Singapore President Halimah Yacob conferred the prestigious Pingat Jasa Gemilang (Tentera) [Meritorious Service Medal (Military)] on Admiral Sunil Lanba (Retd), the former Chief of Naval Staff, Indian Navy. Dr Ng Eng Hen, Defence Minister of Singapore presented the award to Admiral Sunil Lanba (Retd), on behalf of the President, in a solemn Investiture Ceremony, held on 08 Sep 22 at the ...
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Liz Truss to take oath today, Rishi Sunak to be dropped from new cabinet
Rishi Sunak, who was defeated in the party leadership contest is not likely to be given any Cabinet berth, breaking from the tradition whereby most unsuccessful leadership contenders have been offered posts, reports said. The newly elected Conservative leader Liz Truss will take the oath as the next UK Prime Minister on Tuesday. Liz Truss will be the third woman Prime ...
Read More »Onions can bring down sugar levels in Diabetes patients
Diabetes is an ailment that cannot curbed entirely but controlled. The patients of diabetes often experience spiking blood sugar levels due to insufficient insulin generated in the body. While type-1 diabetes is visible since childhood, diabetes type-2 affects the middle aged people and mostly those in their 50s or 60s. In India too, it’s the most common disease affecting millions ...
Read More »Cyrus Mistry’s Demise: What happens to SP Group’s stake in Tata Sons
Cyrus P. Mistry, 54, a scion of the Shapoorji Pallonji Group and former Chairman of Tata Group, was killed in a road accident in Palghar on Sunday afternoon, sending shock waves across the Mumbai circle of businesses and on the future of SP Group’s stake in Tata Sons. He is survived by his wife, two children and a sister and ...
Read More »NASA’s Webb Detects Carbon Dioxide in Exoplanet Atmosphere
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has captured the first clear evidence for carbon dioxide in the atmosphere of a planet outside the solar system. This observation of a gas giant planet orbiting a Sun-like star 700 light-years away provides important insights into the composition and formation of the planet. The finding, accepted for publication in Nature, offers evidence that in ...
Read More »Gulam Nabi Azad resigns finally from Congress, blames Rahul Gandhi’s leadership
Ghulam Nabi Azad dashed off his resignation letter not without blaming everything on 8 years of Rahul Gandhi’s leadership of Congress under whom he said proxies and puppets are propped up for the party president’s post. Azad alleged that the senior leaders were abused, humiliated, insulted and vilified in a specially summoned meeting of the extended Congress Working Committee meeting ...
Read More »Adani Group shares fall drastically after ‘debt trap’ warning
Adani Wilmar stock lost 3.86 per cent intraday to Rs 663 on Wednesday against the previous close of Rs 689.60 on BSE, on Tuesday when it closed 4.73 per cent lower from the previous close of Rs 723.85 on Monday. Its market cap fell to Rs 87,338 crore on BSE. The stock has lost 24.57 per cent till date from ...
Read More »Famous Galileo manuscript in Michigan University turns out to be a forged one
The popular Galileo manuscript at the University of Michigan Library was found to be a forgery, as per an investigation by the University authorities, after a historian flagged it. Based on the watermarks, they realized that it was no more than a century old and not from 1609 as claimed. “It was pretty gut-wrenching when we first learned our Galileo ...
Read More »Random acts of kindness make recipients feel elated
Even though they often enhance happiness, acts of kindness such as giving a friend a ride or bringing food for a sick family member can be somewhat rare because people underestimate how good these actions make recipients feel, according to new research from The University of Texas at Austin. The study by UT Austin McCombs School of Business Assistant Professor ...
Read More »Early COVID-19 pandemic induced cancer survivors to reduce smoking: Study
Recent study shows that during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, the proportion of working-aged UAmerican adults without health insurance did not change despite increases in unemployment, and the prevalence of unhealthy behaviors decreased. The findings, published by Wiley online in CANCER, studied individuals with and without a history of cancer. While cancer survivors often have high health care ...
