In the wake of a sharp rise in prices of petrol and diesel in the country, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi took a swipe at the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government on Wednesday, saying that “inflation is at its peak during Diwali”. Taking to Twitter, Rahul Gandhi wrote in Hindi, which loosely translated…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold a review meeting with district magistrates (DMs) of over 40 districts having low Covid-19 vaccination coverage on Wednesday. The Chief Ministers of these states will also be present at the meeting. “The Prime Minister will interact with District Magistrates of over 40…
Following heavy rains in several parts of Tamil Nadu, the state government declared a holiday for schools in 20 districts on Wednesday. Schools in Chengalpet, Kancheepuram, Thiruvallur, Villupuram, Kallakurichi, Ranipet, Trichy, Ariyalur, Namakkal Cuddalore, Mayiladuthurai, Vellore, and Karur will be closed today. To…
Months after engineers resurrected the Hubble Space Telescope from the dead, the flying observatory is once again under threat. The spacecraft, which has been our eyes into the vastness of the cosmos, has gone into safe mode configuration suspending science operations forcing Nasa to launch an investigation. “The…
In Chile’s dry Atacama desert, stargazers are scanning the clear night skies to detect the existence of life on other planets and study so-called ‘dark energy,’ a mysterious cosmic force thought to be driving the accelerating expansion of the universe. Central to the race to peer into distant…
The Biden administration is launching a wide-ranging plan to reduce methane emissions, targeting a potent greenhouse gas that contributes significantly to global warming and packs a stronger short-term punch than even carbon dioxide. The plan was being announced Tuesday as President Joe Biden wraps up a two-day…
As world leaders converge in Glasgow to chart a new course of action to prevent the world from catastrophic climate change, the effects could be aggravated sooner than we anticipated. As extreme weather events become common across the world, climate change is set to hit the production of food crops by as early as 2030.…
Climate activist Greta Thunberg said that inside COP there are just politicians and people in power pretending to take our futures seriously. The young activist was speaking at a rally close to the COP26 Summit in Glasgow where she said that “COP26 so far has been just like other COP summits and has led us…
As Taliban-ruled Afghanistan descends into an economic crisis, a proscribed practice has reared its ugly head in many parts of the country that of selling young girls into marriage. In recent months, many displaced Afghan families battling poverty and starvation have been forced to make the unpalatable choice of…
The BJP was leading in the Khandwa Lok Sabha constituency and three other Assembly constituencies in Madhya Pradesh as counting of votes for bypolls to the four seats was underway on Tuesday. The bypolls, necessitated due to the death of sitting MLAs and an MP, were held on October 30, and the counting of votes began…