From hundreds of kilometres above Earth, a national celebration looked very different. While crowds gathered across the United States for the country’s 250th anniversary, astronauts aboard the International Space Station watched the evening lights spread across the planet below. On July 4, as fireworks filled the skies over Los Angeles, the display became part of…
Delhi has been placed among the better-performing States and Union Territories in the Performance Grading Index (PGI) 2025-26, reflecting strong performance across key school education indicators. However, the review also identified declining foundational enrolment and lower retention at the secondary level, highlighting areas where targeted interventions will be needed to sustain educational progress. Delhi has…
Singer and dubbing artiste Chinmayi Sripaada has spoken out against the online abuse directed at her family after social media trolls allegedly targeted her husband, filmmaker-actor Rahul Ravindran, and their three-year-old twins. The backlash followed Rahul’s comments on the alleged murder case involving Ketan Agarwal and his fiancée Siya Goyal. While Rahul recently left X…
While “whatever” may just mean that the conversation should be continued later, it is also widely perceived as a sign of disrespect, annoyance, and complete disinterest. Both in private and in professional relations, “whatever” may quickly close a conversation and create an unpleasant atmosphere. Instead of using this phrase, it is better to say, “We…
According to details from its draft prospectus, SBI Funds has appointed nine investment banks to steer the share sale, a lineup that includes Kotak Mahindra Capital Co., Axis Capital Ltd., SBI Capital Markets Ltd., JM Financial Ltd., and HSBC Holdings Plc. Source link
India’s credit card market has expanded sharply over the past decade, but is yet to touch its potential, with only !According to a report by TransUnion CIBIL, credit cards continue to have limited reach, with only one in four credit-active consumers holding one.The credit information company’s managing director and chief executive, Bhavesh Jain, said that…
NEW DELHI: Around one in 14 women aged between 30 and 49 living in low and middle-income countries experience early menopause, according to a pooled analysis published in the BMJ Global Health journal. Researchers warned that the condition could place an increasing burden on already stretched healthcare systems.The study, led by researchers at the International…
The gradual normalisation of shipping through the Strait of Hormuz has eased immediate concerns over India’s fertiliser supplies, but executives in India’s fertiliser industry say August is when it will become clear whether India has successfully avoided the crisis — for that’s when companies will start placing import orders that will determine fertiliser availability for…
For more than 20 years, Lionel Messi has been able to do anything he wants on a soccer pitch, bending the game to his will and conjuring otherworldly moves out of thin air. But there’s one skill that seems to leave this 5-foot-7 maestro looking up at everyone else. Messi has converted only 114 of…
Far beyond Pluto, where sunlight is faint and temperatures remain extremely low, countless icy bodies drift through the outer reaches of the Solar System. These distant objects, known as trans-Neptunian objects, have long been viewed as frozen relics left over from the Solar System’s formation. Most are thought to be too small to hold onto…
