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India gets a lower US tariff; here’s why textile exporters are still worried
A 10% US tariff sounds like a win for India’s textile exporters, but there’s a catch. India’s textile and apparel sector could still come under pressure in the US market, even though the country has escaped the steeper tariffs imposed on several competing exporters. Although the country faces a lighter Section 301 tariff than several…
How many more lives? Why Delhi’s open drains and deadly pits keep claiming young victims | Delhi News
The accident site where a 20-year-old student was killed in Delhi’s Vasant Kunj Friday Another young life has been claimed after a vehicle fell into a drain in the national capital, once again laying bare a civic failure that Delhi has seen time and again over the years. Expert warnings, standard engineering guidelines and multiple…
Kapil Sibal challenges anti-defection law: SC to examine tenth schedule merger rule | India News
Kapil Sibal challenges tenth schedule: SC issues notice to Centre on anti-defection law NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday sought the Centre’s response to a plea filed by independent Rajya Sabha leader and senior advocate Kapil Sibal challenging the interpretation of the Tenth Schedule of the Constitution that allows legislators to avoid disqualification under…
Around 30 million years ago, a tree-climbing predator became the earliest true cat; lions, tigers and house cats emerged from the lineage it began
Image Credit: Facebook/ @Ark Encounter The cat family has developed into one of the most successful predator groups in the world, varying in size from small domestic cats to powerful lions and mysterious snow leopards. However, their evolution started long before the emergence of mankind on planet Earth. About 30 million years ago, during the…
‘Dharmendra Pradhan Zindabad’: Ex-education minister gets rousing welcome in Parliament; oppn fumes | India News
NEW DELHI: Resignation may have ended Dharmendra Pradhan’s stint as union education minister, but not his standing within the NDA. Returning to Parliament on Monday, just two days after stepping down over the alleged NEET paper leak controversy, the BJP MP was greeted with chants of “Dharmendra Pradhan zindabad” and a hero’s welcome from party…
CRPF to conduct ‘professional post-event assessment’ of RAF action at student protests | India News
CRPF to conduct ‘professional post-event assessment’ NEW DELHI: Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) Director General Gyanendra Pratap Singh on Monday said the force would conduct a “professional post-event assessment” of the action taken by Rapid Action Force (RAF) personnel during CJP-led student protests, following the conclusion of the agitation.Singh said the review would be carried…
Hubble finds four hidden stars just 65 light-years from Earth that astronomers could never see before |
Astronomers have directly detected four previously hidden white dwarfs orbiting nearby red dwarf stars, solving a long-standing observational challenge and improving our understanding of how close binary star systems evolve. The newly confirmed stellar remnants lie within 20 parsecs (around 65 light-years) of the Sun and had remained concealed because their faint light was overwhelmed…
A church, a Jesus statue and a border wall: Inside Trump’s latest land acquisition battle | World News
A 29-foot-tall limestone statue of Jesus sits atop Mount Cristo Rey in Lourdes Castanon, Mexico. More than 40,000 pilgrims from around the world journey to the sacred site annually where Texas, New Mexico and the Mexican state of Chihuahua meet. The statue has crowned the summit of the peak since 1939, when it was carved…
JNU research scholar Neha Bora became the face of a student movement: How a 23-day hunger strike brought her into the national spotlight
23-Day Hunger Strike Brings JNU Scholar Neha Bora Into National Spotlight When thousands of students gathered at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar demanding changes in the examination system and greater accountability, many voices emerged from the protest. But one name soon began to dominate conversations both on the ground and across social media—Neha Bora.For nearly three weeks,…
In 1996, Indonesia’s ‘crazy’ tree planter who was mocked for his mission planted 11,000 trees and turned barren hills into a green paradise | World News
When traversing the hills of Wonogiri in Central Java, today’s visitors might take the dense areas of greenery in stride. The springs nourish nearby villages, the farms have sufficient water for numerous harvests, and the slopes covered with trees conceal the bare ground that used to be visible before. However, very few would think of…
