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‘Attempt to muzzle our voice on Independence Day’: CJP Instagram handle restored

CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke (centre) and chief spokespersons Saurav Das (left) and Ashutosh Ranka also present. (File photo) NEW DELHI: The Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) on Saturday claimed that its official Instagram account was taken down in the morning and later restored.As the account was allegedly taken down on August 15, the outfit described it…

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What changes from August 15

Petrol export levy cut to nil, diesel and ATF duties retained The government has scrapped the export levy on petrol for the next fortnight while continuing to charge duties on diesel and aviation turbine fuel (ATF), according to a ministry of finance notification issued on Friday.The revised rates will take effect from August 15, with…

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Antarctica once had a rainforest just 900 km from the South Pole. Fossil roots reveal how warm it was 90 million years ago

A sediment core pulled from the seabed off West Antarctica has preserved evidence of a forest that grew near the South Pole about 90 million years ago, when the continent was warm enough to support a wet, temperate ecosystem. The core contains fossilised roots, pollen and spores from vegetation that lived at a latitude of…

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Meet Kevin Sun, the 17-year-old Massachusetts student who built a dissolvable wireless tag to help recycling plants sort plastic

Kevin Sun, the 17-year-old Massachusetts student (Image Credit: Society For Science) At just 17, Kevin Sun of Andover, Massachusetts, has developed a technology that could address one of the biggest challenges in plastic recycling: sorting different types of plastic accurately. Sun created a dissolvable radio-frequency tag that works like a wireless barcode, allowing plastic materials…

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‘Haiwaan’ actor Saif Ali Khan stabbing case reaches key stage as court frames charges against accused more than a year after attack, trial likey to begin soon

‘Haiwaan’ actor Saif Ali Khan stabbing case reaches key stage as court frames charges against accused more than a year after attack, trial likey to begin soon – Report More than a year after Saif Ali Khan was attacked inside his Bandra residence, the case has reached another significant stage. A Sessions Court has reportedly…

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