Thalles Winner DeSouza with Terry Smily and Usama El-Sehrawey celebrating his acceptance into Yale A Wendy’s worker who survived a shooting in Brazil is heading to Yale University after his bosses helped him pay for college.Thalles Winner DeSouza, 23, had started working at a Wendy’s restaurant in Cape Cod, Massachusetts, while he was still in…
Manas Dhamne (Special Arrangements) NEW DELHI: India have added 19-year-old Manas Dhamne to their Davis Cup squad for the first time as they prepare to face South Korea in Seoul on September 18-19.The Qualifiers Round 2 tie is a major one, with the winner earning a place in the Davis Cup Final 8 in Bologna…
Steve Jobs didn’t lace his words with the usual humour or seek theatrics when he addressed the graduating students at Stanford in 2005. During his commencement address, he spoke about something profound he had learned in life, and that speech continues to resonate with millions of people even a decade after his death. He spoke…
17-year-old Ryka Chopra used AI and game theory to find how countries could work together to save Arctic ice. (Photo: Society for Science) As the Arctic continues to lose ice, scientists are studying not only how quickly the region is changing but also what countries can do to slow the damage. Ryka Chopra, a 17-year-old…
A large rock on the seabed turned out to be an ancient Roman shipwreck believed to be more than 2,000 years old. (Credit: @RT_Visual_on_X) What first appeared to be a large rock on the seabed near Mazara del Vallo turned out to be an ancient Roman shipwreck believed to be more than 2,000 years old….
Bodhana Sivanandan and Shreyas Royal Indian-origin teenagers Bodhana Sivanandan and Shreyas Royal have made a major mark on British chess after winning the women’s and open titles at the 2026 British Chess Championships in Coventry.Bodhana, just 11, became the youngest-ever British women’s champion after beating 14-year-old Ireland-based talent Trisha Kanyamarala in a tense rapid-chess playoff.Her…
Quote of the day by Malala Yousafzai Malala Yousafzai was 15 when a gunman boarded her school bus in Pakistan’s Swat Valley and shot her because she had spoken publicly about girls’ right to attend school. She survived. The attack brought her story to the world, and her campaign for education grew far beyond the…
India’s Neeraj Chopra (PTI Photo/Ravi Choudhary) Neeraj Chopra has praised India’s young athletes after the country finished the World Athletics U20 Championships in Oregon, USA, with three medals.The Indian team returned with two silver medals and one bronze, matching its medal tally from the 2021 and 2022 editions.“Congratulations to the entire Indian contingent at the…
According to the QS World University Rankings (QSWUR) 2027, announced on June 18, IIT Delhi improved by five positions from its 123rd rank in the previous edition. India’s presence in global higher education rankings has expanded sharply over the past decade, with the number of Indian institutions featured in the QS World University Rankings increasing…
The observations were made with the Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope (DKIST), a powerful 4-metre class solar telescope operated by the US National Science Foundation. The Sun may appear to us on Earth as a glowing ball of plasma, but its surface is far more active and turbulent than it looks, which has been proven…
