NEW DELHI: India is learning to live with a hotter future. From Delhi to Mumbai, temperatures are regularly crossing 45 degrees Celsius, heatwaves are lasting longer and cities are becoming giant heat traps due to rapid urbanisation and the growing urban heat island effect.But if there is one thing Indians are famous for, it is…
The UK government has revoked travel authorisations for pro-Palestinian figures Hasan Piker and Cenk Uygur, preventing them from entering the country ahead of scheduled speaking engagements in London.The pair had been due to participate in the South by Southwest (SXSW) festival in London and speak at the Oxford Union this week.In a statement to CNN,…
Derbyshire cave reveals Britain’s earliest known prehistoric artwork / Image: File For years, they were little more than mysterious scratches on a cave wall.Some believed they were accidental marks. Others thought they were too faint and fragmented to hold any real archaeological significance. Now, after detailed scientific analysis and years of research, experts have confirmed…
Chyler Leigh and Eric Dane played on-screen love interests on ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ and were good friends in real life. When the news of Eric Dane’s passing spread, the cast members from the hit medical drama were hit hard with the news. While Leigh has opened up about how she felt over the news, in a…
Some cities are remembered for their skylines. Others for monuments, rivers or ancient walls. Venice occupies a different place in the imagination. It is a city where streets often give way to waterways, where daily life unfolds beside canals, and where the relationship between land and water has shaped everything from architecture to trade.Visitors arriving…
NEW DELHI: In another big step towards inking the Rafale deal, India has issued the Letter of Request (LoR) to France to finalise the mega defence agreement worth around Rs 3.25 lakh crore for 114 Rafale fighter jets for the IAF.“The Letter of Request was issued last week by the acquisition wing of the defence…
MoneyGram announced Tuesday it had launched its own U.S. dollar-backed stablecoin on the Stellar (XLM) blockchain, joining a growing wave of global payments companies and banks building products around digital dollars. The stablecoin, dubbed MGUSD, will be embedded into the MoneyGram app, allowing customers to hold a dollar-denominated balance in a self-custodial wallet and transfer…
The United States is weighing whether to expand the deployment of nuclear weapons to additional North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) countries. Currently, six European states host US nuclear-capable aircraft, but US officials have signaled openness to extend this arrangement. The discussions center on more nations hosting dual-capable aircraft able to deliver nuclear strikes, though no…
Pakistan orders early market closures as energy costs soar amid US-Iran conflict (Image credit :ANI) Pakistan’s capital Islamabad has enforced early closing hours for businesses as authorities attempt to curb energy consumption amid rising fuel costs triggered by the ongoing conflict in Middle East.Under the revised schedule, markets, shops and shopping malls are now required…
London tube network hit by fresh strike as commuters face delays / Image: File The morning rush hour arrived with fewer trains, longer queues and growing frustration across London as Tube drivers began a fresh 24-hour strike, disrupting journeys for thousands of commuters across the capital.The walkout, which started shortly after midnight on Tuesday, June…