Spread the love Study ‘proves’ colonists brought smallpox to South America Scientists have found direct molecular evidence that European colonisers brought smallpox to South America after recovering the first ancient smallpox genomes from the Americas, in the remains of individuals in Chile. The strains belonged to a now-extinct lineage that branched from European strains around 1296. Analysing the virus’s DNA...
Congress workers detained while protesting E20 fuel outside Gadkari’s residence: Watch
Spread the love Congress workers held during E20 fuel protest outside Gadkari’s Nagpur residence NEW DELHI: Police on Monday detained Congress workers protesting against the Centre’s ethanol-blended fuel policy outside Union Minister Nitin Gadkari’s residence in Nagpur.“We condemn E20 being imposed on us. We will continue to fight,” said youth congress leader Mehul Adwani.The protest march began at Chitnavis Park...
Students outnumbered by ‘puncture banane wale’ at Jantar Mantar protest: BJP neta
Spread the love BJP leader Ramesh Bidhuri (L, Photo credit: X/@Ramesh Bidhuri) alleged locksmiths and puncture repairers outnumbered students at a recent protest NEW DELHI: Senior BJP leader Ramesh Bidhuri on Sunday alleged that “puncture banane wale aur tala banane wale” (those who fix tyre punctures and locksmiths) outnumbered students at the recent Jantar Mantar protest against the NEET paper...
California’s hottest luxury homes are getting cheaper. But why?
Spread the love (Representative image) Low mortgage rates and a greater scope for remote work during the pandemic had reportedly led to high demand for second homes and vacation properties. For years, Palm Springs symbolised California’s red-hot luxury housing boom, with affluent buyers snapping up second homes and vacation properties at record prices. That frenzy, fuelled by pandemic-era remote work...
‘No excuses if you want to play for India’: The philosophy that shaped Auqib Nabi
Spread the love Aquib Nabi and team of Jammu and Kashmir Ranji cricket celebrate after taking wicket of Smaran Ravichandran wicket of Karnataka at the Ranji Trophy finals at Rajnagar KSCA cricket stadium at Hubali on Thursday. NEW DELHI: There was a time when Auqib Nabi didn’t own a pair of bowling spikes.For his first U-19 trial in Jammu &...
Nauheed Cyrusi on why she chose a child-free life after two miscarriages: ‘Got married in 2017’
Spread the love 5 min readNew DelhiAug 3, 2026 01:59 PM IST Nauheed Cyrusi and her husband Rustom share a happy life with their furry companions. However, their decision to not have children sparked speculation over the years. Recently, the Bollywood actor addressed the rumours and revealed the real reason behind choosing a child-free life. “We got married in 2017,...
Why are our cities digging the same roads again and again?
Spread the love Every year, just after a road is opened to traffic, excavators return. The municipality may resurface a stretch only to see it dug up within weeks to lay a water pipeline, fix a sewer, lay an electricity cable, expand a gas network or pull fibre-optic lines for telecommunications companies.The cycle is so frequent that for millions of...
Kerala rain fury: 15 dead, 7 missing as relief camps shelter thousands
Spread the love Kerala floods: Death toll rises to 15, 7 missing as heavy rain continues NEW DELHI: Chief minister VD Satheesan on Monday said that the death toll in rain-related incidents across Kerala has risen to 15 as heavy rainfall continued to batter the state and rescue operations intensified.Addressing a press conference after reviewing the flood situation with senior...
Science must become priority of space missions, we need more money for it: ISRO chief Somanath
Spread the love S. Somanath, Chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), told The Hindu that scientific missions ought to be more important in the future. Excerpts: The LVM3 launch vehicle successfully placed 36 satellites of the privately owned OneWeb consortium. However, you have recently indicated that the Chandrayaan-3 mission (to place a rover on the moon) will now likely...
Where is ISRO heading?
Spread the love Only three decades ago, the Indian space programme was a diminutive affair, dominated by the newfound successes of the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) and a then-fledgling clump of communications satellites. Today, the programme is a large tree with a flourishing canopy. There is a slew of ongoing projects accompanied by projects being ideated, developed, tested as well...
