Month: January 2025

27 migrants die off Tunisia, 83 rescued, in shipwrecks: civil defence

January 2, 2025 admin

Twenty-seven migrants, including women and children, died after two boats capsized off central Tunisia, with 83 people rescued, a civil defence official told AFP on Thursday (January 2, 2024). The rescued and dead passengers, who were found off the Kerkennah Islands off central Tunisia, were aiming to reach Europe and were all from sub-Saharan African…

World

Boys, 3 And 5, Beg Cops To Intervene

January 2, 2025 admin

A three-year-old boy and his brother, 5, walked into a police station in Uttar Pradesh’s Meerut on Tuesday and, between sobs, urged the cops to act against their father for frequently thrashing their mother. Pilokhari outpost in-charge Rahul Yadav said the cops calmed the children down by offering them toffees and biscuits and then asked…

Nation

Theory of relativity, quantum physics key to explaining Big Bang, says scientist

January 2, 2025 admin

P. Ajith, astrophysicist, delivering a lecture demonstration on ‘Universe: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow’ at the Regional Science Centre and Planetarium in Kozhikode on January 2. | Photo Credit: K. Ragesh A combination of Albert Einstein’s theory of relativity and quantum physics may help explain the expansion of the universe from a singular entity, P. Ajith,…

Science

Theory of relativity, quantum physics key to explaining Big Bang, says scientist

January 2, 2025 admin

Science

“Rohit Sharma Has Earned Right To…”: Ex-Australia Skipper Delivers Sensational Verdict

January 2, 2025 admin

Former Australia captain Michael Clarke says India skipper Rohit Sharma has earned the right to walk away from Test cricket on his own terms notwithstanding his barren run with the bat Down Under. Pressure has been gradually building on Rohit who is yet to play a knock of significance in the three Tests…

Sports

Premier League Chief Fears Club World Cup’s Impact On Manchester City And Chelsea

January 2, 2025 admin

Premier League chief executive Richard Masters fears this year’s Club World Cup could create “great difficulty” for Manchester City and Chelsea ahead of next season’s English top-flight campaign. The two clubs will be England’s representatives in FIFA’s expanded 32-team event in the United States, with players’ unions threatening legal action on welfare grounds…

Sports

IIT Bombay’s space start-up tests its green propulsion system in space

January 2, 2025 admin

Space tech start-up, Manastu Space has successfully test fired their first Green Propulsion System in space on December 31, 2024. | Photo Credit: Special arrangement Space tech start-up, Manastu Space, started by Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay has successfully test fired their first Green Propulsion System VYOM 2U onboard PSLV C60 in space on…

Science

Hyderabad College Students Allege Filming In Hostel Washrooms, Cops Probe

January 2, 2025 admin

Hyderabad: After massive protests by female students of a private engineering college over alleged video recording in hostel bathrooms, police on Thursday registered a case and began investigations. CMR Engineering College at Medchal, on the outskirts of Hyderabad, was rocked by protests on Wednesday night and this continued till 2 a.m. Medchal police registered a…

Nation

Novak Djokovic, Aryna Sabalenka Into Brisbane International Quarter-Final As Rising Stars Impress

January 2, 2025 admin

Novak Djokovic and Aryna Sabalenka were in ominous form ahead of the Australian Open as both powered into the Brisbane International quarter-finals on Thursday. On a day when rising stars Mirra Andreeva and Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard underlined their potential, Djokovic cruised past fellow veteran Gael Monfils 6-3, 6-3 in 72 minutes. In the…

Sports

“Rohit Sharma Should Fight…”: Ex-India Star’s Big Message Amid ‘Retirement’ Talk

January 2, 2025 admin

Ahead of the fifth and final Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024 at the Sydney Cricket Ground between Australia and India, former all-rounder Irfan Pathan shared his thoughts on skipper Rohit Sharma’s retirement after the completion of the ongoing series. “In my personal opinion, Rohit Sharma should fight out this phase. I don’t…

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