Astronomers at the European Space Agency (ESA) have identified the biggest stellar black hole, named Gaia BH3, discovered in the Milky Way, with a mass 33 times that of the Sun. This black hole was detected “by chance” during data collection from ESA’s Gaia mission and it imposes an odd ‘wobbling’ motion on the companion…
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Sarika A K, a 23-year-old from Keezhariyur in Kozhikode, made history by becoming the first person from Kerala with cerebral palsy to clear UPSC civil services examinations. Despite being confined to a wheelchair and having limited mobility in her left hand, Sarika secured 922nd rank.Speaking to TOI, she said it’s a dream come true…
LUCKNOW: Aditya Srivastava had to sacrifice his passion for cricket and give up a high-paying job, before his years of hard work paid off, securing him the top rank in UPSC civil services examinations in his third attempt.Talking exclusively to TOI from Hyderabad, Aditya, an electrical engineering graduate from IIT-Kanpur, exclaimed it was “unbelievable” for…
Donald Trump‘s criminal trial started Monday. It made history immediately. Trump is America’s first ex-president being tried on criminal charges. It will likely remake American politics this election cycle – because trials in the US, unlike in India, wrap up in weeks, not years or decades. American court cases are decided by juries. Per US…
NEW DELHI: Making India’s intention clear to join global efforts to remove debris from space, Isro chairman S Somanath on Tuesday announced that the country aims to achieve debris-free space missions by 2030.Addressing the 42nd Inter-Agency Space Debris Coordination Committee (IADC) annual meet in Bengaluru, Somanath said Isro has a clearly laid-out plan for space…
NEW DELHI: Aditya Srivastava from Lucknow, who is an IIT Kanpur alumnus and currently undergoing training for the IPS, aced the Civil Services Examination (CSE) 2023, even as NIT Rourkela graduate Animesh Pradhan from Talcher cleared the elite exam in his first attempt, barely a month after his mother had succumbed to cancer.There are two…
Pushed to the wall by the Supreme Court for violating its order, Baba Ramdev and his disciple Balkrishna on Tuesday admitted to giving misleading advertisements about Patanjali products and sought to apologise to the court with folded hands.At the outset of the hearing, a bench of Justices Hima Kohli and Ahsanuddin Amanullah said it wanted…
RBI on Tuesday asked online payment firms to monitor transactions-related activities of merchants on their platforms and ensure that they meet its fresh guidelines, in a series of moves aimed at tightening the scrutiny of the sector.India’s burgeoning yet relatively less-regulated online payments industry has come under RBI’s cross-hairs given the lax oversight of some…
PATNA/GAYA: In a strong affirmation of the Constitution’s primacy amid claims by the opposition that BJP intends to “scrap” it if voted back to office, PM Narendra Modi said Tuesday that he was indebted to “Ambedkar’s samvidhan” for preserving the country’s diversity, facilitating equitable economic growth and enabling someone like him to “rise from humble…
NEW DELHI: Making public its report card on enforcement of the model code of conduct in the first month of polls, Election Commission on Tuesday said it had decided against acting on opposition parties’ pleas for stopping the alleged “misuse” of central agencies like CBI, ED and NIA to target their leadership, as it did…
