FIFA President Gianni Infantino claps after President Donald Trump received the FIFA Peace Prize during the draw for the 2026 soccer World Cup at the Kennedy Center in Washington, Friday, Dec. 5, 2025. (Dan Mullan/Pool Photo via AP) With the 2026 tournament approaching, FIFA has moved close to resolving one of the most significant financial…
BENGALURU: After back-to-back launch failures of PSLV and a quiet few months, the Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) may have tasted success in a critical test conducted as part of preparations for Gaganyaan.While the space agency is yet to make an official statement about the second Integrated Air Drop Test (IADT-02), union minister Jitendra Singh,…
Chandrayaan-2 finds strong evidence for ice in ‘doubly-shadowed’ lunar craters BENGALURU: Scientists working with India’s Chandrayaan-2 spacecraft have discovered strong evidence of ice buried beneath the floor of the Moon’s south pole region in “doubly-shadowed” craters, a finding that could prove critical for future human missions to the lunar surface.The discovery, published this week in…
Born in the remote village of Bhurawan in Darbhanga, Raman grew up in a modest household. His father was a farmer who also ran a small elementary school in the village. In such circumstances, becoming a doctor seemed almost unimaginable. When making ends meet was the priority, dreaming big felt like a forbidden luxury.After completing…
In the Mahabharata’s Yaksha Prashna, Yudhishthira is asked what is heavier than the earth. His answer is the mother.It is one of those civilisational ideas India has carried for centuries that the mother is beyond measure. The woman who holds the home together is beyond ordinary value. She is maa, aai, grihalakshmi, Annapurna. However, in…
Police have identified the accused as 31-year-old Zaib Zubair Ansari. MUMBAI: A chilling video from Mumbai’s Mira Road has captured the moments a man allegedly confronted and attacked two security guards at an under-construction site in Naya Nagar in what investigators are probing as a possible “lone wolf” terror attack. The footage, filmed from an…
Myanmar cuts Aung San Suu Kyi’s 27-year sentence by one-sixth, but Nobel laureate remains in prison Myanmar has reduced the sentence of imprisoned former leader Aung San Suu Kyi by one-sixth, her lawyer told Reuters on Friday, but the 80-year-old Nobel Peace Prize laureate remains in detention at an undisclosed location.Suu Kyi was serving a…
Zoho founder Sridhar Vembu has now clarified the decision why his company will not expand its work-from-home (WFH) policy, even after Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged the organisations to cut on fuel consumption and reduce travel. Vembu has now said that Zoho reviews its stance on work-from-home internally but concluded that in-person collaboration remains critical…
Snap sued over rape of minor who connected to adult attacker on Snapchat. Photo credit: AP Snap, the parent company of Snapchat, is facing a lawsuit in Missouri, US, after the parents of a girl alleged that features on the social media platform enabled an adult man to contact, groom and sexually assault their daughter…
A fire broke out in the Sasaram-Patna passenger train on Monday due to a suspected short circuit at Sasaram Junction in Bihar.No casualties have been reported so far.This comes a day after a fire broke out on the Trivandrum Central–Hazrat Nizamuddin Rajdhani Express (Train No. 12431) in Madhya Pradesh’s Ratlam district.While all 68 passengers in…