Paris: French President Emmaunel Macron has announced that he wants to see fire-ravaged Notre Dame cathedral rebuilt “more beautiful than before” within five years even as experts say its reconstruction could take decades and involve substantial challenges. A massive fire on Monday ravaged the 850-year-old building, destroying much of its[Read More…]
On Saturday, the female turtle, Rafetus swinhoei which was 90 years old died in Suzhou Zoo in southern China
The winners of the 2019 Pulitzer Prizes were announced at Columbia University in New York City on Monday. Pulitzers are regarded as the highest honor a journalist can receive. Reporters and outlets that covered mass shootings at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and[Read More…]
Paris: A devastating fire that engulfed the Notre Dame, the 850-year-old Unesco world heritage landmark in Paris, was brought under control on Tuesday, while the Cathedral’s main structure, as well as its two towers, has been saved, the city’s fire brigade has confirmed. “The fire is completely under control. It[Read More…]
Three teenage women were arrested recently after they were spotted naked in their car that was over-speeding
Eusebia Leonor Cordal had to give up school at a young age after her mother’s demise and family issues.
Joystan Lobo had booked his ticket from Muscat to Mangaluru in the march to cast his vote in the Lok Sabha Elections
The photo was prompt to go viral and widely published as a photo depicting the government’s family separation policy
Earlier in 2017, the man had a record of giving false information to a public servant
Quetta: At least 16 people lost their lives, while more than two dozen sustained injured in a blast that took place in Quetta’s Hazarganji area on Friday morning. This is a breaking story, more details are awaited at the moment.
Sudan’s Defence Minister Awad Mohamed Ahmed Ibn Auf on Thursday told media that the Sudanese military has removed President Omar al-Bashir from power and set up a transitional military council to rule the country for two years. Omar al-Bashir came to power in Sudan in 1989, when he lead a coup[Read More…]
Julian Assange, fugitive founder of WikiLeaks, was arrested arrested in London on Thursday almost seven years after he sought refuge in the Ecuadorian Embassy. Assange was wanted by British police for skipping bail in August 2012, while he was under investigation for sexual assault and rape in Sweden. The arrest was made at the[Read More…]
France has denied reports that Pakistani pilots under an exchange programme with Qatar were being trained to fly Rafale fighter jets. “I can confirm that it is fake news,” tweeted French Ambassador to India Alexanre Ziegler, putting to rest speculations that Pakistani pilots had got hands on the Rafales before[Read More…]
An international team of more than 200 researchers unveiled the first-ever image of a black hole on Wednesday, April 10. One of the historic developments in the field of Science wouldn’t he been possible without Katie Bouman, a-29-year-old scientist, who developed a crucial algorithm that helped devise imaging methods. Bouman’s role was to[Read More…]
London: Ahead of the 100th anniversary of the Jallianwala Bagh massacre, UK Prime Minister Theresa May on Wednesday expressed regret over the worst bloodbath committed by the British Army during the colonial period, terming it as a “shameful scar” on British Indian history. “The tragedy of Jallianwala Bagh of 1919[Read More…]
The annual Baisakhi celebrations will be held from April 12 to 21
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has won the Israeli national election, securing a record fifth term in office on Wednesday after nearly complete results from Israel’s general election put him in position to form a rightwing coalition. With 96 percent of the votes counted, Netanyahu’s right-wing Likud won 37 of Knesset seats,[Read More…]
Dubai: A Canadian national of Indian origin won a jackpot of $1 million in Dubai Duty-Free (DDF) Millennium Millionaire raffle on Tuesday. Mukhtar M., who is based in Dubai and works as a real estate broker, said he was surprised upon receiving “the call of a lifetime” from a Dubai[Read More…]
San Francisco: A Washington DC-based journalist was locked out of his iPad for nearly half a century after his three-year-old toddler tried to use the device with the incorrect password. “Uh, this looks fake but, alas, it’s our iPad today after 3-year-old tried (repeatedly) to unlock. Ideas?” Evan Osnos, a[Read More…]
San Francisco: In its first crackdown against white nationalism and separatism on its platform, Facebook has banned far-right political commentator Faith Goldy and Canadian white nationalist groups including from Instagram. Facebook last month abandoned a long-standing policy of allowing white supremacy to thrive on its platforms as nations criticised it[Read More…]
London: London is the first city in the world to implement a 24-hour, seven day a week Ultra Low Emission Zone, inside which vehicles will have to meet tough emissions standards or face a charge, media reported. Monday’s introduction of the zone, known as the ULEZ, aims to reduce toxic[Read More…]
Seoul: Cho Yang-ho, the Chairman of South Korea’s largest airline Korean Air, whose leadership was overshadowed by several family scandals including his daughter’s infamous “nut rage” incident, has died in the US due to an illness at the age of 70, the company announced on Monday. Korean Air said in[Read More…]
Kuala Lumpur: Thirty-seven Rohingya Muslims were discovered on the Kuala Perlis beach in Malaysia on Monday, authorities said, sparking fears of a fresh exodus of the minority community in Myanmar. This is the second group of Rohingyas found in northwest Peninsular Malaysia, near the border with Thailand, after 35 members[Read More…]
Jerusalem: Elon Musk, the founder of SpaceX, Tesla and Neuralink, is in negotiations with Israels government to build tunnels in the country, said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. “I met a man that they call Elon Musk-have you heard of him? A real genius,” the New York-based The Algemeiner journal[Read More…]
The knowledge of the composition of the microbial and fungal communities on the ISS can be used to develop safety measures for NASA for long-term space travel or living in space