US President Donald Trump turned 80 on June 14, becoming only the second sitting US president to reach the milestone while in office, after Joe Biden celebrated his 80th birthday in November 2022 . Trump is also the oldest person ever inaugurated as president, having returned to the White House in January 2025 at age…
Who was Lise Meitner, the physicist who explained nuclear fission but was denied a Nobel Prize (Image Source – Wikipedia) Work on nuclear physics in the early twentieth century moved across borders, institutes and private letters. Lise Meitner was part of that movement for decades, first in Vienna, then in Berlin, later in Stockholm. Trained…
(From right) Neeraj Chopra with Rohit Yadav and Anderson Peters in Glasgow (Image credit: Instagram) The last time Neeraj Chopra competed at Commonwealth Games, he won gold in 2018. The next edition passed him by because of a groin injury. Now, after nearly nine months out and a return to competition only last month, the…
New India jersey (ANI Photo) Bengaluru: Indian hockey has changed its colours. In place of the legacy blue, a norm since 1926 and a shade instantly identified with the country’s stickmen and women, is saffron, starting from the FIH World Cup in Belgium and the Netherlands in a fortnight. The new kits arrived at the…
Forty-nine days after the Class 10 Second Board exams concluded, CBSE is yet to announce the results. As uncertainty over Class 11 admissions grows, students and parents have taken to X, urging the board to declare the scores and end the prolonged wait. Nearly seven weeks after the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) concluded…
Spotting an octopus underwater isn’t always easy. Keeping your eyes on one thing is even harder. Within seconds, it can change the colour of its skin to match rocks, coral, or sand. But that’s only part of the illusion. It can also change the texture of its skin, creating bumps, ridges, or smooth patches that…
Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) has released a revised admission schedule for Postgraduate (PG) and Advanced Diploma of Proficiency (ADOP) programmes for the 2026-27 academic session.As per the updated timeline, the first merit list for admission will now be published on June 25, 2026. The admission process will continue until August 10, 2026.Candidates whose names appear…
A routine space mission could turn into a historic ordeal. In May 1991, Sergei Krikalev blasted off for what was meant to be a standard five-month mission to the Mir space station. He was to perform experiments, maintain equipment, and keep the station in working order. Everything seemed ordinary at the time.Back on Earth, the…
Your day has a lucky shine, like sunlight peeping through clouds after rain. Mercury supports quick decisions and Jupiter backs long term thinking, so you’ll feel confident about putting money into something sensible. This is an auspicious day for investment, especially the kind that helps you later in a crisis, not the flashy kind you…
Chinese proverb – Be not afraid of growing slowly, be afraid only of standing still The new language app you downloaded sits untouched on your phone. The gym membership you bought in January has been used twice. The novel you started writing is still stuck on page one. You tell yourself you’ll get to it…