Updated: Aug 6th, 2025 The famed Ivy League varsity, Stanford University, has announced laying off over 360 staff members and slashing its budget by $140 million for the 2025-26 academic year, citing financial pressures triggered by federal policy changes and rising taxation on university endowments. As part of the cost-cutting measures, 363 staff positions will...
Updated: Aug 6th, 2025 Image source: NASA website The Perseids Meteor Shower, is all set to light up the night skies across India during its peak on the night of August 12–13. Known for producing bright meteors and fireballs, the Perseids are eagerly anticipated by astronomers and stargazers around the world. The Perseids are famed...
Updated: Aug 6th, 2025 US President Donald Trump has hinted that Vice President JD Vance could be a strong contender to carry forward the ‘Make America Great Again’ (MAGA) movement in the future. Speaking to reporters, Trump was asked whether Vance might be the heir apparent to his political vision. “Well, I think most likely,”...
The clouds hovering over the Himalayas, once considered to be carrying purest waters around, might be carrying dangerous heavy metals which can cause cancer, revealed a statement from the Ministry of Science & Technology of India. “The findings not only shatter the myth of “clean” mountain rain but also ring alarm bells for human health,...
Updated: Aug 5th, 2025 Trump threatens high tariffs on India twice in 24 hours US President Donald Trump on Tuesday said that he is going to further raise tariffs on India in the next 24 hours, after announcing 25% tariffs from August 7. In an interview with CNBC, Trump said he will raise tariffs on...
Brazil former president Jair Bolsonaro Brazil’s Supreme Court placed former president Jair Bolsonaro under house arrest as he stands trial for allegedly orchestrating a failed attempt to cling to power after losing the 2022 presidential election, on Monday. The high-profile case unfolds as tensions rise between Brazil and the United States, which is currently imposing...
Updated: Aug 5th, 2025 Two people were killed and six others wounded in a mass shooting in downtown Los Angeles, the US state of California, local authorities said. The incident occurred around 1 am (0800 GMT) on Monday, near 14th Place and Griffith Avenue, where several parties were underway, according to the Los Angeles Police...
Updated: Aug 4th, 2025 US accuses India of financing Russia’s war In a sharp escalation of rhetoric, a senior aide in US President Donald Trump’s administration has accused India of imposing ‘massive’ tariffs on American goods and ‘cheating’ the US immigration system, in addition to purchasing the Russian oil that’s ‘financing’ Russia’s war in Ukraine....
Updated: Aug 4th, 2025 Trump’s golf club A civilian aircraft was intercepted in a restricted airspace over Trump’s golf club on Sunday. A statement of North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) read, “Fighter aircraft intercepted a second general aviation aircraft that violated Temporary Flight Restriction (TFR) airspace over Bedminster, New Jersey, at approximately 12.50 pm...
Significantly advancing India’s future human space exploration, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has launched the country’s first analogue mission in Ladakh. The analogue station — the Human Outer Planet Exploration (HOPE) station — formally inaugurated by Dr V Narayanan, Chairman, ISRO, has isolated aerospace engineer Rahul Mogalapalli and astrobiologist Yaman Akot. “This analogue mission...