Month: May 2025

[ad_1] In a heart-stopping finish to the 2025 Scripps National Spelling Bee, 13-year-old Indian-American Faizan Zaki from Dallas, Texas, emerged victorious, spelling “Chaldee” correctly in the 20th round to secure the championship. However, the drama wasn’t over yet — Zaki was required by the judges to spell one more word flawlessly before being officially crowned champion, a challenge he met with confidence and without any assistance. Zaki’s win was a story of redemption. Last year, he narrowly lost in the spell-off to Bruhat Soma after rushing his final word and stumbling on the homonym of “commelina.” This time, determined to avoid a repeat, he made sure the contest didn’t go to a spell-off. “I’m really happy,” Zaki said after his triumph. The competition, held over three intense days outside Washington DC, featured some of the country’s best young spellers. Zaki’s […]

[ad_1] MEERUT: The warden of Chaudhary Charan Singh University's (CCSU) Kailash Prakash Hostel has been removed on Friday following protest by students for allegedly thrashing 20-25 hostellers after finding water splashed on the floor and four students in a room for two. A purported video of the accused warden, DK Chauhan, mercilessly beating the students on Thursday night was widely circulated on social media on Friday. In the video, Chauhan is seen purportedly raining blows with a baton and slapping the students as he charged at them like a raging bull.His terror continued for nearly 30 minutes, with shocked students writhing in pain. The video shows that the students were standing still while the warden madly attacked them.On Friday, students staged a sit-in protest outside the vice chancellor's office, demanding immediate action against the warden. Calling the incident a "blatant […]

[ad_1] Just new variants of the coronavirus causing COVID are emerging, the US Food and Drug Administration (US FDA) has approved a new vaccine against COVID. The vaccine has been manufactured by Moderna."Moderna, Inc. (NASDAQ:MRNA) today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved mNEXSPIKE (mRNA-1283), a new vaccine against COVID-19, for use in all adults 65 and older, as well as individuals aged 12-64 years with at least one or more underlying risk factor as defined by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)," the pharma maker has said in a press release.COVID killed 47,000 Americans in 2024."The FDA approval of our third product, mNEXSPIKE, adds an important new tool to help protect people at high risk of severe disease from COVID-19," said Stéphane Bancel, Chief Executive Officer of Moderna. "COVID-19 remains a serious public […]

[ad_1] Former Infosys CFO Mohandas Pai launched a scathing attack on Hotmail co-founder Sabeer Bhatia after the latter questioned whether Indians could feel the impact of the country's economic milestone in their pockets. Pai called Bhatia an "economic refugee" and accused him of being a "hate monger" who belittles India's achievements."Man @sabeer you are an economic refugee, left India long ago. Good riddance to bad rubbish. You had no role in India's progress. So stop pontificating and shut up. We will grow India and build our future. We do not need you. You are toxic and a hate monger," Pai wrote on X (formerly Twitter), responding to Bhatia's critique of India becoming the world's fourth-largest economy.Pai escalated his attack further, declaring: "All you do is abuse India and Indians. We celebrate our achievements as we did it not you, and […]

[ad_1] In a shocking incident at Faridabad district jail, Nitish Kumar Pandey, a rape accused, exploited a case of mistaken identity to escape. Posing as Nitesh, an inmate with a similar name who was granted bail, Pandey walked free due to verification lapses. FARIDABAD: The devil is in the details. Authorities at the district jail have learnt it the hard way.In a bizarre case of mistaken identity that left the jail officials red-faced, a rape accused managed to walk free by exploiting a coincidence of names, exposing glaring lapses in the prison's verification system.The incident unfolded on May 26, when Nitish Kumar Pandey (27) — housed in the jail since 2011 — posed as another inmate sharing a similar name. Both inmates had their fathers named as Ravinder in prison records — a detail that became the perfect smokescreen for […]

[ad_1] US President Donald Trump’s long feud with Harvard University reportedly stemmed not from Barron Trump’s alleged rejection—as was rumored—but from Trump’s own failure to gain admission in 1964. “But the other thing is that, by the way, he didn’t get into Harvard. So one of the Trump things is always holding a grudge against the Ivy Leagues,” Michael Wolff author of bestsellers Fire & Fury said at The Daily Beast Podcast.Criticising Wolff's claims, Taylor Rogers, a White House spokesperson said, “The Daily Beast and Michael Wolff have lots in common—they both peddle fake news for clickbait in a hopeless attempt to amount to something more than lying losers."“The President didn’t need to apply to an overrated, corrupt institution like Harvard to become a successful businessman and the most transformative President in history,” she added.There’s no official record—public or private—that […]

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: India's active Covid-19 cases have crossed the 2,700 mark, with Kerala leading in infection numbers, while Maharashtra and Delhi follow suit. This increase occurs as the illness, which has resulted in millions of fatalities worldwide since 2020, shows signs of resurging.Health Ministry data, updated till May 30, revealed that Kerala has documented 1,1147 infections with 227 new cases reported on May 29 whilst Maharashtra has 424 cases, Delhi 294, and Gujarat 223. The figures for Tamil Nadu stand at 148 cases, matching Karnataka's count, whilst West Bengal has registered 116 cases. With the data, the ttal number f active cases reached 2,710 cases. Yesterday, the union minister for health and ayush Prataprao Jadhav said that the government has comprehensive measures in place to address any emerging situation."Both our central health department and the Ayush ministry are fully […]