NEW DELHI: The legal battle over the Delhi excise policy case has taken an unusual turn, with Aam Aadmi Party leaders Arvind Kejriwal and Manish Sisodia refusing to appear before the Delhi high court bench of Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma. The controversy erupted after the court rejected Kejriwal’s plea seeking the judge’s recusal from hearing…
The Strait of Hormuz is showing signs of coming back to life after a tense spell due to Iran’s recent attacks on ships passing through the strategic corridor. Once heavily choked following US-Israel joint strikes on Iran on February 28, the waterway is now slowly regaining its rhythm, with more operators edging crude carriers back…
After months of sustained selling, foreign investors are beginning to turn more positive on India, with equities now “probably oversold”, Motilal Oswal Financial Services chairman Raamdeo Agrawal said on Saturday, even as he warned that geopolitical uncertainties and elevated oil prices continue to cloud the outlook.Speaking to news agency ANI, Agrawal said that a large…
For a long time, the end of the Ice Age felt like a slow fading rather than a sharp break. Mammoths vanished. Old ways of living disappeared. The climate lurched colder again, without much warning. Archaeologists and geologists have argued over the cause for decades. Some blamed hunting. Others pointed to natural climate shifts. But…
The actor-turned-politician said TVK fully backed the opposition’s protest within the Parliament complex NEW DELHI: Tamil Nadu CM C Joseph Vijay on Wednesday extended his party’s support to the protests over the alleged irregularities in the NEET examination, condemning the detention of opposition leaders, including Congress MP Rahul Gandhi.In a post on X, Vijay described…
File photo: Switzerland’s glaciers are on course to lose an enormous amount of ice this year Switzerland’s glaciers are on course to lose an enormous amount of ice this year as the ongoing European heatwave accelerates melting, with the country expected to reach “glacier loss day” by Monday, the second-earliest date ever recordedThe milestone marks…
The coming decades will see an unprecedented movement of private wealth from one generation to the next. Estimates suggest that around $124 trillion will be inherited by 2048, as reported by Fortune, creating one of the largest financial transitions in recent history. While much of the discussion has centred on family fortunes and succession planning,…
Tom Holland teases new details about the upcoming Spider-Man film, which is slated for release on July 31. (YouTube) The cast of ‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ has been on a press tour promoting the film. During one of the scheduled interviews, the lead actor, Tom Holland, ended up teasing some new themes about the film….
Quote of the day by Richard P. Feynman One of the more unusual qualities of Richard Feynman was that he did not seem particularly interested in being the smartest person in the room.That may sound odd for a physicist who won the Nobel Prize and became one of the most recognisable scientific figures of the…
Archaeologists have revealed that many Scottish loch islands are not natural but are ancient man-made crannogs, constructed as early as 3600 B.C. Image Credits: Wikimedia Commons As one looks out into the hazy water surface of a Scottish loch, the small, perfect circles of an island surrounded by trees just appear to be a naturally…