Indian national Sai Varshith Kandula, 20, on Thursday was sentenced to eight years for an attempted attack on the White House with a rented truck on May 22, 2023. The attack aimed to overthrow the democratically elected American government in order to replace it with a dictatorship fuelled by Nazi ideology, the Department of Justice…
The vast majority of Americans are about to get an extended taste of frigid Siberian weather. Another polar vortex disruption will stretch Arctic air across the top of the globe and make Donald Trump’s second inauguration the coldest in 40 years, meteorologists said. After starting in the Rockies Thursday night, the cold will blast eastward…
‘Symbol of India’s scientific journey’: PM Modi launches ‘Mission Mausam’ on 150 years of IMD (Picture credit: ANI) NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday praised the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) as a cornerstone of India’s scientific progress during its 150th foundation day celebration and released a postage stamp and a special commemorative coin…
aNEW DELHI: Kerala Police have arrested fifteen people, including a minor, for the alleged rape of a Dalit teenager. Nine of the arrests were made Saturday, following an initial six on Friday. The victim, now 18 and an athlete, told police she was repeatedly assaulted since she was 16. Over 60 individuals are involved, according…
David Moyes has been appointed as Everton’s new manager, nearly 12 years after leaving Goodison Park to join Manchester United. The 61-year-old has signed a two-and-a-half-year contract, replacing Sean Dyche, who was dismissed on Thursday by the club’s new owners, The Friedkin Group (TFG), after he indicated that he had taken the team as far…
Indian-origin astronaut Sunita Williams is all set to carry out her first spacewalk in 12 years as part of a soon-to-launch SpaceX Crew-6 mission to the International Space Station. Renowned for pioneering space missions and her efforts for space research, Williams will perform several critical jobs outside the ISS during this next spacewalk, thus underlining…
NEW DELHI: The government has extended invitations to officials from countries that were part of undivided India at the time to mark 150 years of the India Meteorological Department, established in 1875. This includes officials from Pakistan, Afghanistan, Myanmar, Bhutan, Maldives, Sri Lanka, and Nepal.Representatives from the Middle East and Southwest Asia have also been…
Lebanon’s fractured Parliament overcame more than two years of gridlock on Thursday to select a new president, a critical step toward bringing stability to a country attempting to recover from economic catastrophe and a devastating war. Lawmakers elected Gen. Joseph Aoun, the commander of the Lebanese military, by an overwhelming majority in the second round…
NEW DELHI: The micro finance institutions (MFIs) industry in India has witnessed a skyrocketing growth of more than 2,176 per cent in the past 12 years, with its business soaring from Rs 17,264 crore in March 2012 to Rs 3.93 lakh crore as of November 2024. This was highlighted during a meeting chaired by M…
New discovery on Pluto’s moon Charon challenges moon formation theories in US classrooms. (Getty Images) A groundbreaking theory about the origins of Pluto’s largest moon, Charon, could change the way we teach about moons and planetary systems in U.S. classrooms. A new study suggests that 4.5 billion years ago, Pluto and Charon experienced a “kiss…