Author: Tharun Pranav

According to reports, the Supreme Court of India on Monday, April 18, revoked the bail granted by the Allahabad High Court to Ashish Mishra, son of Union minister Ajay Mishra, in the Lakhimpur Kheri violence case and ordered him to surrender within a week

China’s economy expanded by 4.8% in the first three months of 2022, according to official statistics. Nevertheless, according to official figures released on Monday, growth in the first quarter was much lower than the stated target of 5.5 percent for the full year set by the ruling Communist Party. According to figures released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on Monday, the country’s gross domestic product increased by 4.8 percent year on year during the months of January to March, accelerating from a 4 percent gain in the fourth quarter of the previous year. According to Indian accounting standards, the…

There aren’t many occasions when Indian and Pakistani cricket fans come together, but today is one of them, as two of the best players from either country, Cheteshwar Pujara and Mohammad Rizwan, are ready to make their international debuts for English county side Sussex. An image of the duo standing next to one other in their respective Sussex uniforms has been making the rounds on social media, and fans from both nations can’t control their excitement at the prospect of seeing the two stars play beside one another.  While Pujara is considered to be one of the best Test hitters…

In a crucial milestone in the case of Nimisha Priya, an Indian woman facing the death penalty in Yemen for murdering a Yemeni civilian, former Supreme Court Justice Kurian Joseph has consented to head a mediation effort to secure her release. Nimisha Priya, a Keralite who is facing execution in Yemen, will be represented by former Supreme Court Judge Kurian Joseph who will lead the legal team seeking her release. Justice Kurian Joseph will coordinate efforts at the federal, state, and local levels to gain her release from jail by paying blood money to the family of the deceased. As…

In March 2022, India’s retail inflation soared to 6.95 percent, the fastest rate of price rise in over one and a half years and the third consecutive month beyond the Reserve Bank of India’s 6 percent tolerance level. Consumers are facing a spike in food price inflation, which has increased from 5.85 percent in February to 7.68 percent in March, pushing the inflation rate to its highest level in 17 months. This is aided by rising fuel prices and producers passing on higher commodity prices and input costs to consumers across a range of goods and services. The increase in…

Liverpool beat Manchester City 1-0 at Wembley Stadium to go to the FA Cup final, keeping them on pace for a historic quadruple in English football. In contrast to last Sunday’s Premier League clash, this semi-final was resolved in the first 45 minutes. Liverpool took a dominating 3-0 lead over the champions thanks to ruthless finishing and Manchester City gaffes.  Liverpool won the Carabao Cup, progressed to the FA Cup final, and is also in the last four of the Champions League while sitting second in the Premier League table. Thus, City’s reshuffled team was unable to recover. Despite knowing…

Jupiter is a distinctive planet in our Solar System, notable for its brilliant color schemes and overshadowed by a huge swirl of storms. Scientists have discovered that it is not unique and has a near-identical twin that is placed at a comparable orbit from its sun as Jupiter is from our Sun. The exoplanet, known as K2-2016-BLG-0005Lb, was discovered by a multinational crew of cosmologists using data gathered by NASA’s Kepler satellite observatory in 2016. The telescope has discovered almost 2700 exoplanets in the Milky Way galaxy, but this Jupiter-like planet is twice as far as any previously discovered. Lying…

The Moskva, a Russian cruiser named in honor of the country’s capital and the pride of the country’s Black Sea fleet, has sunk after a fire broke out aboard the ship. The Soviet-era warship saw action in hostilities in Georgia, Syria, and Ukraine, as well as in joint scientific research with the United States during peacetime. It was an ignominious end for a ship that had been dubbed the Slava, or ‘Glory,’ at the time of its launch. After being damaged during Russia’s military action in Ukraine, the guided-missile cruiser Moskva has sunk in the Black Sea, according to the…

Recent research claims microplastics are causing growth abnormalities in fish in the Cauvery River, including skeletal malformations. The study was led by Upendra Nongthomba, a professor at the Indian Institute of Science’s Molecular Reproduction, Development, and Genetics (MRDG) department. The study was published in the Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety Journal. Nongthomba, passionate about freshwater fish, became aware of their deformities and researched this aquatic species. According to a news release, the backwaters of the Krishna Raja Sagara [KRS] Dam, as well as eating fried fish on the Cauvery Riverbank, have become essential spots for him throughout the years. Nonetheless, he…

A few days ago, astronomers found a star that is the farthest away in the universe. They have now found the most faraway astronomical object ever and that it is a galaxy. The galaxy may be creating stars at an incredible rate, according to researchers who published their results in The Astrophysical Journal. The galaxy, designated HD1, is 13.5 billion light-years distant from Earth, which is 100 million light-years further away than the previous record-holder. Surprisingly, it may even be residence to Population III stars, the universe’s earliest stars. HD1 was discovered after over 1,200 hours of field observations from…