Bangladesh polls: Students-led NCP divided over alliance with Jamaat; leaders quit, defections loom

Spread the love       BNP acting chairperson Tarique Rahman (in the bus) spent more than two hours with his ailing mother at the hospital, party members said. DHAKA: National Citizen Party (NCP) – founded by leaders, mostly students, of the ‘2024 July Uprising’ that led to the Sheikh Hasina govt’s collapse – is in the grip of an internal turmoil with...

‘Assaulted friends’: Mob storms student’s party, thrashes guests for ‘love jihad’; FIR filed

Spread the love       Image Credit: X BAREILLY: Around 25 right-wing activists including a self-proclaimed cow vigilante, allegedly barged into a private birthday celebration of a 20-year-old first-year female nursing student at a cafe in Bareilly and thrashed some of her male guests, raised ‘love jihad’ slogans and created a ruckus after objecting to the presence of two Muslim students at...

Delhi air pollution: City slips into ‘severe’ category as AQI hits 403; ‘orange alert’ issued

Spread the love       NEW DELHI: Air quality in Delhi has deteriorated, with an overall Air Quality Index (AQI) of 403 as reported by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB). This is considered “severe” according to the CPCB’s categorization system. The India Meteorological Department has also issued an orange alert for dense fog throughout the city. The air is thick with...

Aravalli question faces the brunt of India’s fondness for ‘strategic exemptions’

Spread the love       On December 23 Air Marshal and the Integrated Defence Staff chief Ashutosh Dixit laid out the defence establishment’s case for critical minerals. Modern defence systems, he said, rely on reliable access to these minerals and import dependence has become a strategic vulnerability because global supply chains are concentrated and exposed to export controls and geopolitics. He also...

Andhra Pradesh: Massive fire breaks out on Ernakulam Express; 1 dead

Spread the love       Image Credit: TOI VIJAYAWADA: A 70-year-old person was charred to death in a major fire that broke out on the Ernakulam Express at Yalamanchili railway station in Anakapalli district in the wee hours of Monday. The loco pilot noticed the flames and stopped the train at the station.The fire started in the B1 coach, following which railway...

‘Parivar coming together’: NCP announces alliance with Sharad Pawar faction; seat-sharing pact soon

Spread the love       Ajit Pawar’s NCP & Sharad Pawar’s fraction to contest together in Pimpri Chinchwad PUNE: Deputy chief minister and NCP chief Ajit Pawar on Sunday announced that NCP and NCP (SP) will contest the upcoming Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation elections in an alliance.Addressing a campaign rally in Talawade for party candidates, Pawar said, “In Pimpri Chinchwad, NCP, the...

Mexico train derailment: 13 killed, over 90 injured; videos from site show chaos

Spread the love       At least 13 people were killed and 98 were injured when the Interoceanic Train derailed on Sunday in southern Mexico, halting traffic along the rail line that links the Pacific Ocean with the Gulf of Mexico. Officials said the train was carrying 241 passengers and nine crew members when it left the tracks as it passed a...

‘Dhurandhar’ collection: Film breaks ‘Pushpa 2’ record to score highest 4th week collections

Spread the love       There’s just no stopping Ranveer Singh’s ‘Dhurandhar’ at the box office. The film that has been on a rampage at the box office broke another major record as it completed its fourth weekend.Dhurandhar Movie Review ‘Dhurandhar’ box office collections Day 24 As per early estimates on Sacnilk, the film directed by Aditya Dhar, earned an all-India net...

What is a frequency comb?

Spread the love       A frequency comb is a special kind of laser light whose spectrum, or set of frequencies, resembles the teeth of a comb. Instead of containing just one colour (one frequency), it emits a large number of evenly spaced frequencies. The spacing is extremely regular. One way to make a frequency comb is using a mode-locked laser that...

Trump says, ‘Russia wanted Ukraine to succeed’ — watch his reaction

Spread the love       US President Donald Trump on Sunday said that Russia wanted to see Ukraine succeed, which left President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speechless and laughing. After the meeting, both presidents held a presser discussing the peace deal progress. At the presser, Trump said that Russian President Vladimir Putin was very generous in his feelings toward Ukraine succeeding. “Russia wants to...

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