KOLKATA/NEW DELHI: Trinamool Congress lurched towards its biggest rupture in 28 years Monday after rebel MP Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar claimed support of 20 MPs and wrote to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla seeking recognition as a separate parliamentary bloc that would back BJP-led NDA.If the numbers hold, rebels would clear the two-thirds threshold needed to…
KOLKATA: Making his intent clear to drive out alleged illegal immigrants from West Bengal, chief minister Suvendu Adhikari Monday said “detection and deletion” from the electoral rolls had already been done, and “deportation” would begin soon. He also said that the state govt had initiated the process for the Census exercise, which he alleged was…
Australian NRI Sunil Sharma was murdered by his brother in India over crores of property. A week after Surbhi Sharma, the daughter of an NRI maths teacher in Australia, launched a plea to find her father, the chilling murder plot has been revealed by the police in India as they made four arrests. And the…
Suggests Several Researchers Copying Them Without Check BENGALURU: A surge of AI-generated fake citations has entered scientific literature, with a new study estimating that about 1.5 lakh fabricated references slipped into the record in 2025, most moving from preprints into peer-reviewed journals.This is the central finding of a large-scale study by researchers at Cornell University,…
Hotel bathrooms achieve their pristine shine not through harsh chemicals, but a scientific marvel: melamine foam. Image Credit: Gemini It’s all happened to us. When you check into a hotel room, turn on the light in the bathroom, and the bathroom is dazzlingly stunning. The shower’s glass door is so translucent that it seems to…
BENGALURU: Artificial Intelligence has helped scientists unlock a century of the Sun’s history by analysing hand-drawn observations from the Kodaikanal Solar Observatory, turning fragile paper records into a valuable digital archive that could improve understanding of long-term solar activity and future space weather.In a study published in The Astrophysical Journal, researchers led by Dibya Kirti…
Hardik Pandya and Shubman Gill (Pic credit: IPL) Mumbai Indians will be desperate to halt their alarming slump when they face an in-form Gujarat Titans in an IPL 2026 clash on Monday. The two sides head into the contest with contrasting momentum — Gujarat have bounced back from two early losses to win three on…
NEW DELHI: Domestic companies have outpaced MNCs in rewarding women leaders at the top with more female C-suite executives entering the million-dollar compensation league as India Inc sharpens its focus on diversity and professional talent.Nine women leaders are now part of the elite club of CXOs earning over a million dollars, up from seven two…
Proverb of the day (Image generated via Google Gemini) Some proverbs survive for centuries because they offer practical advice. Others remain popular because they describe people in a way that feels strangely familiar. This saying falls into the second category.Most readers have probably come across it before. It appears in books, social media posts and…
Bobby Deol has opened up about the profound impact of losing his father, veteran actor Dharmendra, revealing that the loss left him feeling “hollow” and restless for months before memories of his father began giving him strength.In a recent conversation with Ranveer Allahbadia, Bobby spoke candidly about grief, healing, and the ways in which he…