The terms rocket and missile are often used interchangeably in news reports, military briefings and everyday conversations. From the battlefields of Ukraine to conflicts in the Middle East and South Asia, projectiles are frequently described as “missiles” even when they are rockets.While both use rocket propulsion to generate thrust, they are fundamentally different weapons designed…
NEW DELHI: Communist Party of India (Marxist) MP John Brittas has urged the Centre to reconsider its decision to keep the Shri Ram Janambhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust, which manages the Ram Temple complex in Ayodhya, outside the ambit of the Right to Information (RTI) Act.In a letter to Union home minister Amit Shah dated July…
NEW DELHI: A 48-year-old man allegedly walked into a police station in southwest Delhi on Sunday morning and confessed to killing his wife with a tawa after a late-night argument at their home in Najafgarh. The accused, who told police he has been undergoing treatment for schizophrenia has been detained and booked for murder.According to…
In many Indian households, children often grow up hearing that they should study hard to become doctors, engineers, or other professionals. Sometimes, jobs like plumbing, carpentry, or electrical work are unfairly used as examples of what might happen if someone doesn’t do well in school. But an Indian man living in Australia says the reality…
“I have just said that the investigators should take their (opposition leaders) help,” VHP’s Alok Kumar. The political confrontation over the alleged misappropriation of Ram Mandir donations has intensified, with the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) throwing the challenge back at Opposition leaders who have accused the temple authorities of financial irregularities. The VHP has now…
A cargo ship was reported to be under attack, said the British military (Representative image) A cardo ship came under attack in the Red Sea off the Yemen Coast, said the British military on Sunday. The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) centre reported gave a statement that the ship had reported being “under attack…
Some pictures aren’t just pictures; they’re also act a bit as a mirror. These are optical illusions, and they have an odd way of getting us to look inward, because there’s no “correct” way to see them. Two people can stare at the same image and walk away with two completely different first impressions Originally,…
Harry Potter: The magic that never dies Somewhere between paying EMIs, navigating workplace politics, doom scrolling through bad news, and wondering whether adulthood was always meant to feel this way, an entire generation is still waiting for an owl.Millennials know that no letter is coming through that letterbox and no half-giant named Hagrid is about…
Years of fiscal decentralisation have failed to narrow Pakistan’s regional spending disparities, with provincial capitals continuing to receive significantly higher public spending per person than the rest of their provinces.According to the World Bank’s Strengthening Fiscal Federalism report, cited by The Express Tribune, Quetta recorded the widest spending gap among provincial capitals. Per capita expenditure…
Mojtaba Khamenei, Iran’s new Supreme Leader, remained absent from public view on Sunday as his father, former Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and four members of the family were honoured with state funeral prayers in Tehran. While state television broadcast images of three of Khamenei’s sons praying beside the coffins alongside Iran’s political and military…