Spread the love As northern India enters the hottest stretch of the season, attention has once again turned to ‘Nautapa,’ the traditional nine-day period associated with intense summer heat. Derived from the Hindi words ‘Nau’ (nine) and ‘tapa’ (heat), the term has long been linked to the sun’s movement through the Rohini Nakshatra and is particularly embedded in Rajasthan’s folklore....
Coimbatore girl rape-murder: Cops caught grinning during media briefing
Spread the love A senior Tamil Nadu police officer is facing backlash after a video showed her laughing before a press briefing on a brutal girl’s rape-murder case. COIMBATORE: A senior Tamil Nadu police officer has landed in controversy after a video showing her laughing moments before addressing the media on the Coimbatore girl rape-murder case went viral on social...
Fuel price hike: FM says ‘India can’t afford fear mongering’; govt may lose Rs 1 lakh cr revenue
Spread the love Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday said that reducing excise duties on petrol and diesel would lead to a revenue loss of around Rs 1 lakh crore. She also stressed the need to give confidence to people and that “India cannot afford fear mongering.”Her remarks came as fuel prices saw a fresh round of hikes, marking...
Webb telescope captures weather on exoplanet 700 lightyears away
Spread the love “Cloudy with a chance of rain” — imagine astronomers turning into meteorologists and issuing weather reports like this, but for alien planets. According to a new study published in Science on May 21, scientists were able to use the NASA James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to peer closely at an exoplanet nearly 700 lightyears away, and deciphered...
Inside story of Gill’s T20 redemption: 1000s of balls with middler bat and unlocking the ‘V’
Spread the love Gujarat Titans captain Shubman Gill during IPL 2026. (AP Photo) New Delhi: Less than two months before the 2026 T20 World Cup, Shubman Gill was dropped from India’s squad. Elevated as vice-captain for the Asia Cup, the right-handed batter failed to produce the returns, prompting the think tank to take the tough call.Tipped to lead India across...
NEET paper leak row: SC says NTA ‘hasn’t learned its lesson’, issues notice to Centre
Spread the love Supreme Court (Image credit: ANI) The Supreme Court on Monday expressed disappointment over the National Testing Agency’s handling of repeated paper leak incidents, observing that the agency appeared to have failed to learn from previous controversies despite multiple directions issued by the court.Hearing petitions seeking reforms in the examination system, the apex court sought responses from the...
Google CEO Sundar Pichai on AI fears: ‘We have to be very mindful’
Spread the love Google CEOSundar Pichai has said he remains optimistic about young people despite growing concerns among students about artificial intelligence and its impact on jobs. Speaking on the “Hard Fork” podcast ahead of his upcoming commencement speech at Stanford University, Pichai addressed questions about whether graduates could react negatively to AI-related comments during the ceremony. The host of...
‘Their issue is different’: Rubio on whether India is uneasy about Pak’s role in US-Iran conflict
Spread the love NEW DELHI: US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Monday said India did not raise concerns over Pakistan’s reported role as a mediator in the ongoing US-Iran conflict, even though New Delhi remains concerned about terrorist groups operating from Pakistani territory.Responding to a question in Delhi on whether the Indian side expressed concerns regarding Pakistan playing the...
As Vijay exits cinema for CM’s chair, RJ Balaji says, ‘No void in Tamil film industry’
Spread the love Two weeks have passed since Vijay walked off the political campaign trail and into the Chief Minister’s office, and Tamil cinema is already being asked a question it may not have a clean answer to: who fills the space he left behind? When this question was posed to RJ Balaji, whose latest film Karuppu is currently running...
Why is Delhi Gymkhana Club being asked to vacate? Congress sees Rahul Gandhi angle
Spread the love Delhi Gymkhana Club NEW DELHI: Congress leader Rashid Alvi, on Sunday, criticised the Centre over its recent order asking the Delhi Gymkhana Club to vacate its premises. He alleged that the move was linked to Rahul Gandhi‘s membership of the club located in central Delhi.Alvi said that the move is unfortunate. “It is such an old club...
