Month: April 2024

Japan’s Moon Lander Put To Sleep After Second Ultra-Chilly Lunar Night

April 1, 2024 admin

Tokyo: Japan’s valiant Moon lander was put to sleep again after unexpectedly surviving its second ultra-chilly long lunar night, the space agency said Monday. The Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) — dubbed the “Moon Sniper” for its landing precision — touched down in January, making Japan only the fifth nation to achieve a soft…

World

Was Mayank Yadav Set To Play For India? His Club Coach Makes Big Claim After Fiery IPL Debut

April 1, 2024 admin

Mayank Yadav was close to joining India’s Test squad for the Test series vs England.© BCCI Mayank Yadav was an unknown commodity in the world cricket, until he made his Indian Premier League (IPL) debut for Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) against Punjab Kings on Saturday. The Delh-born pacer announced his arrival in the IPL 2024…

Sports

Congress MP Manickam Tagore’s Challenge To PM Narendra Modi

April 1, 2024 admin

File photo New Delhi: Congress MP Manickam Tagore on Monday attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for raking up the Katchatheevu island issue and dared him to take back the island from Sri Lanka if he is “so concerned” about Tamil Nadu. “Will he take back Katchatheevu if he is so concerned about Tamil Nadu? I…

Nation

As India’s summer begins, understanding the heat and health conundrum

April 1, 2024 admin

Anthropogenic climate change is turning ambient heat, a relatively banal manifestation of the sun, into an inevitable environmental hazard. In 2023, with the atmospheric carbon dioxide level reaching new heights of 425 ppm, we witnessed the warmest decade on record spanning from 2014 to 2023. Until a few decades ago, hazards of high heat largely existed…

Science

Ligue 1: PSG Overcome Red Card To Beat Marseille

April 1, 2024 admin

Paris Saint-Germain overcame a controversial first-half sending-off to win 2-0 away to bitter rivals Marseille in Ligue 1 on Sunday, with Portuguese duo Vitinha and Goncalo Ramos scoring their goals. Marseille’s hopes of a first home league win against PSG since November 2011 were raised when the away side had Lucas Beraldo sent off five…

Sports

Rodrygo Keeps Real Madrid Clear Of Barcelona, Girona Boost European Dream

April 1, 2024 admin

Rodrygo fired La Liga leaders Real Madrid to a 2-0 win over Athletic Bilbao with a superb brace on Sunday to restore their eight-point advantage on Barcelona. Earlier Cristhian Stuani‘s last-gasp strike earned Girona an entertaining 3-2 win over Real Betis, keeping the minnows on track for Champions League qualification. After champions Barca, second, beat…

Sports

No new change in income tax regime from April 1: FinMin

April 1, 2024 admin

The Finance Ministry said there is no change in the new income tax regime for individuals for the current fiscal year and individual taxpayers can opt out of the regime at the time of filing their income tax return (ITR). Clarifying on social media posts claiming certain changes in the new tax regime effective April…

Business

S Jaishankar Slams Congress Over Katchatheevu Island

April 1, 2024 admin

File photo New Delhi: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Monday reiterated Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s accusation against the Opposition regarding the Katchatheevu island row stating that the the country’s first Prime Minister, wanted to give away the island to Sri Lanka. The issue pertains to the year 1974 when the then Indira Gandhi government…

Nation

Everton Announce GBP 89.1m Losses For 2022-23 Season

April 1, 2024 admin

Team Everton in action© AFP Premier League strugglers Everton revealed an 89.1 million pounds ($112 million) loss for the 2022-23 season in their latest financial accounts on Sunday. Everton’s losses were a significant increase from the 2021-22 season, when their accounts showed a 44.7 million pounds deficit. The Goodison Park club have blamed the indefinite…

Sports

How The Premier League Title Race Stands With Nine Games To Go

April 1, 2024 admin

Arsenal’s trip to Manchester City may have failed to live up to expectations but a 0-0 draw at the Etihad leaves a three-way Premier League title race still tightly poised. Liverpool are the new leaders with nine games to go after they recovered from conceding against Brighton after just 85 seconds to win 2-1 on…

Sports