With the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections due early next year, the growing visibility of Azad Samaj Party (Kanshi Ram) chief and Nagina MP Chandra Shekhar Aazad through a series of high-attendance rallies across the state has attracted the attention of the ruling BJP and the Opposition alike. Aazad addressed a large public rally in Kannauj…
Astronomers have observed a rare event in the solar system, a comet slowing its rotation and then spinning in the opposite direction.Comet 41P/Tuttle-Giacobini-Kresák, a small icy body about 0.6 miles across, displayed this unusual behaviour as it approached the sun in 2017. David Jewitt, an astronomer at the University of California, Los Angeles, studied images…
THE PRIME Minister’s Office (PMO) has told the Lok Sabha Secretariat that Parliament questions and matters related to PM CARES Fund, the Prime Minister’s National Relief Fund (PMNRF) and the National Defence Fund (NDF) are not admissible under rules related to the conduct of business in Lok Sabha, The Indian Express has learnt. It is…
World’s quietest room: Inside the silent chamber of Microsoft where you can hear your own heartbeat (AI-generated) Inside Microsoft’s headquarters in Redmond, Washington, there is a room where sound behaves in an unfamiliar way. Noise from the outside does not enter, and any sound made within its walls fades almost at once. The space is…
As an elected BJP-led government gets to work in Manipur amid protests from Kuki-Zo-Hmar tribes in the hills, the Centre is at an advanced stage of finalising a Kuki-Zo peace deal, The Indian Express has learnt. According to sources within the government, this deal could be on the lines of the Frontier Nagaland Territorial Authority…
Milky Way galaxy (Source: NASA) For decades, the search for extraterrestrial life has revolved around a simple rule: follow the water. If a distant planet has liquid water, and perhaps oxygen, it is flagged as potentially habitable. But new research led by scientists at ETH Zurich suggests that this long-standing strategy may be incomplete. A…
(Each week, Deputy Editor Liz Mathew maps the changing political landscape from New Delhi, focusing on power equations, policy moves, and shifts in alliances.) The BJP and the NDA alliance are in power in 21 states and Union Territories, but that is not enough for Prime Minister Narendra Modi and party workers, according to Amit…
NASA, SpaceX set for Crew 12 launch to the space station: Mission objectives explained (Image Source – NASA) Launch preparations are moving ahead at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, where a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is scheduled to lift off at 5.15 a.m. EST (3:45 PM IST) from Space Launch Complex 40. The…
In a move that could further sharpen the confrontation between the government and the Opposition, the INDIA bloc is preparing to move a no-confidence motion against Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, with the Trinamool Congress (TMC) also backing the move. Sources said the Opposition wants to move the motion as soon as possible and signatures…
NASA is returning to Earth in a big way. The space agency announced two new satellite missions that might change ‘how we see’ and ‘understand our home planet’. These are not just any satellites; rather, they are supposed to track everything from the ozone layer high up in the sky to glaciers and ice sheets…