Month: April 2026

Ankit Pandey* was rushing to catch a train from Mumbai’s Malad station last month, when a sight halted him in his tracks. From the railway bridge, he could see a…

This image taken from video provided by NASA shows the Earth, left, from NASA’s Orion spacecraft as it fired its engines heading toward the moon on Thursday, April 2, 2026.…

Glyph can be read as a companion piece to Ali Smith’s 2024 novel Gliff. | Photo Credit: Getty Images Among contemporary novelists, Ali Smith stands out for her engagement with…

The Education Ministry notification mandates the NCERT to start new programmes, off-campus or on offshore campuses. Photo: ncert.nic.in The Education Ministry has issued a notification declaring the National Council for…

President Donald Trump. | Photo Credit: AP President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday (April 2, 2026) that could slap long-threatened pharmaceutical tariffs of up to 100% on…

Emergency personnel work at the site of damage after a barrage of Iranian missiles was launched at Israel, amid the U.S.-Israel war on Iran, in Petah Tikva, Israel, on April…

The Straw Hat skull-and-bones pirate flag from Netflix series One Piece (right, top corner) seen at a protest in Jakarta, Indonesia, last year. | Photo Credit: Getty Images In August…

The Rajasthan High Court on Thursday issued contempt notices to the State Election Commission (SEC) and Election Commissioner Rajeshwar Singh, taking exception to the delay in conducting Panchayati Raj and…

The Opposition targeted the Uttar Pradesh government on Thursday over the death of a tigress in the Dudhwa buffer zone in Lakhimpur Kheri district. The tigress, estimated to be about…

U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi. File | Photo Credit: Reuters U.S. President Donald Trump removed Attorney General Pam Bondi from her post on Thursday (April 2, 2026), a White House…