The Nokia stock boom quietly created millionaires across Finland. Image credit – Wikimedia Grandmothers and housewives keeping dusty paper certificates in their kitchen cupboards for decades is not unknown to the world. But families suddenly gaining more capital than their local bank left many stock market analysts amazed. In the late 1990s, Nokia emerged as…
NEW DELHI: The government has appointed senior IPS officer Mahesh Dixit as the next Director of the Intelligence Bureau (IB), the country’s domestic intelligence agency, PTI reported on Thursday.The appointment was approved by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet, headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Dixit, a 1993-batch IPS officer of the Andhra Pradesh cadre,…
The James Webb Space Telescope recently managed to capture a direct image of Epsilon Indi Ab, a ‘Super-Jupiter’ just a dozen light-years away, marking a significant step forward in our understanding of planets outside our solar system. Using its Mid-Infrared Instrument, an international team of researchers found signs in the atmosphere that strongly suggested patchy…
J&K’s Auqib Nabi (PTI Photo/Manvender Vashist Lav) Hubballi: Auqib Nabi — a name that has echoed across the Indian domestic circuit over the past couple of seasons — is one the Karnataka camp will want to forget in a hurry.The 29-year-old seamer from Baramulla ripped through Karnataka’s formidable batting line-up on Thursday, pushing Jammu &…
Representational image, used only for representational purpose India’s high-speed rail ambitions received a new push as the Centre has approved seven bullet train corridors across the country, promising shorter travel times between major cities and stronger rail connectivity. The seven high speed rail corridors are: Mumbai to Ahmedabad will take 1 hour 57 minutes. Mumbai…
After a grueling 16-year quest, Mel Fisher’s relentless pursuit culminated in the monumental 1985 discovery of the Spanish galleon Atocha. Beneath the Florida Keys’ treacherous waters, his team unearthed a “silver reef” of immense value, estimated at $400 million. “Today is the day.” Sixteen years, to be precise, Mel Fisher woke up hearing those exact…
New Delhi: US has weakened international organisations and multilateralism is under threat, former German Chancellor Angela Merkel said while delivering the inaugural Dr Manmohan Singh lecture. Referring to Russia’s attack on Ukraine, she said the principle of territorial integrity in Europe was violated, forcing the European order “into a corner”.“The right of territorial integrity and…
Candace Owens says she is intensifying her FOIA fight over a controversial White House Correspondents’ Dinner email that allegedly described Erika Kirk as an “emotional asset” shortly after a shooting incident. Owens claimed government departments initially rejected her request as too broad, prompting her team to submit a narrower version with specific names and dates….
Bengal’s voters did more than change the party in power — they changed the political course of the state. NEW DELHI: The winds are changing in West Bengal. In April this year, the people of Bengal voted not just to change their government but also the direction of the state’s politics. The verdict marked the…