Spread the love AI generated image On an unremarkable Friday this June, a number appeared across every headline. A trillion.Since then, people have been attempting to understand it. What can it buy? How tall would a trillion dollar bills stacked be? How fast would you need to spend to burn through it in a lifetime?The internet, which excels at this...
IIT-Delhi study finds human activity drives India’s ‘wild’ weather
Spread the love Of late, increasingly concentrated rainfall and violent floods have devastated India’s cities and farms alike. For years, scientists have debated whether this is simply natural variation or the direct result of climate change. A new study in Environmental Research Letters has found the smoking gun. Specifically, for the first time, researchers have dispositive evidence that human activity...
‘They start looking for your successor’: Rohit Sharma faces blunt warning
Spread the love India’s Rohit Sharma (AP Photo) Former England spinner Graeme Swann believes the growing discussion around Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli‘s future is an unavoidable part of elite sport, especially when a new generation of talent is beginning to make headlines.Although India still have two ODIs left in their ongoing series against Afghanistan, attention is already shifting towards...
Iran to immediately open Hormuz, US to lift Naval blockade: Draft deal details emerge
Spread the love Image: ANI Details of a draft memorandum between Washington and Tehran have begun to emerge, with a senior Iranian official telling Reuters that the proposed agreement includes Iran’s commitment not to produce or acquire nuclear weapons.Under the draft framework, Iran would immediately reopen the Strait of Hormuz to all commercial vessels, while the United States would lift...
PM Modi, Macron inaugurate ‘Bharat Innovates’; pitch deeper India-France partnership
Spread the love PM Modi, French President Macron inaugurate ‘Bharat Innovates’ in France Prime Minister Narendra Modi and French President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday jointly inaugurated the Bharat Innovates 2026 conclave in Nice, bringing together startups, innovators, venture capital funds and academic institutions from India, France and other countries, as the two nations seek to deepen cooperation in technology, innovation...
If your headache comes with these symptoms — don’t ignore it
Spread the love Headaches are among the most common health complaints, affecting millions of people every day. In most cases, they are triggered by stress, lack of sleep, dehydration, eye strain, or migraines and are rarely a cause for alarm. But how can you tell the difference between a routine headache and one that warrants medical attention? According to Dr Keval...
Microsoft president Brad Smith has a message for students booing tech CEOs
Spread the love Microsoft president Brad Smith has spent four decades around computer scientists, and he says they keep making the same two mistakes. They overestimate how fast a new technology will spread, and they underestimate what people are capable of. The Microsoft president put both ideas at the center of a 3,000-word essay this week, written in response to...
To Mars with Musk: Can world’s first trillionaire take you to the little red planet?
Spread the love The world’s first trillionaire has promised to take you to Mars, but can he?Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, is no longer just looking at Earth, but straight at the little red planet: Mars. The SpaceX founder has an interstellar dream: not just to visit the red planet, but to help build a permanent human settlement there,...
Pakistan players told to cover own travel & accommodation costs for Asian Games
Spread the love Photo/Agencies Pakistan’s leading men’s and women’s table tennis players have been left surprised by a decision from the Pakistan Table Tennis Federation (PTTF), which has reportedly asked athletes to arrange their own funds if they want to compete at the Asian Games in Japan later this year.The issue came to light during the ongoing two-day national trials...
Not binary: India can save its forests by winning the war on poverty
Spread the love Traditionally, many conservationists and policymakers have seen biodiversity conservation as a choice between protecting nature and meeting human needs. Forests were often seen as places that had to be protected from people, while alleviating poverty and economic development were treated as separate concerns. A new international study has concluded that this is a harmful view. In a paper...
