Step outside into 45-47°C heat and it is not just uncomfortable. It is immediate and overwhelming. The sun beats down relentlessly as the air feels heavy and unbearably still, hitting your face like a wave from an open furnace and clinging to the skin even as you step into shade. Within minutes, the body begins…
New Delhi: More than six years after its enactment sparked riots in Delhi, the Supreme Court on Thursday scheduled a four-day final hearing from May 5 on 243 petitions challenging the validity of Citizenship (Amendment) Act that provides a pathway for citizenship to Hindus, Sikhs, Jains, Parsis and Christians who may reach India after fleeing…
chum salmon Representative image In the early 1990s, fewer than 1,000 threatened summer-run chum salmon made it back to the Big Quilcene River on Washington’s Olympic Peninsula each year. Decades of logging, road building and habitat degradation had left the river choked with sediment, its gravel spawning beds buried and its side channels disconnected. Today,…
Scientists have solved the mystery of unusually high concentrations of chlorophyll detected more than 1,000 metres beneath the ocean Scientists have solved the mystery of unusually high concentrations of chlorophyll detected more than 1,000 metres beneath the ocean surface by autonomous underwater robots after years of puzzling. The discovery, which took place between 2014 and…
Kelly Clarkson jokes and compares her income to Taylor Swift’s. (Instagram) Kelly Clarkson has been on a roll recently as she is completing her residency at Caesars Palace. During one of her latest shows, as she performed at the casino, the singer made sure to send the audience into a fit of laughter with some…
Megyn Kelly calls out Milly Alcock for being the reason behind ‘Supegirl’ box office numbers. Famed TV commentator Megyn Kelly believes Milly Alcock is to blame for ‘Supergirl’ and its low box office performance. In one of the latest episodes of her talk show, Kelly called out the 26-year-old ‘House of the Dragon’ actress and…
Amid much buzz about director Nitesh Tiwari’s ‘Ramayana‘, new reports have revealed another major character in the epic led by Ranbir Kapoor and Yash.Actor Rajiv Kumar‘s role in the film has reportedly been revealed. As per various online posts, the actor is reportedly set to play an important role in the film and is rumoured…
Sonakshi Sinha loses cool at paparazzi outside event, says ‘jab tak aap nahi jaoge, main car me nahi baithungi’ Sonakshi Sinha has once again voiced her displeasure over intrusive paparazzi behaviour. After attending Akansha Ranjan and Sharan Sharma‘s wedding reception in Mumbai, the actress firmly asked photographers to stop following her as she made her…
The New Delhi-Varanasi service is around 40-50% faster than earlier services on the route. India’s infrastructure expansion has been continuing for several years now, with the fruits of the labour now visible in terms of less travel time between places. Across bridges, tunnels, expressways and railways, projects are replacing long detours, difficult terrain and slower…
The ministry of external affairs on Wednesday condemned the attack on the commercial vessel Settebello off the coast of Oman and said efforts were underway to trace three missing Indian crew members.The ministry said 21 of the 24 Indian nationals on board had been rescued, while the Indian Embassy in Muscat was coordinating with Omani…
