File photo: Omar Abdullah (ANI) NEW DELHI: Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah on Saturday linked the recent surge in terrorist activities in the Jammu region to the redeployment of army personnel to Ladakh amid Chinese incursions. He suggested that this strategic shift had created an opening for terrorist groups to exploit the security…
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of Canada on Friday made his first comments in response to President Trump’s repeated statements that he wants to annex Canada and make it the 51st state. Mr. Trudeau made clear that he did not regard Mr. Trump’s statements as having been made in jest and believes annexation is something Canada…
BENGALURU: Indian scientists have discovered a new phenomenon in nanoscience that could change how we develop electronic devices, sensors, and catalysts. The research, led by Prof Bivas Saha from the Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR), Bengaluru, reveals how electrons behave differently when confined in metals at the nanoscale.The study, published in Science…
Political Boldness Pays Off: Students Gain Ivy League Spots with Bold Essays. (Getty Images) In recent years, the landscape of college admissions has been undergoing a significant shift, with a growing number of high school seniors turning to politically bold essays to strengthen their applications. This trend is gaining traction, particularly among students aiming for…
The mother lived for 42 years in a three-story house overlooking a former gas chamber and a gallows at Auschwitz, sometimes losing sleep at the thought of what had happened on the other side of her garden wall. But the house in Oswiecim, southern Poland, once the home of the death camp’s wartime commandant, Rudolf…
Shafali Verma has continued her impressive run of form as she has played some incredible knocks for Team A in the ongoing Senior Women’s One-Day Challenger Trophy. On Sunday, January 5, Shafali smashed 91 off 71 with the help of 10 fours and five sixes against Team B, but Team A lost the match by…
Late last month, two days before Christmas, the Rev. Dr. Katrina D. Foster, pastor of St. John’s Lutheran Church in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Greenpoint, was showing off her church’s recent renovations. The neo-Gothic church was built in 1891, and the original blue, vaulted ceiling; wooden pews; stained-glass windows; and a Jardine & Son pipe…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court Thursday sought to know the Centre’s stand on implementation of the proposal to deliberate on legal guarantee of MSP, mooted nearly a month after the PM in November 2021 announced withdrawal of the contentious farm laws that led to blocking of NH-44 by agitating farmers, mainly from Punjab, for more…
The iconic Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris is set to reopen its doors to the public on December 7, marking a huge milestone in the historic monument’s recovery following the devastating fire in April 2019. The blaze, which engulfed the medieval Gothic masterpiece, Notre-Dame de Paris (Our Lady of Paris) caused widespread destruction, including the…
Indian Students Surpass Chinese Students in the US for the First Time in 15 Years The Open Doors 2024 Report has unveiled a significant shift in international student mobility patterns, with India emerging as the largest source of international students in the United States for the first time in 15 years. As of the 2023-24…