FILE – Nauru President David Adeang speaks at the opening ceremony of Boao Forum of Asia, in Boao in southern China’s Hainan province on Thursday, March 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Tian Macleod Ji, File) FILE – Nauru President David Adeang speaks at the opening ceremony of Boao Forum of Asia, in Boao in southern China’s Hainan…
44-year-old man climbs Brooklyn Bridge, strips naked, plants flags and jumps into East River; survives, identified and charged by NYPD A 44-year-old man miraculously survived after jumping from the top of New York City’s Brooklyn Bridge on Sunday, authorities said. According to the latest update, the man has been identified as Galymzhan Abaildayev, a Brooklyn…
Prashant Kishor celebrates after winning the Bankipur Assembly bypoll (Image credit: PTI) NEW DELHI: Jan Suraaj Party (JSP) founder Prashant Kishor has finally found a seat for his “school bag” in Bihar. The election strategist-turned-politician has flipped the Bankipur assembly seat, an unassailable bastion of the BJP for the last 30 years. Before today’s shock…
Meet the 18-year-old Nikola Veselinov whose new mathematical theorem earned the top prize at the world’s biggest student science fair While many science fair winners build robots, develop medical technologies or tackle climate challenges, one 18-year-old student from Bulgaria impressed judges with something far less visible but equally powerful: pure mathematics. Nikola Veselinov, a student…
A group of Indian people was waiting at the parking lot of a restaurant in the Colony when a black jeep came and the driver threatened them with a gun. A multi-city chase took place in Texas after 34-year-old Ryan Edward Drouin, a known offender, threatened a group of men who were waiting at a…
Representative Image of an ocean dye experiment tracking how river water reaches the sea (AI-generated image) In January and February 2023, waves along a stretch of San Diego coastline briefly turned a striking shade of fuchsia, the result of a deliberate scientific experiment rather than any natural phenomenon. Researchers from UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution…
Vivek Thiruvengadam, the founder of Qubit Fitness. A Chennai-based entrepreneur has shared how he left a high-paying job in the United States, returned to India with his family, and started a business with savings of just ₹90,000. Vivek Thiruvengadam, founder and CEO of Qubit Fitness, shared the milestone in an Instagram post marking six years…
Dozens killed in PoK as protesters treating gunshot wounds in makeshift clinics avoid hospitals for fear of arrest A protest movement in PoK has escalated into deadly clashes between security forces and demonstrators, with dozens of people reportedly killed across the region in recent weeks, the BBC reported.The protests have been led by the Joint…
The Centre has once again revised the windfall tax on fuel exports, raising duties on petrol, diesel and aviation turbine fuel (ATF) for the next fortnight while keeping domestic fuel duties unchanged.According to a finance ministry notification, the revised special additional excise duty (SAED) will come into force from August 3.The SAED on diesel exports…
Amazon and Microsoft are the only two whose heavy AI investments have been rewarded by investors. (AP photo) Yet another technology stock has crossed the $3 trillion market cap. Amazon’s market capitalisation went past the $3 trillion mark for the first time on Monday, driven by a sharp rally after the company reported strong quarterly…
The West Bengal Joint Entrance Examination Board (WBJEEB) has declared the West Bengal Joint Entrance for Computer Applications (WB JECA) 2026 result. Candidates who appeared for the entrance examination can now download their rank cards from the official website, wbjeeb.nic.in.To access the rank card, candidates will have to log in using their application number and…
East Midlands Airport. (Image: Joseph Raynor/ Reach PLC) Kevin Smith paid £5 after dropping off his son and another £5 when picking him up, but East Midlands Airport still sent him two £100 parking fines. The 68-year-old from Clifton was confused when the penalty notices arrived, even though the money for both visits had already…
