China claims to have successfully tested a secret “reusable” spacecraft amid crisis along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) with India in Ladakh and confrontation with multiple nations in South China Sea. The Xinhua news agency on Sunday said that the vehicle returned to its “scheduled landing site” following a two-day mission in orbit after […]
Pandemic deniers held a protest in the Italian capital, drawing a few thousand people near the Circus Maximus in the historic center. Organisers included the far-right Forza Nuova (FN) party, the anti-vax movement, and virus-denying civic groups, which complained about all precautionary measures to fight the spread of the COVID-19 in the country, Xinhua news […]
US Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said that wearing masks and social-distancing measures could lead to “enormous economic gains” for the US economy. “So certainly to get us back to full employment, we’re going to need to get the spread of the disease under control. And the best way to do that, short of arriving […]
A Russian Covid-19 vaccine has shown no serious side effects and elicited an immune response in early human trials, said a study published in The Lancet on Friday. Russia last month registered the “Sputnik V”, becoming the first country to approve a Covid-19 vaccine. However, the country faced criticism for approving a vaccine before completion […]
Cooking should be an example in many schools for boosting students’ confidence and making them understand how to look after their well-being Renowned chef Gordon Ramsay loves India and its diverse culture, and he says he would like to open a restaurant here one day. “There are very few countries in the world that have […]
The Indian and Chinese militaries began the third round of talks at Chushul on Tuesday to resolve the fresh skirmishes at Pangong Lake in Eastern Ladakh. “A Brigade Commander-level talk started at 10 a.m. in Chushul on the Indian side,” said a source. The agenda of the deliberation were the fresh development at three contentious […]
The Union Government has permitted the resumption of on-board serving of meals and in-flight entertainment on domestic and international flights. In an order, the Centre has said that airlines may serve pre-packed snacks and meals and pre-packed beverages as per the policy of the airlines depending on the duration of the flight. The order says, […]
Neelakantha Bhanu Prakash, who emerged as world’s fastest human computer by winning the Mental Calculation World Championship at Mind Sports Olympiad in London earlier this month, is all set to embark on a mission to eradicate mathematics phobia both in India and abroad. The 20-year-old Hyderabadi, who became the first Indian and also the first […]
A pair of Mahatma Gandhi’s circular rimmed, gold-plated glasses left in a Bristol auction house’s letterbox were sold for 260,000 pounds ($340,314). Earlier this month, the staff at the East Bristol Auctions, the largest auction house in South West England, found the glasses in its letterbox inside a plain envelope. The staff estimated that the […]
World’s largest oil company Aramco remains committed on its investment plan in India, including a $15 billion deal with Reliance Industries, even though Covid-19 pandemic has made life difficult for oil companies with suppressed demand and falling oil prices and wide scale erosion in valuations. Replying to a query from IANS, Aramco said that it […]