Author: Tharun Pranav

Hermes International SA was successful in persuading a federal court in Manhattan on Thursday not to dismiss its trademark action against an artist who was selling “MetaBirkins,” non-fungible tokens mimicking the French fashion house’s Birkin bags, as a result of the artist’s sales. Following a hearing on Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff issued a one-page judgement rejecting Mason Rothschild’s petition to dismiss the lawsuit. According to him, he would explain his rationale in a subsequent opinion. The case is being closely followed because it has the potential to clarify how trademark law will be applied to NFTs, which are…

MIT: An unknown third star partner orbits the system, which is thought to have arisen around the heart of the Milky Way galaxy. Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have been led to an unknown system 3,000 light-years away by the flashing of a neighbouring star. According to the latest findings, the peculiar stellar anomaly is a new “black widow binary” – a fast spinning neutron star, or pulsar, that is orbiting and slowly eating a smaller companion star, much like the spider named after it does to its partner in the same way. A total of roughly…

This might come sooner than you think since NASA has announced a crewed Mars mission for 2018.  In a recent interview with CNBC’s Shepard Smith, SpaceX President and Chief Operating Officer Gwynne Shotwell said that astronauts would likely reach the surface of the Red Planet before the end of the next decade.  “In this decade, I believe it will happen. A lot sooner than you think. People on the moon “The short conversation with Shotwell revealed the following:  “I believe we need to bring a significant amount of supplies on the surface of Mars before people begin to think more…

A multinational team of scientists has discovered and identified a sort of star explosion that has never previously been witnessed, which they have termed micronovae. Researchers describe a little but strong cousin of the ordinary nova, or stellar outburst, in which the surface of certain dead stars, known as white dwarfs, explodes. The article was published on Wednesday in the journal Nature. The previously unknown explosions reported in this new research, in contrast to novae, are smaller and quicker, consuming the equivalent of around 3.5 billion Great Pyramids of Giza’s worth of stellar material in only a few hours. It…

During the second leg of the Champions League semi-final between Real Madrid and Manchester City, played at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid, Spain on Wednesday, May 4, 2022, Real Madrid’s Karim Benzema (right) scores his team’s third goal to give his team a 3-1 lead. Karim Benzema netted an extra-time penalty as Real Madrid stunned Manchester City 3-1 on Wednesday, setting up a final confrontation with Liverpool. City were set to progress when Riyad Mahrez put them up 1-0 and 5-3 on aggregate, but Rodrygo, who came in as a substitute, produced a remarkable late double in the 90th…

Russia’s oil imports will be banned by the end of the year, as well as additional banking sanctions against the Russian government and the cutting off of some Russian broadcasters in Europe, according to the European Union(EU), which claims that the Kremlin will pay a high price for its aggression against Ukraine. Due to Russia’s intensification of its attacks in eastern Ukraine on May 4, the EU announced that its sixth round of sanctions against Moscow will include a phase-out of Russian crude and refined oil products by the end of this year, despite opposition from some of the bloc’s…

Governor of the Reserve Bank of India, Shaktikanta Das, announced on Wednesday that the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) had unanimously voted to increase the policy repo rate by 40 basis points (bps) to 4.40 per cent with immediate effect, following an unscheduled policy review with a goal of keeping inflation under control. The rate increase will take effect immediately.  A rate rise was unanimously approved by all six members of the MPC, but the central bank’s accommodating position was maintained, Das added.  Additionally, the MPC increased the amount of deposits needed to be held in cash reserves by 50 basis…

Liam Livingstone’s ‘outrageous’ six off Mohammed Shami, which has left teammates, cricketers, analysts, and spectators in awe, lighted up the Mumbai night sky on Friday. After scoring an eight-wicket victory against Gujarat Titans in an IPL 2022 match on Tuesday, Livingstone blasted a massive 117-meter six to give Punjab Kings their first victory of the season.  The hit came from the opening ball of the 16th over, which was delivered by Shami when Livingstone blasted a length delivery deep into the square leg zone of the stands.  “Oh, my word,” the commentators said, as soon as Livingstone made the connection…

On Monday, the Supreme Court upheld a Kerala high court ruling mandating the Lakshadweep government to put animal items, including chicken, on the menu for schoolchildren’s midday meal.  The Supreme Court was hearing a petition challenging the Lakshadweep administration’s decision to shut dairy farms and exclude animal items, including chicken, off the menu of schoolchildren’s midday meal.  A panel of Justices Indira Banerjee and A S Bopanna issued notice to the Union of India, the Union Territory of Lakshadweep, and others on an appeal filed against a Kerala High Court judgement dismissing public interest litigation challenging the Lakshadweep administration’s decision. …

Russia has been barred from competing in the Women’s European Championship in July and from qualifying for next year’s World Cup by UEFA, the governing body of European soccer said on Monday.  Portugal will take the place of Russia in the July 6-31 event in England, having lost in the qualification play-offs against Russia. They will be joined in Group C by the Netherlands, Sweden, and Switzerland.  UEFA also deemed Russia’s bids to host the men’s Euros in 2028 and 2032 invalid, meaning that Britain and Ireland’s combined bid to host Euro 2028 is only rivalled by Turkey, which has…