When Chinese President Xi Jinping met US President Donald Trump in Beijing on Thursday, one phrase unexpectedly dominated strategic discussions between the world’s two biggest powers: the “Thucydides Trap”.“Whether China and the United States can transcend the so-called Thucydides Trap and create a new normalization of relations between major powers; whether we can join hands…
India sees close to 25 million births every year, among the largest maternal and newborn populations on Earth. In the past two decades, the country has seen a visible improvement with maternal mortality dropping sharply, now estimated at 88 deaths per lakh live births, a significant reduction from earlier decades. Simultaneously, institutional deliveries have increased…
This subterranean marvel sustains billions in economic activity, supports towns, agriculture, and a unique desert oasis, proving that the most vital elements are often unseen. What comes to mind for most people when thinking of the outback? It is an image of a parched landscape featuring dusty, rocky expanses dotted with sparse vegetation. It is…
India’s captain Shubman Gill, center, KL Rahul, right, and Yashasvi Jaiswal celebrate after winning the cricket Test series against West Indies, at Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi. (PTI Photo/Shahbaz Khan) The Indian men’s senior selection committee, chaired by Ajit Agarkar, is likely to pick squads for the one-off Test against Afghanistan and the three…
During segregation, African American children in the South lacked proper schools. Businessman Julius Rosenwald, collaborating with Booker T. Washington, funded over 5,000 schools, residences, and shops. Image Credits: Wikimedia Commons There have been countless examples of the story of access to education under segregation in the American South being recounted from the perspective of a…
Hantavirus Outbreak (Image credit: AP) The World Health Organization, in an update issued on May 13, has confirmed that the recent Hantavirus outbreak linked to the cruise ship MV Hondius has claimed three lives this year. It said that 11 cases have been reported so far, including eight confirmed infections linked to the Andes virus,…
All of Earth’s deepest ocean trenches are located in the Pacific Ocean, a result of intense tectonic plate subduction. Image Credits: Google Gemini As one considers the deepest parts of our planet, it would seem likely that such depths should be distributed randomly around the Earth’s surface, with perhaps some deep abysses located along the…
Experts Reveal Which Night-Time Skincare Products Are the Best for Anti-Ageing When the city lights dim and the day finally slows down, your skin begins its most powerful transformation. While you rest, your skin quietly switches into repair mode by working behind the scenes to undo the damage caused by pollution, sun exposure, stress and…
Australia captain Pat Cummins has strongly denied claims made senior Australian cricketers could consider skipping the home summer to participate in lucrative overseas franchise leagues.According to report in The Age a group of Australia’s leading players, including Cummins, may seek no-objection certificates (NOCs) to feature in South Africa’s SA20 tournament in 2028 if they are…
Aditya Dhar’s espionage masterpiece, ‘Dhurandhar 2: The Revenge’, remains a formidable force at the box office as it enters Day 57. Currently holding the title of the highest-grossing Hindi film of all time, the Ranveer Singh starrer is inching closer to the Rs. 1,150 crore domestic milestone. Three targets now define the endgame for ‘Dhurandhar…