Marie Curie and her husband spent nearly four years boiling down seven tonnes of pitchblende in a leaky Paris shed with no ventilation to isolate one-tenth of a gram of radium chloride. Today, the notebooks they kept during those years, between 1899 and 1902, are kept in lead-lined boxes at the Bibliothèque nationale de France….
Additional Sessions Judge Ashu Sanjeev Tinjan, after considering the evidence and statements of the victim and her family, awarded 20 years of rigorous imprisonment to the accused and imposed a fine of Rs 40,000. GURGAON: A Fast Track Special Court in Nuh has sentenced a man to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment for raping a…
Cristiano Ronaldo (Image Via Getty) Portugal’s disappointing start to the FIFA World Cup has taken another twist after Cristiano Ronaldo’s sister, Katia Aveiro, appeared to back criticism of Bruno Fernandes on social media. Her reaction came shortly after Portugal were held to a 1-1 draw by DR Congo on Wednesday, a result that has triggered…
Family and home are often described as the safest place a person can return to when things don’t go right. But for some children turning back to family is the polar opposite of comforting. For 27-year-old Suthirtha, home is not a place he would associate with peace or safety. The young man recently shared a…
PATHANAMTHITTA: An auto-rickshaw driver was arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting a woman after allegedly drugging her with spiked juice in Kerala’s Adoor, police said on Saturday.The accused, identified as Vinod, a native of Adoor, had reportedly gone into hiding after a case was registered against him, police added.According to police, the 28-year-old woman was living…
Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni’s legal battle has concluded without any financial payout for either party, despite an estimated $60 million in combined legal costs. The settlement came as their film “It Ends With Us” faced a trial, with both sides expressing pride in the project’s message. After months of headlines, speculation, and a lot…
Sriki (in picture) and the other two accused were arrested by the ED in May and have since been lodged in judicial custody at the Parappana Agrahara Central Prison. BENGALURU: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Monday filed a 3,500-page prosecution complaint (charge sheet) against serial hacker Srikrishna Ramesh alias Sriki, cryptocurrency trader Robin Khandelwal, and…
AIADMK‘s Jayasudha L emerges victorious, securing 76735 votes, against DMK‘s Mahalakshmi Govarthanan, by a margin of 5631 votes.The Arani constituency witnessed a fierce and closely watched contest in the 2026 Assembly elections. The DMK fielded Mahalakshmi Govarthanan, aiming to flip the seat after a narrow miss in the previous cycle. She faced L. Jayasudha of…
When you buy a piece of land or an apartment in India, the seller hands over the keys, the agreement is registered, and you may believe that the property is yours. Legally, it is, but in the records of the local municipal body, it might still belong to the person you bought it from.This gap…
File photo: Air India crash NEW DELHI: More than a year after Air India’s London flight crashed in Ahmedabad, killing 260 people, the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) Tuesday told SC that the complex inquiry involving international agencies could be completed in six weeks, but the draft final report would be ready only by October…