For the past decade, the Dutch immunologist Jacques (Sjaak) Neefjes has been on a mission to bring back a cancer drug that hasn’t been available in Europe since 2004. “I’m still flabbergasted that a compound that could have helped thousands of people was taken off the market,” says Neefjes. Why it was removed seems something … Read more
9th Governing Council Meeting of NITI Aayog which was attended by Chief Ministers/Lt Governors representing 20 States and 6 UTs. (Pic: Ministry of Information and Broadcasting) 6 min read Last Updated : Jul 27 2024 | 9:02 PM IST Emphasising the need for the states to attract foreign direct investment (FDI) at a time … Read more
I bought an iPhone 15 the other day to replace my five-year-old iPhone 11. The phone is powered by the new A17 Pro chip and has a terabyte of data storage and accordingly was eye-wateringly expensive. I had, of course, finely honed rationales for splashing out on such a scale. I’ve always had a policy … Read more
The president of Palestine’s National Olympic Committee says he will not shake hands with his Israeli counterpart, or any of their delegation, at Paris 2024 unless they recognise his state’s right to independence. Jibril Rajoub, who has led calls for Israel’s athletes to be banned from international competition amid the war in Gaza, told the … Read more
In August 2021, as the capital city Kabul fell to the Taliban, the west’s 20-year mission in Afghanistan, spearheaded by the US and Nato, collapsed in a single day. The Americans abandoned their embassy in panic and there was harrowing footage of desperate Afghans attempting to cling to the undercarriage of a US military plane … Read more
Hyderabad: The Quorum’s “Art Quotient” program has collaborated with Hyderabad’s Kalakriti Art Gallery for an exhibition titled “Nature Reimagined”. Curated by Amit Kumar Jain, The Quorum’s Head of Art Program, this exhibit features seven Indian artists exploring nature’s calm and captivating world. The exhibit features works by Dushyant Patel, Balaji Ponna, Manas Naskar, Manisha Agarwal, … Read more
They had waited 100 years for it and the French, mostly, were determined to love their kitsch, crazy, subversive, waterborne and very rain-drenched Olympics opening ceremony. Less happy were far-right figures, who spied “wokeist” propaganda. A thoroughly unscientific poll on the rue de Rochechouart in Paris – where the far right have never had so … Read more
Friday prayers are often seen as the most important event in the weekly calendar for Muslims. But in Rochdale last week, they were more vital than usual. Three days on from the video that shocked the world, many feared the town was teetering on the brink of serious unrest. The footage showed an armed officer, … Read more
Aerospace giants have been accused of putting profits ahead of safety as officials consider cutting the minimum number of pilots required on commercial flight decks from two to one. The move, which is currently being evaluated by the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA), would weaken standards to the “lowest common denominator”, the world’s largest … Read more
Ever since its launch on 14th June 2022, the ambitious “Agnipath Scheme” of India has been a matter of debate and was one of the prominent issues during Indian general elections 2024 Kamlesh (Name changed) belonged to a village in Western Uttar Pradesh. He got recruited as an “Agniveer” in the Indian Army in Mid … Read more