Oklahoma’s Ames crater was tied to a 467-million-year-old meteor bombardment; new zircon dating puts the impact around 370 million years ago, nearly 100 million years younger and close to a major mass extinction

Recent Views 25 Representative Image (AI-generated) A meteor impact buried beneath the small town of Ames, Oklahoma, has been given a dramatically different age. For years, the Ames impact structure was linked to a major meteor bombardment around 467 million years ago during the Ordovician Period. But new research from the University of Texas at…

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Another showdown brewing in Pakistan? Imran Khan supporters hit streets after talks fail

Recent Views 25 Supporters of imprisoned Imran Khan march towards Islamabad demanding his release. Thousands of supporters of jailed former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan began a march towards Islamabad on Sunday, demanding his release after talks between his Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party and the government failed to break the political deadlock.Khan, Prime Minister Shehbaz…

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RBI expected to hike interest rate, but will it be an effective way to contain inflation?

Recent Views 30 Rate hikes, it turns out, are an unreliable instrument for managing currency pressures rooted in global risk sentiment. By Apoorva Javadekar, Chief Economist at Shriram GroupWhen the RBI’s bulletin, published ten days ahead of its October Monetary Policy meeting, carries a chart titled “Broad-Based Uptick in CPI Headline Inflation”, the direction of…

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Tata Sons chair Chandrasekaran hails India’s strong economy despite ‘difficult world’, lists 3 key areas for Viksit Bharat

Recent Views 28 Tata Sons chairman N Chandrasekaran Tata Sons chairman N Chandrasekaran on Monday said that India’s economy remains in a strong and stable position despite an uncertain and difficult geopolitical environment.Speaking at the Indian Foundation for Quality Management (IFQM) Symposium 2026, the chairman said that the country has consistently exceeded expectations in recent…

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Harvinder Singh: BCCI appoints ex-national selectors to pick Bihar’s teams | Cricket News

Recent Views 28 Logo of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) MUMBAI: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has deputed a three-member selection committee, headed by former India seamer Harvinder Singh and including ex-first-class cricketers Sridharan Sharath (Tamil Nadu) and Amitabh Vijayvargiya (Madhya Pradesh), to Bihar to pick the…

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Second Vande Bharat sleeper set to launch this month between Bengaluru and Mumbai; cutting travel time from 24 hours to under 16 hours, 30 year wait for faster connectivity between two cities to end

Recent Views 28 For more than 30 years, passengers have been seeking faster rail connectivity between Bengaluru and Mumbai. Vande Bharat sleeper: Indian Railways is all set to roll out the second Vande Bharat sleeper train after launching the first pair between Guwahati and Howrah earlier this year.After prolonged delays, the Railway Board is expected…

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