Yearly Archives: 2024
This image shows a unique angle of a moonrise right above Earth’s atmosphere. — X/@dominickmatthew The National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (Nasa) astronaut Matthew Dominick recently shared a striking image on social media, showing the moon descending over the Pacific Ocean from a unique angle. Dominick, who has been onboard the International Space Station (ISS) […]
A Greek mythology statue holding a book. — Unsplash/File In a hilarious and ‘literary’ turn of events, a burglar in Rome was caught after being distracted by a Greek mythology book and reading it in the midst of a theft, Italian media reported on Sunday. The careless housebreaker accessed a flat via the balcony in […]
Representative image of cells shown under microscope. — Unsplash/File A creature lying in the shallow waters of the Mono Lake in the Eastern Sierra Nevada has been discovered by University of California, Berkeley researchers. What’s so significant about this creature is that it can help scientists identify the origins of living things that existed more […]
“They are in flames, they’reall burning!” screamed the man running by, his turban askew and his face blackened with ashes and cinders. Like an apparition from a dark fantasy, he crossed the road and continued in his flight, without a glance backward. I came to an abrupt halt. I had set out on foot from […]
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul pushed back Friday against Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s suggestion that the governor’s weakness at the top of the ticket in the Empire State cost Democrats the House. “I’ll tell you this, no governor in the history of the state of New York has worked harder to elect members of […]
Dreame has unveiled a slew of robotic and smart vacuum cleaners in India. The new lineup includes three robot vacuum and mop combo — Dreame L10 Prime, Dreame D10 Plus Gen 2, and D9 Max Gen 2. The Dreame D10 Plus Gen 2 and D9 Max Gen 2 offer 6,000Pa suction power, while the Dreame L10 Prime […]
Democratic kingmaker Nancy Pelosi has come to be pegged as the chief force behind President Joe Biden’s decision to step down from his reelection campaign — a claim that she refuses to dignify much. While Pelosi no longer wields the Speaker’s gavel, its absence hasn’t done much to stifle her power within the party. She’s […]
Sea lions congregate at San Carlos Beach while local authorities decided to temporarily close the beach due to the large crowd of these marine mammals in Monterey, California, US, August 22, 2024. —Reuters MONTEREY: Hundreds of California sea lions have taken over San Carlos Beach in Monterey, California, prompting local officials to close the area […]
A slogan spray-painted on a gate to mark the recent anti-government protest that ousted then Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, in Dhaka University area, August 19, 2024. | Photo Credit: PTI On August 19, professor Abdul Bashir, the dean of the Faculty of Arts at Dhaka University, was forced to resign by a group of students. […]
WATCH | Vikhar Ahmed Sayeed in conversation with former Union Minister of Minority Affairs K. Rahman Khan The veteran politician argues that the new Bill is a thinly veiled attempt to wrest control of Muslim religious endowments. | Video Credit: Interview by Vikhar Ahmed Sayeed; Camera: Rabi Debnath; Editing by Samson Ronald K.; Produced by: […]