February 2025

Hamas frees 3 male hostages as Israel releases more Palestinians

Hamas frees 3 male hostages as Israel releases more Palestinians

Hamas militants released three male hostages being held in the Gaza Strip on Saturday and Israel began releasing 183 Palestinian prisoners from Israeli jails, part of a ceasefire deal that has halted 15 months of intense fighting. Militants handed Yarden Bibas and French-Israeli Ofer Kalderon to Red Cross officials in the southern city of Khan

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Introducing Indira Parthasarathy’s Political Satire Now in English with The Middlemen of Vedapura

Introducing Indira Parthasarathy’s Political Satire Now in English with The Middlemen of Vedapura

When literary genius meets adept translation, magic happens. And this is exactly what readers are treated to in The Middlemen of Vedapura, a political satire by Sahitya Akademi and Padma Shri awardee Indira Parthasarathy, now brought to life in English by M.K. Sudarshan. Originally written in Tamil, this 1995 novel has already claimed its rightful

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Budget: Tax relief for Indian middle class

Getty Images The federal government has announced measures to counter slowing growth Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s coalition government has unveiled its first full-year budget after his party lost an outright majority in parliament last year. Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced measures to counter slowing growth, rising prices and flagging consumption among the middle class

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Budget 2025: Nirmala Sitharaman Announces Big Focus On Agriculture And Food Security

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman delivered her eighth consecutive Union Budget for 2025 on Saturday. Before the presentation, Ms Sitharaman met President Droupadi Murmu at Rashtrapati Bhavan, who offered her ‘dahi-cheeni‘ (curd and sugar), a gesture believed to bring good luck. The Budget for FY25-26 outlined key measures aimed at boosting India’s agricultural sector, ensuring food

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Palestinian patients enter Egypt as Rafah crossing opens after nine months | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Palestinian patients enter Egypt as Rafah crossing opens after nine months | Israel-Palestine conflict News

The Rafah border crossing has opened for the first time in nearly nine months to allow sick and wounded Palestinian patients in Gaza to travel to Egypt for medical treatment abroad. Gaza’s Health Ministry on Saturday said a group of 50 patients, accompanied by 61 caregivers, crossed from Rafah to reach Egypt. Egyptian television showed

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Sunita Williams’ return: Why was space mission extended? Why is NASA not able to bring her back? Is she happy, healthy?

Sunita Williams’ return: Why was space mission extended? Why is NASA not able to bring her back? Is she happy, healthy?

NASA astronaut Sunita Williams is still counting her days in space. Due to a faulty spacecraft, her week-long excursion turned into a months-long trip. After back-to-back delays, her return to Earth is expected by March end or early April. But what’s causing the delay in bringing Williams back to Earth? Is she happy and healthy

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Dept of space gets Rs 13.4k crore, up from Rs 11.7k crore; NSIL another Rs 1k crore

Dept of space gets Rs 13.4k crore, up from Rs 11.7k crore; NSIL another Rs 1k crore

The Department of Space (DoS) has been allocated Rs 13,416.2 crore, marking an increase from the revised estimates of Rs 11,725.7 crore in 2024-25. Of the allocated amount, Rs 7,312.6 crore earmarked for revenue expenses and Rs 6,103.6 crore for capital outlays.In percentage terms, the Rs 13,416.2 crore is 14.4% more from the revised estimates

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Little Red Dots.

How Webb Telescope’s ‘Little Red Dots’ Nearly Broke Cosmology—and Helped Fix It

About a year after launching into orbit around the Sun, the James Webb Space Telescope began imaging an abundance of little red dots, which scientists called, um, “little red dots.” I know—not only is the name highly unimaginative, it also conveys a false impression of insignificance. In reality, these little red dots almost “broke” modern

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BJP in Kerala welcomes Budget; Congress, CPI(M) MPs call it ‘disappointing’

Thiruvananthapuram/New Delhi: The BJP in Kerala termed the Union Budget 2024-25 as a “game-changer” even as some Congress and CPI(M) MPs termed it as a “disappointment”. BJP state president K Surendran said the budget was a “game-changer” as it provides a “massive relief” to the middle-class by exempting tax on incomes upto Rs 12 lakh

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