Indian Descent Rishi Sunak close to becoming British PM
London: Sunak’s parents are African-born Hindu of Punjabi Indian descent.
In August 2009, Sunak married Akshata Murthy, the daughter of the Indian billionaire N. R. Narayana Murthy, the founder of Infosys
Cyclone Sitrang likely to become severe cyclonic storm
Kolkata/Bhubaneswar: It will mainly affect the Sunderbans spread over West Bengal and Bangladesh as tidal waves are likely to reach a height of six metres owing to the twin effect of the weather system and new moon
BY PTI / Monday, 24 October, 2022
Pumpkin replacing poppy cultivation in Arunachal village
Tezu (Arunachal Pradesh): The government's war against opium in the past few years and the schemes taken up by it have resulted in its farmers taking up cultivation of cash crops like ginger, mustard and tea, besides pumpkin
BY PTI / Monday, 24 October, 2022
Rishi Sunak to make history as UK’s first Indian-origin PM
London: The 42-year-old former chancellor, a devout Hindu, was comfortably in the lead, having secured the public backing of over half the 357 Tory MPs way above the 100 minimum required to make the shortlist.
BY PTI / Monday, 24 October, 2022
Tripura: Intercropping answer to the challenge of long gestation period of rubber plantation
Agartala: Intercropping is the practice of growing two or more different types of crops on the same agricultural field together
BY PTI / Sunday, 23 October, 2022
Touch and feel rare rocks, and crystals at this unique museum in Pune’s tech institute
Pune: Researchers, students and amateur geologists alike to gain a first-hand experience of geological treasures in the ‘Geology Museum’ at the College of Engineering Pune Technological University (COEPTU) in Shivajinagar
BY PTI / Sunday, 23 October, 2022
K’taka minister Somanna apologises after viral video shows him slapping woman
Chamarajanagar (KTK): The minister’s office later shared a video where the woman said she was not slapped but was only consoled by the minister
BY PTI / Sunday, 23 October, 2022
US elections: November ballot will test whether Trump is ready to bounce back
The author writes that on 17 October, a national YouGov poll for CBS News had Republicans ahead on 47%, with the Democrats on 45% but the Democrats have one big card left to play in the final stretch: Barack
BY The Conversation / Sunday, 23 October, 2022
ISRO scripts history with successful commercial mission LVM3-M2
Sriharikota/Bengaluru: The launch is also first for LVM3-M2 to place satellites in the Low Earth Orbit (LEO-up to 1,200 kms above the Earth) unlike Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit (GTO)
BY AP/PTI / Sunday, 23 October, 2022
Xi Jinping re-elected as General Secretary of the Communist Party of China for a record third five-year term
Beijing: Chinese President Xi Jinping re-elected as the General Secretary for a record third term of a five-year term
BY PTI / Sunday, 23 October, 2022
Three reasons why strong perfumes give you a headache
The author writes that emotions are triggered by smells we may not even be conscious of smelling or consciously aware of our reaction to them but if one tends to get headaches only when you smell certain scents, it
BY The Conversation / Sunday, 23 October, 2022
Should I post photos of my children online? Here’s what new parents need to know about sharenting
The author says that babies and toddlers cannot tell parents what they think about the posts, so as their privacy steward parents need to consider how their posts might affect the children in the future
BY The Conversation / Sunday, 23 October, 2022
