Spread the love Rajnath lays foundation for 5 expansion projects of GRSE, Yantra India. (Image credit: X/@rajnathsingh) NEW DELHI: Defence minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday virtually laid the foundation stones for five brownfield expansion projects of Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers (GRSE) and Yantra India Ltd in West Bengal, with a combined investment of nearly Rs 3,500 crore.Singh laid the...
After Maharashtra hill tragedy, Delhi man jumps into Yamuna over iPhone
Spread the love A dance teacher jumped into the Yamuna river in Delhi due to financial stress. NEW DELHI: A 30-year-old dance teacher allegedly jumped into the Yamuna in southeast Delhi after a decline in his income made it difficult for him to pay the instalments on an iPhone, police said.The incident took place around 8.30 pm on Friday near...
Lunar eclipse August 2026: When and where will it be visible from?
Spread the love The world is scheduled to witness a lunar eclipse soon with almost 96% coverage of the moon’s surface, which will give the celestial body a deep red hue. Our coverage of the August 12 solar eclipse The lunar eclipse will occur on August 28, 2026 and will be visible across North and South America, with about one...
Apollo 15 brought back green glass beads; decades later they revealed lunar water
Spread the love Representative Image (Image Credit: Canva) In 1971, Apollo 15 astronauts David Scott and James Irwin noticed something unusual on the Moon: tiny green flecks scattered across the otherwise grey surface. They collected samples and brought them back to Earth, unaware that the material would decades later challenge a long-held belief about the Moon. According to Brown University,...
Hindu family of four found dead in Bangladesh’s Rangpur; strangulation suspected
Spread the love Police found the four bodies in different parts of the house, including the roof, staircase and under a bed (Image credit: @HinduUnityBD on X) Four members of a Hindu family, including a retired schoolteacher, were found dead inside their locked home in Bangladesh’s Rangpur city under suspicious circumstances, with police investigation under way, as per ANI citing...
What makes September 3 important for international students in the US on F and J visas
Spread the love September 3, 2026, has emerged as a pivotal date for international students in the United States on F and J visas, according to multiple reports. On that day, a federal court will hear arguments in a lawsuit challenging a new Department of Homeland Security (DHS) rule that limits how long foreign students and exchange visitors can remain...
From Thumba to tomorrow: Indian space programme is preparing for its biggest leap yet
Spread the love Indian space programme (representative image) BENGALURU: August 23, 2023, gave India an image it had waited decades to see: a spacecraft settling on the Moon, its lander and rover beginning work near the lunar south polar region. But the significance of Chandrayaan-3 was perhaps easier to understand if one looked backwards.Six decades earlier, India was still figuring...
Shubman Gill joins Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag in elite Test list
Spread the love India’s captain Shubman Gill PTI Photo) Shubman Gill added another milestone to his growing Test career on Sunday, becoming the fourth-youngest Indian to reach 3,000 runs in the longest format.The India captain achieved the landmark on the opening day of the second Test against Sri Lanka at the Sinhalese Sports Club in Colombo. Gill needed just seven...
Why ex-Google CEO Eric Schmidt is ‘unhappy’ with his former boss Sergey Brin
Spread the love Google’s former CEO Eric Schmidt is reportedly unhappy with founder Sergey Brin over how more than $100 million in political contributions is being used in California. The two technology billionaires are backing efforts to defeat Proposition 40, a proposed one-time wealth tax on California residents worth more than $100 million. However, a report says Schmidt has grown...
The science behind social media bans, and why they don’t work
Spread the love Ask a sixteen-year-old about a social media ban, and you get an answer sharper than most adults arguing about bans. She says, “It doesn’t prepare us for the real world when we will have to deal with these distractions in our life”. The teenager’s response strikes at the core of the ban vs. no ban debate: the necessity to teach...
