F-1 visa slots are vanishing in minutes in India, triggering concern among students. After months of no-show, the US started releasing visa slots for F-1 students but the slots are vanishing within minutes, pushing students to panic and anxiety about whether they would make it well before their academic session begins this Fall in US…
A series of planned London Underground strikes due to begin on Tuesday have been suspended by the Rail, Maritime and Transport Union, according to The GuardianThe industrial action included two separate 24-hour walkouts scheduled from Tuesday to Wednesday and Thursday to Friday, with major disruption previously expected across the Tube network.An RMT spokesperson said the…
What do the graphic novel Watchmen, Bollywood and America have in common? They all have to deal with the mystery of the missing ‘comedian’. For the uninitiated, between his acts of making imperialist propaganda with CGI abs and the trials and travails of caped crusaders battling film critics, Zack Snyder made Watchmen, a graphic novel…
Quote of the Day by Nikola Tesla Some quotes sound wise immediately. People read them once, understand them, perhaps save them somewhere, and continue scrolling. Nikola Tesla’s quote is not really one of those. It behaves differently. It slows people down a little. You read it once, and there is a small pause afterwards because…
Remains of Noel Rodriguez found years after he disappeared. His mother fled to India with the help of his stepfather Arshdeep Singh, and was arrested in 2025. Noel Rodriguez -Alvarez was born with disabilities. In March 2023, the six-year-old was reported missing by worried relatives, prompting cops to do a welfare check at his home…
Q Manivannan, an Indian-origin Scottish Green MSP elected to the Scottish Parliament last week, has drawn criticism after endorsing calls for reparations to Palestinians funded by Scottish taxpayers.Manivannan, who represents the Edinburgh & Lothians East regional list, supported a manifesto issued by the group Art Workers for Palestine Scotland ahead of the Holyrood election.The document…
Yale’s David Geffen School of Drama removed tuition fees with a $150 million donation. This move opened doors for talented students previously excluded by financial barriers. Image Credits: Wikipedia The cultural environment is quick to assume that creativity is entirely based on merit. We all think that as long as one is gifted enough, determined,…
The strange invention called “The Isolator” was conceived by Hugo Gernsback, a prolific inventor and science-fiction writer, in 1925. More than seven decades ago, before anyone talked about noise-cancellation, productivity tools, and deep work techniques, the inventor felt that humans require complete seclusion from everything else to concentrate and be productive. To achieve such an…
Every time someone snaps a selfie, records a sunset or scans a QR code, they are unknowingly using technology built on a scientific idea once dismissed as strange and almost unbelievable. More than a century ago, Albert Einstein proposed that light behaves not just as a wave, but also as tiny packets of energy capable…
A UK family donated a hand-built Lancaster cockpit after their father spent 40 years creating it. The family of a Berkshire man has donated a hand-built Lancaster bomber cockpit replica to an RAF visitor centre after he spent nearly 40 years creating it in his garden shed.Leon Ellison, a retired electronics engineer from Binfield, started…
Fake police scam targets UK pensioners as TSB warns of rising fraud cases / Image: @BBC A growing scam involving criminals posing as police officers and bank investigators is leaving elderly Britons thousands of pounds out of pocket, prompting fresh warnings from banks, fraud experts and UK authorities.High street lender TSB has issued an urgent…
London commuters brace for 4 days of tube strike disruption / Image: File London is preparing for another week of major travel disruption after talks between Transport for London (TfL) and the Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) failed to stop planned Tube strikes. The industrial action is now officially set to go ahead across…
