinetic strike on a...

The move comes as Centre seeks to raise more resources to meet the requirements of higher spending NEW DELHI: National Land Monetisation Corporation Limited (NLMC), a fully-owned govt company, has recommended monetising surplus land and building assets valued at over Rs 5,000 crore.The move comes as Centre seeks to raise more resources to meet the...

Monsoon withdrawal has begun NEW DELHI: The southwest (summer) monsoon, which has so far reported a nationwide deficit of 15% in cumulative (June 1-Sept 19) rainfall, started withdrawing from west Rajasthan Saturday, as against the normal date of Sept 17, IMD has said.The line of withdrawal Saturday passed through Ramgarh, Mohangarh, Phalodi and Khajuwala. “Conditions...

Representative image Stanford scientists have created a new model for studying human brain development by transplanting lab-grown human brain tissue into mice that were engineered to lack most of their cerebral cortex. Within months, the human tissue not only survived but expanded to occupy more than 90 percent of the cortical space, forming working connections...

Harvard students– Radhika Saran, Cleo Pontone and Sophia DeVito– build $6,500 award-winning headset to screen athletes for concussions in 60 seconds Three Harvard students have built a low-cost infrared headset that can screen athletes for possible concussions in about 60 seconds, bringing objective eye-tracking data from the clinic to the sideline. Their invention, called Rumble...

Environmental issues have no geographical limitations, said CJI Surya Kant NEW DELHI: Terming Supreme Court the “banyan tree” of environmental justice for its role in protecting the environment and ecology, CJI Surya Kant Saturday said conservation and development are not in conflict with each other and there is need to maintain balance between them.Addressing the...

PM Modi being presented a memento during ‘The Future of Environment and Climate Dynamics’, at Vigyan Bhawan, in New Delhi Saturday NEW DELHI: PM Narendra Modi Saturday questioned the narrative in which the responsibility for carbon emissions is pinned on developing countries while Western countries are absolved of their role as historical polluters, even as...

Rupert Murdoch’s former Aspen mansion is now listed for $29.85 million after a major renovation. (Photo: Reuters/Dallas + Harris) Rupert Murdoch’s former Aspen winter retreat has returned to the luxury real estate market for $29.85 million, nearly three decades after the media mogul previously listed the property for sale. The sprawling residence, which has undergone...