By Mayank Chhaya- Two British paleobiologists are reasserting Earth’s uniqueness in the universe as a living planet even while the search for life elsewhere in the cosmos has gained great urgency in recent years. Jan Zalasiewicz and Mark Williams, both professors of paleobiology at the University of Leicester in the United Kingdom, are challenging the […]
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Indian researchers develop app to identify autistic children
A team of researchers from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay and AIIMS has developed an app that aims to bridge gaps in autism screening for families in low and middle-income countries.
Inflation in India breached RBI’s target but deviation lower than peers
Inflation in India exceeded the Reserve Bank of India’s upper tolerance level but the extent of deviation was comparatively lower to other major countries. Addressing reporters after the GDP numbers for Q4 2022-23 and the entire 2022-23 were released earlier today, Chief Economic Adviser Anantha Nageswaran on Wednesday said that the hike in interest rates in India was not as high as compared to other countries.
Justice Markandey Katju: A response to Dr Akbar Ahmed
Justice Markandey Katju says that he disagrees with Pakistani intellectual giant Dr Akbar Ahmed on several issues, Here, he elucidates his viewpoint.
Pakistan Supreme Court terms Imran Khan’s arrest as illegal, orders immediate release
The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Thursday termed former Prime Minister and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan’s arrest in the Al-Qadir Trust case as illegal. The Supreme Court started hearing PTI’s plea against Khan’s arrest after the deposed Prime Minister was presented before a three-member bench.
Imran Khan arrest: Protest held outside Washington residence of Pakistan envoy to US
Protestors gathered outside the residence of Pakistan’s ambassador in Washington on Tuesday following the arrest of former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan in Islamabad.
US, UK and Canada announce travel advisory for citizens in Pakistan
The United States, United Kingdom and Canada have issued new travel advisories for their citizens citing political unrest following the arrest of former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan. Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan was arrested by National Accountability Bureau (NAB) in the Al-Qadir Trust corruption case.
Akbar Ahmed’s opinion on Imran Khan’s arrest
By Justice Markandey Katju- (Justice Markandey Katju is a former Judge, Supreme Court of India, and former Chairman, Press Council of India. The views expressed are his own) Akbar Ahmed, the former Pakistani High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, has given an interview to a German TV channel on former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan’s […]
Partha Chakraborty Op-Ed: A multi-axial world needs leadership by US, India, and Israel
Partha Chakraborty says: Taken together, the US, India, and Israel create a formidable triumvirate that is willing and able to counter any concentration of power in any other emerging axis. Taken together, they form the biggest – and the most distributed – center of economic heft and the promise of its peoples. Taken together, they can bring a fight to the doorstep to any demon and make Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD) a multi-dimensional chase, and hence more potent. Taken together, they are the emerging guardians of the world, bigger than any Thanos, more persuasive than any Dr. No, more creative than your worst imagination.
Poor air quality in India may raise cognitive problems in babies: Study
Poor air quality in India could be causing cognitive deficits in babies and toddlers, according to new research. Researchers from the University of East Anglia in the UK worked with the Community Empowerment Lab in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, to see how in-home air quality affects infants’ cognition.