NOVEMBER 1, 2019
At 15, Bengaluru's Pranjal Srivastava has bought home a gold medal in the International Mathematics Olympiad (IMO) after seven years. He is also the youngest Indian ever to bag gold in one of the toughest competitions across the globe. Considering the subject a 'fun activity', Pranjal has been participating in math competitions since class 3.
While this was...
NOVEMBER 1, 2019
The universe doesn’t look right. It suddenly looks . . . out of whack.
G. Illingworth, D. Magee, and P. Oesch, University of California at Santa Cruz; R. Bouwen... Called the eXtreme Deep Field (XDF), this image was assembled by combining 10 years of Hubble Space Telescope photographs taken of a patch of sky with about 10,000 galaxies. The universe...
OCTOBER 31, 2019
Tim Morrison, a former top national security adviser to President Trump, arrives on Capitol Hill Thursday for a closed-door meeting with House impeachment investigators. - J. Scott Applewhite/AP
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Tim Morrison, the top Russia and Europe adviser on President Trump’s National Security Council, on Thursday corroborated the testimony of a senior U.S. diplomat who last week...
OCTOBER 30, 2019
On the surface, Liu Shichao, a 33-year-old Chinese farmer, seems like your average guy from one of China’s provincial cities—the picture that comes to mind for many urban Chinese is someone with a fondness for gold accessories, sunglasses even indoors, and loud club music. For Liu’s over 80,000 followers on Twitter, however, he is “the King,” the...
OCTOBER 30, 2019
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS - OCTOBER 29: Former U.S. President Barack Obama speaks to guests at the Obama Foundation Summit on the campus of the Illinois Institute of Technology on October 29, 2019 in Chicago, Illinois. The Summit is an annual event hosted by the Obama Foundation. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
The Obamas opened up about political division...
OCTOBER 30, 2019
A pedestrian walks in downtown Greeley, Colo., on Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2019. - Alex McIntyre, AP
The calendar may say October but the weather is more typical of January in portions of the western and central U.S.
"A wave of Arctic air has infiltrated the northern tier of the United States this week, shattering record lows, and threatening...
OCTOBER 27, 2019
For the second time in two months, Pakistan on Sunday rejected India's request to allow Prime Minister Narendra Modi's special flight to use its airspace for his upcoming visit to Saudi Arabia.
In a statement, Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said Pakistan had decided not to allow Prime Minister Modi to use the country's airspace in view of...
OCTOBER 27, 2019
(Pictured) In this handout photo provided by the White House, President Donald J. Trump is joined by Vice President Mike Pence (2nd L), National Security Advisor Robert O’Brien (L), Secretary of Defense Mark Esper (2nd R) and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff U.S. Army General Mark A. Milley in the Situation Room of the White...
OCTOBER 27, 2019
Devotees light earthen lamps on the bank of Saryu River during Deepotsav celebrations in Ayodhya on Saturday, October 26. (Photo: PTI)
The majestic Ram Ki Paidi wore a celestial look on Saturday as 410,000 diyas or earthen lamps were lit on the banks of the Saryu River in Uttar Pradesh’s Ayodhya as part of the BJP government’s Deepotsav...
OCTOBER 25, 2019
Ram Diwali - By Jagran Prakashan Ltd.
Diwali is a festival which is celebrated with full zest across India. Goddess Laxmi is worshipped and different religions have different connotations.
There are many theories to the celebration of this festival as it signifies different things to different regions and religions. Not just that, we have also mentioned the right...
