Donald Trump nixed a private meeting between New York City mayor Zohran Mamdani and Colombian leader Gustavo Petro. It was supposed to be New York mayor Zohran Mamdani’s first meeting with a foreign leader but President Donald Trump nixed the scheduled meeting of Mamdani with Colombian president Gustavo Petro, a fellow democratic socialist. The Washington…
Image Courtesy: Instagram/darpaninani_official When Darpan Inani went blind at just three years old, his parents could have panicked. Most families would. Suddenly every question about the future: school, friendships, career, independence felt like a giant question mark. But Satish and Vimla Inani chose a different road. They didn’t isolate him or anything. They chose to…
The Ghaziabad Development Authority has approved designs for two new ramps on the Hindon Elevated Road, aiming to improve connectivity for residents of Indirapuram and Vasundhara. This ₹90 crore project will ease traffic and is expected to boost the real estate market in these established residential areas. In a recent update, the Ghaziabad Development Authority…
There is new money, old money, and then the kind of money that could make someone the world’s first trillionaire!With SpaceX set to make its long-awaited Wall Street debut on Friday in what is expected to be the biggest IPO in history, that possibility may no longer seem far-fetched. If the listing goes as planned,…
Quote of the day by Margaret Thatcher (Image source: Wikipedia) There are some quotations that instantly reveal the era in which they were spoken. Others travel surprisingly well across time because they touch something familiar. Margaret Thatcher’s remark about running a home and running a country falls somewhere in between. It emerged from a political…
Beneath the serene Himalayan peaks lies a wilder side, home to formidable predators. These elusive hunters, including the ghost-like snow leopard and the swift golden eagle, thrive in harsh conditions. Smaller but deadly, Pallas’s cat ambushes rodents, while the Bengal tiger and Himalayan black bear also stalk the foothills, showcasing nature’s raw power. The Himalayas…
The summer of 2026 is expected to bring an unusual rush of visitors to parts of northern and eastern Spain. Hotels are already seeing increased interest, travel plans are being made months ahead of time, and astronomy enthusiasts have begun studying maps with unusual attention. The reason is simple. On 12 August 2026, a total…
Equity benchmarks ended lower on Thursday as weak global cues, rising crude oil prices, geopolitical tensions in the Middle East and sustained selling in IT stocks weighed on investor sentiment.The session saw heightened volatility, with both indices swinging between losses and recovery before closing in negative territory.The BSE Sensex ended 150.63 points, or 0.20%, lower…
Summer arrives differently in Kerala’s highlands. Down along the coast, afternoons can feel heavy and humid, but a few hours inland, the air changes. Roads begin to climb through folds of the Western Ghats, temperatures ease, and the landscape shifts into something quieter. Tea bushes trace the contours of hillsides, forests gather around deep valleys,…
Far out in the south-eastern Indian Ocean, a vast and largely unexplored stretch of seafloor is reshaping how scientists understand deep-ocean history. Hidden within the Diamantina fracture zone, the seabed is marked by long scars, deep trenches, and ridges that plunge into near-total darkness under extreme pressure. Across this 1,200-kilometre corridor, whale remains have been…
