The story of 1729 chronicles the remarkable relationship between British mathematician GH Hardy and Indian mathematical savant Srinivasa Ramanujan, who taught himself mathematics. One day in 1918, Hardy visited Ramanujan, who was at a nursing home. He mentioned that the number on his taxi, 1729, seemed singularly devoid of interest. As noted in a report…
The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), under a new vetting protocol rolled out in end April, requires its officials to resubmit fingerprints for pending cases to the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI’s) upgraded background check system before applications can be approved.The revised checks, required for better national security, apply to a broad range…
UAE warns workers against violations while relaxing job transfer process / Image: file The Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation (MOHRE) clarified when employees in the UAE can legally move to a new company after their employment contract ends, while also warning workers that certain violations could lead to a one-year work permit ban.The latest…
NEW DELHI: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Thursday took a veiled swipe at the US over its sanctions-led foreign policy, cautioning against “unilateral coercive measures” as India voiced concern over the worsening West Asia crisis and its fallout on global energy and trade routes.Speaking at the opening session of the BRICS foreign ministers’ conclave,…
Suryakumar Yadav (AP Photo) New Delhi: Mumbai Indians stand-in captain Suryakumar Yadav is set to miss the side’s match against Punjab Kings in Dharamsala on Thursday due to personal reasons. It’s learned that the right-hander has decided against travelling and has already communicated his decision to the team management ahead of their next fixture.The five-time…
The CBSE Class 12th results this year felt like an emotional rollercoaster for lakhs of students across the country. The wait seemed endless at first. Then, on May 13, when the results were finally declared, emotions spilled over in every possible form. Some students refreshed websites with trembling hands. Some avoided looking at their marksheets…
Saif Ali Khan, who returns to a heartland setting with ‘Kartavya’ on Netflix, recalled how ‘Omkara’ changed his career. He credited director Vishal Bhardwaj for believing in him when everyone doubted him. Saif said the film helped him prove his range to filmmakers who otherwise thought he couldn’t do it. Saif Ali Khan is back…
The easiest way to make your front yard look fuller without adding more flowers. Image credit – Wikimedia The beauty of the yard must not cease when the flowers in spring end, and those in summer start waning. In this case, appropriate shrubs come in handy. Multi-season shrubs offer continuous textures, structural elements, berries, or…
Deep inside Earth, hidden structures may be steering the planet’s magnetic shield. Image credit – Wikimedia The Earth’s magnetic field protects our planet from the harmful effects of solar radiation, thus allowing the development of life on Earth. It is known that the magnetosphere of our planet is generated due to the movement of molten…
When Chinese President Xi Jinping met US President Donald Trump in Beijing on Thursday, one phrase unexpectedly dominated strategic discussions between the world’s two biggest powers: the “Thucydides Trap”.“Whether China and the United States can transcend the so-called Thucydides Trap and create a new normalization of relations between major powers; whether we can join hands…
During segregation, African American children in the South lacked proper schools. Businessman Julius Rosenwald, collaborating with Booker T. Washington, funded over 5,000 schools, residences, and shops. Image Credits: Wikimedia Commons There have been countless examples of the story of access to education under segregation in the American South being recounted from the perspective of a…
India sees close to 25 million births every year, among the largest maternal and newborn populations on Earth. In the past two decades, the country has seen a visible improvement with maternal mortality dropping sharply, now estimated at 88 deaths per lakh live births, a significant reduction from earlier decades. Simultaneously, institutional deliveries have increased…
NESTS releases EMRS Tier 2 answer key 2026 with scanned OMR sheets access EMRS Tier 2 Answer Key 2026: The National Education Society for Tribal Students has released the EMRS Tier 2 Answer Key 2026 for candidates who appeared in the mains examination conducted for the EMRS Staff Selection Exam (ESSE) 2025 recruitment drive. Candidates…
Anupam Mital, who has been appearing as one of the beloved judges on ‘Shark Tank India’, has shared a post in support of remote work, after Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s appeal to reduce fuel consumption and cut imports by reviving some Covid-era work practices. Anupam Mittal proposes that one day, work from home Mittal took…
Why neat-looking front beds almost always use these evergreen shrubs? Image credit – Wikimedia While a backyard flower border serves an entirely different purpose compared to a front entry bed, it must look neat from the street, groomed next to the front door, and balanced even without flowering plants. This is the reason why evergreen…
The Grand Canyon reveals a significant geological gap, the Great Unconformity, representing 1.3 billion years of missing Earth history. Image Credits: Wikimedia Commons Grand Canyon’s fame comes from the opportunity to observe geological layers of history seen there, similar to pages in an old book. It might even be the most famous of such geological…
India’s captain Shubman Gill, center, KL Rahul, right, and Yashasvi Jaiswal celebrate after winning the cricket Test series against West Indies, at Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi. (PTI Photo/Shahbaz Khan) The Indian men’s senior selection committee, chaired by Ajit Agarkar, is likely to pick squads for the one-off Test against Afghanistan and the three…
All of Earth’s deepest ocean trenches are located in the Pacific Ocean, a result of intense tectonic plate subduction. Image Credits: Google Gemini As one considers the deepest parts of our planet, it would seem likely that such depths should be distributed randomly around the Earth’s surface, with perhaps some deep abysses located along the…
Australia captain Pat Cummins has strongly denied claims made senior Australian cricketers could consider skipping the home summer to participate in lucrative overseas franchise leagues.According to report in The Age a group of Australia’s leading players, including Cummins, may seek no-objection certificates (NOCs) to feature in South Africa’s SA20 tournament in 2028 if they are…
Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah clarified on Thursday that saffron shawls will not be allowed in educational institutions, amid the withdrawl of the February 2022 order brought in by the then BJP government that had effectively banned hijabs inside classrooms.Speaking to reporters in Mysuru, Siddaramaiah said the state government’s order allows students to follow existing religious…
