Beyoncé provided more excitement than either game during Netflix’s NFL debut on Christmas Day. Riding into her halftime appearance on a white horse, the 32-time Grammy winner rocked her hometown Houston crowd with a nearly 13-minute performance on Wednesday. She surprised fans by bringing out Shaboozey to perform “Sweet Honey Buckiin” and Post Malone joined … Read more
Washington: Changes are coming to the cold and cough aisle of your local pharmacy: U.S. officials are moving to phase out the leading decongestant found in hundreds of over-the-counter medicines, concluding that it doesn’t actually relieve nasal congestion. Phenylephrine is used in popular versions of Sudafed, Dayquil and other medications, but experts have long questioned … Read more
This initiative is the result of collaboration between the SJC Institute of Technology and the Upagraha Amateur Radio Club (UpARC) at ISRO’s UR Rao Satellite Centre, says Girish Linganna The BGS ARPIT payload, developed by the students of the SJC Institute of Technology, Chikkaballapur, in Karnataka, represents a significant leap in India’s space exploration journey. … Read more
ROME: Pope Francis called for “arms to be silenced” around the world in his Christmas address on Wednesday, appealing for peace in the Middle East, Ukraine and Sudan as he denounced the “extremely grave” humanitarian situation in Gaza. He used his traditional message to the world’s 1.4 billion Catholics to call for talks for a … Read more
Like spy thrillers, which rarely focus on trust as the central plot, global politics is increasingly based on trust deficit. Could the lacklustre global leadership since the end of the Cold War in the early 1990s be the reason? Compared to the aftermath of the Second World War, political achievements in the new millennium seem … Read more
India faces a severe shortage of IAS, IPS, and IFoS officers, straining administrative efficiency and law enforcement capabilities. As of January 2024, data from the department of personnel and training (DoPT) reveals a 19 per cent shortfall in IAS officers, with 5,542 in service against a sanctioned strength of 6,858. Similarly, the IPS cadre has … Read more
Image: Shutterstock The year 2025 could well be a breakout one for virtual digital assets such as cryptocurrencies, even as global Bitcoin prices are expected to touch fresh highs. Buzz and action from United States president-elect Donald Trump and his administration towards regulation of cryptocurrencies, further growth in assets under management for Bitcoin ETFs and … Read more
Hyderabad: Justice T. Vinod Kumar of the Telangana High Court directed the state education department and others to place on record the eligibility criteria for local students entitled to the fee reimbursement scheme. The judge took on file a writ plea filed by Banka Vasanthi, a student, challenging the non-inclusion of her MBA course admission … Read more
In this photograph taken on December 7, 2024, Akriti Khatri, founder of Venus Detective Agency, shows a spy camera during an interview with AFP in New Delhi. Image: Arun SANKAR / AFP From an anonymous office in a New Delhi mall, matrimonial detective Bhavna Paliwal runs the rule over prospective husbands and wives — a … Read more
The recently concluded 29th Conference of the Parties (COP29) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), held in Baku, Azerbaijan, marked a moment in the global battle against climate change. Nearly 200 nations gathered for this summit, uniting to confront one of the most urgent challenges of our time. However, the countries … Read more