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Imagine going about your day when a heavy metal object suddenly crashes in front of your house. You and your neighbours are shocked. You rush out to check what has happened and struggle to make sense of the sight: a misshapen piece of hot metal, blackened by fire and soot, with a cloud of dust … Read more
New Delhi, March 5: The Government is taking steps to severely restrict the operations of the Coca Cola Company in India, the Industry and Civil Supplies Minister, Mr. T. A. Pai told the Lok Sabha to-day. A policy decision had already been taken not to issue any more licences for Coca Cola factories and the … Read more
It was a chilly February evening in Konark, Odisha. The majestic Sun Temple was being painted in warm golden hues by the rays of the setting sun. A little away from this 13th century stone edifice, at the Konark Natya Mandap (the venue for the annual Konark Music and Dance Festival) young boys ran around … Read more
Bombay, March 5: With a view to popularise handloom weaving the Government of Bombay have introduced demonstration classes in various parts of the province for the benefit of agriculturists. These classes are taken advantage of by the villagers. The Government are pursuing this policy of encouragement of home industries in view of the fact that … Read more
(This article forms a part of the Science for All newsletter that takes the jargon out of science and puts the fun in! Subscribe now!) Scientists may have unlocked a new milestone in cancer treatment. An individual who received CAR T-cell therapy has been in remission for 18 years without requiring any other treatments, researchers reported … Read more
Guan Moye, Nobel Prize writer, who was born on this day in 1955. Hi pen name was Mo Yan. Q: This event, known in Great Britain as the Incident on King Street, was a confrontation, on March 5, 1770, during the American Revolution, what was then colonial-era Province of Massachusetts Bay. What is this event … Read more
Recently, Norway’s Parliament issued a formal apology for its assimilation policies targeting the Sami, Kven, and Forest Finn peoples. These policies, known as Norwegianisation, were implemented between the 1850s and 1960s to suppress indigenous languages and cultures. Alongside the apology, the government proposed measures to address ongoing discrimination, such as protecting indigenous languages and monitoring inclusion … Read more
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in Odisha presented the State Budget for 2025-26 in February, with a total Budget size of ₹2,90,000 crore. The Budget document underlines the government’s vision for ‘Samruddha Odisha’ by 2036, aiming to become a $500 billion economy. However, the BJP government’s fiscal performance over the last nine months has … Read more
The U.S. and Ukraine It looks as if it is a case of playing musical chairs for Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy when it comes to dealing with the United States (Page 1, March 5). Mr. Zelenskyy is now struggling for survival with the shadow of economic woes over him. This is also a case of … Read more
‘Given chronic specialist shortages, domicile quotas ensure a predictable supply of doctors familiar with the State’s health-care landscape’ | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto The recent Supreme Court judgment, in Dr. Tanvi Behl vs Shrey Goyal (2025), which struck down domicile-based reservations in post-graduate medical admissions in the respective medical colleges in States, marks a significant … Read more