Nation/World

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

BY / Monday, 24 October, 2022

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 / 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 / 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 / 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 / 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 / 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 / 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 / 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 / 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 / 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 / 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 / Sunday, 23 October, 2022
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