Over 2,500 migrants have died or gone missing while attempting to cross the Mediterranean to Europe in 2023, according to a UN official. The number of deaths and disappearances has significantly increased compared to the same period in 2022. The land journey from sub-Saharan African countries to departure points in Tunisia and Libya remains...
Read MorePresident Joe Biden delivered a speech in Arizona, warning that Donald Trump and his allies pose a threat to America’s democratic institutions. Biden referred to the MAGA movement as an extremist movement that does not share the basic beliefs of democracy. Despite facing low approval ratings and concerns about his age, Biden is focused...
Read MoreIndia’s crowning glory in scientific advancement may well be the Moon-landing, but a more substantial triumph is the use of plant genetics to boost food production. Until 1965, when the population was more than 500 million, wheat output in India was barely 12 million tonnes. It was a country infamously living “ship-to-mouth” on imported...
Read More“Your appa changed our lives.” Those voices of women farmers I met on Wednesday in a Villupuram village 150km from Chennai have been echoing in my mind. More than 90% of the farmers in that village are women.
Read MoreGeneticist MS Swaminathan who led India’s push in the 1960s to become grain surplus, promoting the use of hybrid varieties and chemical fertilisers as the need of the hour, passed away at his residence in Chennai at 11.15am Thursday. He was 98.
Read MoreSimon Cowell made a rare public appearance with his son Eric and fiancée Lauren Silverman on the red carpet for the finale of America’s Got Talent 18. He called Eric his life and expressed his happiness over the fact that he loves the show as well.
Read MoreWith every new fashion trend, we notice that there are more creative and to reinvent what was already been famous. Blokettecore/Blokecore is another trend catching up this season. If you are one of those who love to live in their favourite jerseys then this core is for you.
Read MoreThe shadow of the India-Canada spat over the alleged New Delhi hand in the killing of Sikh terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar is hanging over bilateral engagements between India and the United States that began here on Thursday.
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