Vance-led team lands in Pak’s Nur Khan base, same air hub targeted by India during Op Sindoor | India News

NEW DELHI: A special aircraft carrying American peace delegation, led by US Vice-President JD Vance, landed on Saturday at Pakistan’s Nur Khan base in Rawalpindi’s Chaklala for peace talks, the same airbase that was one of the key targets of India’s missile strikes as part of Operation Sindoor last May. The Iranian team, led by…

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‘My mom’s story is not unique’: Daughter of Meenu Batra, Indian-origin interpreter arrested by ICE, breaks silence

Mennu Batra’s daughter appealed for her mother’s release from the illegal ICE detention in US. (Photo: CBS) Amrita Singh, the daughter of Meenu Batra, the Indian-origin legal interpreter of Texas who was detained by the ICE since March 17, broke her silence on people being treated inhumanely in the ‘broken’ immigration system of the US….

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Octopus Intelligence: From opening jar lids to facial recognition: Why octopuses are considered smart and Earth’s oldest brainiacs?

Octopuses are surprisingly intelligent, with two-thirds of their neurons in their arms, allowing them to solve puzzles, escape enclosures, and even recognize human faces. These mollusks demonstrate advanced problem-solving skills, as evidenced by a lab octopus that raided fish tanks at night. Their intelligence evolved independently from humans, making them unique among invertebrates. Octopuses might…

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On this day: Modern snooker was invented in 1875 in India by Sir Neville Chamberlain, a bored British officer | International Sports News

Close up of Wu Yize in action during a semifinal on day seven of the 2026 Masters Snooker at Alexandra Palace, in London, Saturday, Jan. 17, 2026. (Adam Davy/PA via AP) Snooker, a popular cue sport now followed across continents and played at the highest professional level, has a history that begins far from the…

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2,000-year-old Roman tool discovered in Czech Republic could rewrite ancient engineering history | World News

A rare Roman calibration plate was uncovered at Nezamyslice and Kojetín during extensive rescue excavation work connected to the construction of a high-speed railway line. The Archaeological Centre Olomouc (ACO) is conducting rescue excavation work for the project. This extraordinarily well-preserved artefact is believed to have been used to produce wire through the application of…

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Vaishali Rameshbabu: Three players, one crown: How can India’s Vaishali win Women’s Candidates at the eleventh hour? | Chess News

R-L India’s Vaishali Rameshbabu, Kazakhstan’s Bibisara Assaubayeva, and China’s Zhu Jiner (Photos by Michal Walusza) NEW DELHI: The hour of judgement has arrived. Unless a tie-breaker is forced and we have to wait for another day, it will be decided on Wednesday on the Mediterranean shores of Cyprus who will take the Women’s Candidates crown…

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