Deep-sea radioactive waste mystery: Scientists begin hunt for 200,000 nuclear barrels dumped in the Atlantic Ocean |
Four kilometres beneath the surface of the Atlantic Ocean, beyond the reach of sunlight and far from shipping lanes, lies a forgotten chapter of the nuclear age.Scattered across a vast stretch of seabed are more than 200,000 barrels of radioactive waste. They were lowered into the ocean over several decades during the second half of…
TMC fields senior leaders to challenge dissidents, question claim they have support of 20 MPs | India News
NEW DELHI: Things are heating up in Delhi with TMC on Tuesday fielding its senior leaders Kalyan Banerjee and Kirti Azad to take on dissident MPs and questioning the claim made by rebel MP Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar of having support of 20 MPs and to have written to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla seeking recognition…
Indian-origin Dr Ashok Muralidaran under fire over wrong heart surgery in Oregon: ‘India gives fake degrees’
Indian-origin doctor is at the center of a $17 million lawsuit for an allegedly wrong heart surgery in Oregon. The $17 million lawsuit against the Orgon Health and Science University for a wrong heart surgery on a 13-year-old girl gave fodder to the anti-India narrative on social media as the doctor who performed the surgery…
NCR Area Stability: No Reduction Planned for National Capital Region | India News
NEW DELHI: The area in the National Capital Region (NCR) is unlikely to be reduced. The NCR Planning Board, which is scheduled to meet on June 16, will take decisions on this and other issues.As per the agenda circulated to NCR state, “There will be no change in the current NCR area (55,083 sqkm). Hence,…
TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee skips Bengal CID’s third notice in signature ‘forgery’ case | Kolkata News
KOLKATA: Trinamool Congress national general secretary and Diamond Harbour MP Abhishek Banerjee on Tuesday skipped the state CID’s third summons in the alleged signature forgery case, citing prior engagements in Delhi. He also said his appeal against the case is before the Calcutta high court. Earlier, the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) had directed Banerjee to…
Kuwait caps domestic worker hiring at 10 countries, restricts recruiting from 27 others | World News
Kuwait has introduced new regulations governing the recruitment of domestic workers, narrowing the list of approved source countries and placing restrictions on recruitment from dozens of others.The Ministry of Interior has issued a circular setting out updated procedures for hiring domestic workers, with recruitment now permitted from 10 countries. Officials said the changes are part…
RS polls: EC likely to hear Congress tomorrow over last-minute rejection of Natarajan’s nomination | India News
NEW DELHI: The Election Commission is likely to meet a Congress delegation on Wednesday over the rejection of Meenakshi Natarajan’s nomination for the Rajya Sabha polls from Madhya Pradesh.This comes after Congress leaders protested outside the EC office in Delhi after the Returning Officer for the Rajya Sabha election rejected Natarajan’s nomination on the grounds…
Quote of the day by American investor Ray Dalio: “If you’re not failing, you’re not pushing your limits, and if you’re not pushing your limits, you’re not…” | World News
Ray Dalio (Image: Wikipedia) Success stories are often told backwards. We hear about the billion-dollar company, the bestselling book, the championship trophy or the breakthrough invention. What tends to disappear from the story are the awkward meetings, poor decisions, rejected ideas and expensive mistakes that came first.That is one reason this quote from Ray Dalio…
World Leaders Celebrate Modi’s Tenure as India’s Longest-Serving Prime Minister | India News
PM Modi (Image source: ANI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi received congratulatory messages from several world leaders ahead of becoming India’s longest-serving elected Prime Minister.On June 10, PM Modi is set to surpass the tenure record of India’s first Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, who served as an elected Prime Minister from 1952 onwards.Sri Lankan President praises…
UK school stabbing: 14-year-old girl arrested after teacher and two pupils injured in Manchester | World News
A 14-year-old girl has been arrested after a stabbing at a secondary school in Manchester left a teacher and two students injured, BBC reports.Officers were called to Co-op Academy on Plant Hill Road in Blackley at about 8:30am on Tuesday following reports of multiple stabbings.Greater Manchester Police said a 27-year-old male teacher, a 14-year-old boy…
