A massive ice-covered lake in Antarctica vanished within days, raising alarm bells in the scientific community over the dangerous trends of climate change and global warming. In this disappearing act, an estimated 21 billion to 26 billion cubic feet (600 million to 750 million cubic metres) of water — roughly twice the volume of San […]
Italy won the European Championship for the first time since 1968 as Gianluigi Donnarumma saved two England penalties en route to a 3-2 shootout win after the teams had fought out a 1-1 extra-time draw at Wembley on Sunday. The giant keeper saved from Jadon Sancho and Bukayo Saka after Marcus Rashford hit a post, […]
US President Joe Biden announced the nomination of Eric Garcetti as the Ambassador to India. If confirmed by the Senate, Garcetti, 50, would replace Kenneth Juster, who served as India’s Ambassador to the US during the Trump administration. Garcetti was named Ambassador barely eight days after a new US Chargé d’Affaires Atul Keshap had taken […]
With Covid cases declining, the Haryana government has given a go-ahead to resume offline classes in both government and private schools in the state. According to an order issued by the Directorate School Education, offline classes will resume for students of Classes 9-12 from July 16. For Classes 6-8, the offline classes will resume from […]
After a year of struggle dealing with the economic recession, people associated with the industry have now found a silver living. The upcoming regional OTT platform has proved to be a new ray of hope for many. Soon-to-be-launched by Pitaara TV in August, this regional OTT platform has provided a myriad of opportunities to people from […]
With the state’s Covid positivity rate sliding to 0.4%, Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Friday ordered lifting of weekend and night curfew, and allowed gatherings of 100 persons indoors and 200 outdoors from Monday, while directing the Punjab’s Director General of Police Dinkar Gupta to challan all political leaders violating the Covid rules […]
The deepest swimming pool in the world for diving has opened in Dubai. With a staggering depth of 196 feet (60 metres), the pool is part of the new Deep Dive Dubai tourist attraction in a city that already houses the world’s tallest building and the world’s largest mall. The buzz around the swimming pool […]
After a video had gone viral on social media that showed a large number of tourists bathing at Kempty Falls in Mussoorie, the district administration has imposed new norms. As per the new rules, only 50 tourists would be allowed to bathe at Kempty falls for maximum 30 minutes at a time. A check-post to […]
A day after the reboot of the Union Cabinet of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s second term, a number of newly appointed ministers took charge of their assignments on Thursday. After the July 7 expansion, the Union ministry will now operate at 95% capacity, with just four positions vacant. Modi in his second innings, at a […]
As Denmark’s goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel was gearing up to save the kick from Harry Kane, an unmistakable green light flashed on his face. Many on social media have speculated it was an England fan in the stadium that was shining the laser in the goalie’s face, which has prompted an outcry. The incident occurred in […]