In August 1868, the Sun briefly became a laboratory for astronomers gathered in India to watch a total solar eclipse. Among them was the French astronomer Pierre Jules Janssen, who turned a spectroscope towards the bright prominences rising around the eclipsed solar disc. Their light contained a yellow spectral line that seemed to sit close…
Toyota Kirloskar Motor has announced plans to set up a new vehicle manufacturing facility in India. The upcoming plant will be located at the Bidkin Industrial Area in Maharashtra and is expected to begin operations in the first half of 2029.The new facility will have an annual production capacity of 100,000 vehicles and is expected…
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage Nigel Farage’s decision to resign as MP for Clacton and immediately seek re-election has triggered an extraordinary political row, with Labour, the Conservatives, Liberal Democrats and several other parties refusing to contest what they have branded a “fake” by-election.The controversy has also disrupted Reform UK’s campaign in the high-stakes Greater…
Snakes are some of the most fearsome slithering creatures, and one would definitely not want to have an encounter with one of them. If you get chills just by thinking about slithering creatures, there’s good news, as some places on Earth are completely free of snakes! While those places might sound impossible or unreal, it…
The issue came to light after Mr Wu became suspicious about the transaction. (Picture: ABC Australia) A homeowner in Australia says he may have sold his Perth property for nearly $100,000 less than its value after discovering that the real estate agents he hired to sell it were behind the company that bought it. Chao…
Image Credit: X/ @FloridaAtlantic Scientists have officially identified a previously unknown monkey species with vivid orange lips in the remote rainforests of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), ending years of scientific uncertainty over whether the small, isolated population represented a distinct species. The scientific findings have been published in the journal PLOS One.Named Colobus…
Forest City was meant to become a futuristic metropolis near Singapore, but its empty towers and quiet streets earned it a very different reputation. That unusual setting later attracted a group of technology entrepreneurs who saw the underused development as an opportunity to test a new way of living and working. In 2024, Network School…
Goyal has pitched India’s FTAs as an opportunity for investors to make use of and export to other countries. Commerce & industry minister Piyush Goyal Thursday said govt will focus on easing processes and faster clearances, wherever required, to boost FDI flows, while asserting that Indian economy has seen a robust expansion in first quarter,…
Kichcha Sudeep explains why he supported Yash’s ‘Toxic: A Fairy Tale for Grown-Ups’ despite negative reviews: ‘That was my stand to my colleague, a fellow Kannadiga, Kannada cinema’ Kichcha Sudeep has explained why he publicly supported Yash’s ‘Toxic: A Fairy Tale for Grown-Ups’ despite the film receiving mixed and negative reactions from sections of the…
Indian-origin New Jersey student Mira Trivedi said, “If we don’t protect our sacred symbols, then who will?” New Jersey’s Mira Trivedi grew up seeing the ‘swastika’ symbol used on every sacred occasion. When she was studying the Holocaust in eighth grade, her teacher referred to Hitler’s symbol as ‘swastika’. Trivedi said she always knew that…
Johnny Depp made a surprise appearance at Comic-Con 2026 in full Ebenezer Scrooge costume, delighting fans while promoting his upcoming holiday film.Image credit (Instagram) Johnny Depp scolded Comic-Con International attendees in character as Ebenezer Scrooge as the nation’s biggest pop culture convention opened Thursday, emerging from a faux snow-lined downtown San Diego storefront marked with…
India’s automotive and electric vehicle (EV) sector saw a steady but cautious start to 2026, with deal activity remaining selective despite improving investor confidence. According to Grant Thornton Bharat’s latest Dealtracker report, the industry recorded 35 deals worth USD 745 million in the January–March quarter, largely in line with the 34 deals seen in Q4…