Read More »Kremlin denies Putin cancer rumors, so is CIA director
Refuting the rumors that Russian President Vladimir Putin is fighting cancer, the Kremlin has stoutly denied such reports once again. The Kremlin routinely rejected any speculation about Putin’s health. Last week, spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Putin felt “fine” and in “good health” before describing speculation to the contrary as “nothing but hoaxes”. But the US intelligence community believes that Putin ...
Read More »Kushner narrates Capitol Hill insurrection in new book, distances from Trump
Former President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner has distanced himself from the January 6 Capitol Hills insurrection and his father-in-law Donald Trump in his new book titled “Breaking History”, as the Congressional committee’s investigations on Trump’s alleged role began. ‘Breaking History’ is the latest memoir from a Trump administration official, this one from the former president’s son-in-law who also served ...
Read More »UK roads to be decked up to welcome self-driving cars in 2025
As the UK government is gearing up for self-driving cars from next year with a 100 million pound ($118 million) investment, vehicles with self-driving features will become a common sight by 2025. The government is planning a new legislation which will allow for the safe wider roll-out of self-driving vehicles by 2025. “This enables the UK to take full advantage ...
Read More »BKU, SKU to resume farmers’ protest in Lakhimpur Kheri today
Both the Bhartiya Kisan Union-Tikait (BKU-Tikait) and the Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) have announced that they will hold a 75-hour sit-in at Rajapur Krishi-Utpadan Mandi Samiti in Lakhimpur Kheri from Thursday to seek justice for those killed in October violence last year. On Oct. 3, 2021, when protesters were walking on the road in Lakhimpur Kheri, they were hit and ...
Read More »NASA’s TESS Discovers New Worlds among many Young Stars
Using observations from NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), an international team of astronomers has discovered a trio of hot worlds larger than Earth orbiting a much younger version of our Sun called TOI 451. The system resides in the recently discovered Pisces-Eridanus stream, a collection of stars less than 3% the age of our solar system that stretches across one-third ...
Read More »Planet Nine or Exoplanet? Scientists find startling resemblance in star 336 light years away
As astronomers are looking for a hypothetical “Planet Nine” in our solar system, an exoplanet 336 light years from Earth is looking more like the Planet Nine of its star system. Planet Nine, potentially 10 times the size of Earth and orbiting far beyond Neptune in a highly eccentric orbit around the sun, was proposed in 2012 to explain perturbations ...
Read More »Aamir Khan’s Laal Singh Chaddha set for Christmas 2021 release, not this year
Aamir Khan’s much awaited movie Laal Singh Chaddha that was initially headed for a Christmas 2020 release has now been shifted to Christmas 2021 due to delays with the ongoing pandemic and its adverse effects on most anticipated movies. Aamir Khan has a long standing association with Christmas. All his movies released during Christmas have been super successful, be it ...
Read More »Vijay Devarakonda’s ‘Fighter’ heroine Ananya Panday is back shooting on the sets
The entire world came to a halt when the pandemic hit us. While with each passing day, we are trying to live the new normal, actors have begun shooting following all safety norms. The new name in the list is Ananya Panday who got onto the sets and gave us a glimpse. All excited and chirpy, the actress took to her ...
Read More »Nani’s next film V to be released direct on Amazon Prime on Sept 5
Directed and written by Mohana Krishna Indraganti, the Telugu thriller stars Nani in lead, along with Sudheer Babu, Nivetha Thomas and Aditi Rao Hydari in prominent roles. Amazon Prime members in India and in 200 countries and territories can stream the digital premiere of Telugu title V, releasing September 5, exclusively on Amazon Prime Video. Amazon Prime Video today announced the ...
Read More »Virat Kohli’s most admirable person in childhood was Hrithik Roshan
It may seem a while ago, but a page was recently shared by Virat’s childhood friend on his social media account, which stated that during his early days as a kid, Virat Kohli’s most admired person was Hrithik. Apparently, the page was a part of the scrapbook that Virat had filled for one of his friends. Shalaj Sondhi, Virat’s friend ...
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