Spread the love On January 20, 2026, Rev. Dr. Leo D’Souza, a Jesuit scientist based in Mangaluru, died aged 93. Dr. D’Souza, fondly known as Fr Leo, trained in the 1960s at the Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research in Cologne, working alongside stalwarts in the field such as Ingo Potrykus, Joseph Straub, and Sudhir Kumar Sopory. He set up...
Watergate Revelations: Nixon asked China to interfere in India-Pak 1971 War
Spread the love At the height of the 1971 India–Pakistan war, as Indian forces moved decisively in East Pakistan and the creation of Bangladesh became inevitable, US President Richard Nixon privately assured China that Washington would support Beijing if it chose to attack India.The disclosure emerges from seven pages of Richard Nixon’s sworn testimony that remained sealed for nearly five...
‘My wife visited Pak for work-related purpose’: Gaurav Gogoi on Assam CM’s allegations
Spread the love Congress leader Gaurav Gogoi, left, and Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma NEW DELHI: Assam Congress president Gaurav Gogoi on Monday refuted Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma’s claims linking him to Pakistan, saying the SIT report sat with the CM for six months because it had no evidence. Addressing a press conference in Guwahati, Gogoi said that his...
Capital that works: Inside Cedar Hill’s fintech thesis
Spread the love Cedar Hill Capital: Revolutionizing Fintech Investment in India, EconomictimesB2B Updated On Feb 9, 2026 at 01:55 PM IST
Unnao rape case: SC rejects Kuldeep Sengar’s bail plea, asks HC for ‘out of turn’ hearing
Spread the love Expelled BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar (File photo) NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday declined to grant immediate relief to rape convict and former BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar in the custodial death case of the Unnao rape victim’s father, but requested the Delhi High Court to hear his plea seeking suspension of sentence and bail.A...
பிப் 14 காதலர் தினம்: சூடு பிடிக்கும் ரோஜா பூக்கள் விற்பனை, விவசாயிகள் மகிழ்ச்சி
Spread the love 14-ம் தேதி காதலர் தினக்கொண்டாட்டத்துக்காக ஓசூர் பகுதி ரோஜாவுக்கான உள்நாட்டுவர்த்தகம் களைகட்டியுள்ளது. குறிப்பாக, ஜெய்ப்பூர், டெல்லி, மும்பை மற்றும் கேரள மாநிலத்தில் உள்ள பல நகரங்களுக்கு ஆன்லைன் வர்த்தகம் மூலம் ஆர்டர் அதிகரித்துள்ளதால், ஓசூர் பகுதி விவசாயிகள் மகிழ்ச்சி அடைந்துள்ளனர். தினசரி 10 லட்சம் மலர்களை அனுப்பி வைத்துஉள்ளனர். ஓசூர், பெங்களூரு, சென்னை போன்ற பகுதிகளிலிருந்து தாஜ்மஹால் ரோஜா, பட்டர் ரோஜா, சிவப்பு, மஞ்சள், வெள்ளை, டபுள் ஷேடு ரோஜாக்கள் என பல வண்ணங்கள் ரோஜாப் பூக்கள் விற்பனைக்கு வந்துள்ளன. 20,...
Keir Starmer out, Shabana Mahmood in? How Epstein files could lead to UK’s first Muslim PM
Spread the love Britain’s Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood, left, and Prime Minister Keir Starmer attend their visit to Peacehaven Mosque in Peacehaven, England, in Oct. 23, 2025. (Peter Nicholls/Pool Photo via AP) British prime ministers are rarely undone by what they say. More often, they are undone by what they fail to anticipate.Keir Starmer is under mounting pressure not because...
‘Act of fear’: Women Cong MPs write to LS Speaker Om Birla, reject ‘threat’ to PM Modi charge
Spread the love <img src="https://static.toiimg.com/thumb/msid-128104159,imgsize-1301270,width-400,resizemode-4/images-21.jpg" alt="'Act of fear': Women Congress MPs write to LS Speaker OM Birla, reject 'threat' to PM Modi charge" title=" Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla ” decoding=”async” fetchpriority=”high”> Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla NEW DELHI: A group of women MPs from the Congress has written a strongly worded letter to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, accusing...
Punjab campus horror: Law student kills girl classmate, then turns gun on himself
Spread the love TARN TARAN: In a horrifying incident inside a Tarn Taran law college, a first-year student shot dead his classmate before turning the weapon on himself. The shocking crime took place on Monday at the Usma Law College, sending panic across the campus.According to senior superintendent of police (SSP) Surendra Lamba, the deceased female student has been identified...
SpaceX shifting focus from Mars to moon, Musk says
Spread the love SpaceX is putting its longstanding focus of sending humans to Mars on the back burner to prioritise establishing a settlement on the Moon, founder Elon Musk said Sunday (February 8, 2026). The South Africa-born billionaire’s space company has found massive success as a NASA contractor, but critics have for years panned Mr. Musk’s Mars colonisation plans as overambitious....
