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This is one of your better days, no doubt about it. Respect, honour and a feeling of belonging can be thrown your way at times at work, but also through social networks, and sometimes just because people are noting the things you’ve been doing quietly for a time. Jupiter helps to enhance your image, and…
In 1961, Dr Frank Drake proposed a probabilistic, though highly speculative, equation to determine the number of intelligent communicating civilizations in the Milky Way galaxy. It was also a quantified response to the thought process started in 1950 with the Nobel laureate physicist Enrico Fermi (one of the lead scientists in the Manhattan Project building…
Nasa’s Ingenuity helicopter/Image: Nasa Flying a helicopter on Earth is a remarkable engineering achievement. Flying one on Mars, where the atmosphere is less than 1% as dense as Earth’s, was once considered nearly impossible. Yet on 19 April 2021, Nasa‘s Ingenuity helicopter achieved the first powered, controlled flight on another planet, proving that aerial exploration…
Pakistan’s military spokesperson Lieutenant General Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry Pakistan’s military spokesperson, Lieutenant General Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry, has sparked controversy after saying in a video that Muslims should not befriend “kaafirs” (non-believers), warning that those who do would no longer be considered among the faithful.“Do not befriend kaafirs (non-believers) and leave the faithful. If you do…
Every year, just after a road is opened to traffic, excavators return. The municipality may resurface a stretch only to see it dug up within weeks to lay a water pipeline, fix a sewer, lay an electricity cable, expand a gas network or pull fibre-optic lines for telecommunications companies. The cycle is so frequent that…
Bigg Boss 19 fame stand-up comedian, Pranit More recently turned emotional as he marked his comeback after the Rs 370 Biryani controversy. After returning to the stage, Pranit admitted that he was nervous and unsure if the audience would accept him again. A clip from his performance from Georgia which took place on June 14,…
Despite softer demand in the domestic market, export orders strengthened in July. India’s manufacturing sector saw its slowest pace of activity expansion in nearly five years in July, according to HSBC India Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) data released on Monday.However, the manufacturing activity remained in expansion territory with the seasonally adjusted HSBC India Manufacturing…
Aquib Nabi and team of Jammu and Kashmir Ranji cricket celebrate after taking wicket of Smaran Ravichandran wicket of Karnataka at the Ranji Trophy finals at Rajnagar KSCA cricket stadium at Hubali on Thursday. NEW DELHI: There was a time when Auqib Nabi didn’t own a pair of bowling spikes.For his first U-19 trial in…
They are fast, lethally venomous and highly aggressive. But most important of all, they have been blamed for more human deaths than you could count. Being mentioned here are the Black Mambas, the fastest and deadliest snakes on Earth. They have a slithering speed of up to 12.5 miles per hour, but that is not…
Several district administrations in Kerala have declared a holiday for schools and colleges today, August 3, as heavy rain continues across the state. The decision comes after the India Meteorological Department (IMD) warned of more rainfall in the coming days.Most districts have announced a holiday for all educational institutions as a precaution. However, Alappuzha has…
