Handing away money you were never going to spend anyway is easy to praise and, according to the person doing it, not actually all that impressive. Melinda French Gates, one of the most prominent philanthropists in the world, said exactly that about her own giving. “It’s important to acknowledge that giving away money your family…
‘Balan: The Boy’ box office collections day 8: Weekend begins on positive note for Chidambaram’s thriller; Worldwide gross reaches Rs 24.17 Cr Chidambaram’s ‘Balan: The Boy’ continued its steady run at the box office with a strong jump in collections on Day 8.According to Sacnilk, the film collected Rs 1.93 crore net in India on…
‘Singham’ cop Ajay Pal Sharma NEW DELHI: The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday declined to intervene in allegations against Election Commission-appointed police observer Ajay Pal Sharma, saying it would not pass any order concerning officers on poll duty until April 29, when the second phase of the West Bengal assembly elections is scheduled.The observation came…
Astronomers from the University of Cape Town (UCT) – working with colleagues from Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (France), Swinburne University of Technology (Australia) and the INAF Osservatorio Astronomico di Cagliari (Italy) have mapped a massive structure in the Universe – a huge supercluster, partially obscured from us behind the Milky Way’s ‘Zone of Avoidance.’…
NASA‘s Voyager 1 was launched almost 49 years ago and is still actively travelling through deep space, currently over 15 billion miles away from Earth. Voyager 1 was created by humans and is the furthest any human-made object has ever travelled. However, Voyager 1is facing a power-related emergency due to its radioisotope thermoelectric generators losing…
New Delhi: Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Tuesday deplored the “betrayal by teachers entrusted with safeguarding NEET-UG”, saying individuals responsible for protecting the examination had “instead compromised its integrity.” He also accused Congress leader Rahul Gandhi of scaring aspirants and seeking to “create anarchy”, while terming the CJP a “proxy” of disruptive forces.In his…
DHAKA/NEW DELHI: “I hope no such incident will happen,” said Bangladesh home minister Salahuddin Ahmed on Wednesday when asked if he feared a rise in cases of suspected illegal immigrants being “pushed back” — forcibly expelled — from India into Bangladesh after BJP’s poll victories in bordering Assam and West Bengal. Illegal migration and ‘pushbacks’…
KOLKAT/CHENNAI: Bengal recorded a historic 93.2% turnout in the first phase of assembly elections, while Tamil Nadu’s final provisional figure settled at 85.1% after a marginal revision, EC data showed on Saturday.More than 3.36 crore voters cast ballots across 16 Bengal districts on April 23, out of a 3.6 crore electorate. Cooch Behar led with…
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is in discussions with the Saudi Arabia Cricket Federation over plans to build a new cricket stadium in Jeddah, a proposal that has already received approval from the PCB’s Governing Board.According to sources quoted by PTI, PCB chairman Mohsin Naqvi is leading the talks with Saudi cricket officials, and an…
Strange Spheres Washed Ashore on an Australian Beach. Authorities Say They’re Probably ‘Space Balls’ What began as an ordinary day in a small Australian beach town turned into an unusual investigation after six large metallic spheres washed ashore. The discovery forced residents to evacuate and raised fears that the objects could be dangerous.The shiny objects…