In a new edition of his book A Short History of Nearly Everything, author Bill Bryson has corrected his etymology of “asteroid” after a Delhi schoolboy wrote to him pointing out that it comes from the Greek word aster (‘star’), not from Latin.
The BCCI allows a regulated transfer of talent by permitting three guest players outside the jurisdiction of an association to play for them in the senior team. But when malpractice ensues, guests become “native locals”, for money.
Since 2017, when the survivor went to the police, this solidarity, and the entrenched silence that it has helped break, has been the silver lining that glimmered through the cloud that hung over the case.
Looking into the specific lapses that led to this avoidable tragedy is certainly important. But there also needs to be a larger reckoning with the lack of fire safety compliance in the country
With the World Meteorological Organisation predicting a 55 per cent chance of a “weak” La Niña, which could result in a colder and longer winter, the rabi crop prospects appear bright.
Verstappen’s ability to win races despite being in average machinery, to complete overtakes in the tiniest of margins, and shave crucial milliseconds off his qualifying laps has him fighting for a championship in which he had ruled himself out by the summer.
The Russian President has said Moscow is ready to ensure “uninterrupted shipments of fuel” to India. The strengthening of India-Russia ties, however, need not come at the expense of India’s relations with the US (a trade delegation is expected next week) or with Europe (FTA talks have gained momentum).
The foreign ministers of the seven SAARC countries pledged their wholehearted support to regional cooperation and unanimously approved the draft summit declaration.
A new study by AARP, a non-profit support group for older Americans, shows rising loneliness among middle-aged adults. Literature has reached similar conclusions long before data did: irrespective of geography, solitude and existential unease hit hardest mid-life.
Scapegoating entire nationalities for the actions of one individual will tear families apart and deny people fleeing persecution a safe haven. The sweeping restrictions go against what the US president has himself claimed several times in the past --- he opposes only ‘illegal’ migration and supports the “legal” recruitment of foreign talent
At the heart of the LWE and its violence is a tragedy of the marginalised and the disaffected led astray, which Sonu articulated: “This experiment has not succeeded anywhere in the country... They (remaining Maoists) are shedding a lot of blood... They are not learning from those sacrifices.”
Democratic negotiations and institutional maturity can help resolve many of the country’s internal issues. But Munir and the Pakistan army prefer the jackboot
Cats meow -- a form of communication used almost exclusively with humans -- more loudly, and frequently, at their owners when they are men, than when they are women
