SpaceX agrees to take Italian experiments to Mars
“Italy is going to Mars!” Italian Space Agency president Teodoro Valente said on X [File] | Photo Credit: AP Elon Musk’s SpaceX has agreed to carry Italian experiments on its Starship megarocket during planned future missions to Mars, according to a new deal announced on Thursday. “Italy is going to Mars!” Italian Space Agency president […]
SJVN admit card released at sjvn.nic.in: Direct link to download hall tickets here
SJVN Executive Trainee admit card 2025: Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam Limited (SJVN), a Navratna Public Sector Undertaking, has issued the admit cards for its Executive Trainee recruitment examination. The hall tickets, released are available for download on the official portal, sjvn.nic.in. Candidates must log in using their registration credentials and captcha code to access the […]
“Put yourself in uncomfortable situations,” says Google CEO Sundar Pichai: 8 important career lessons that professionals must learn
Corporate boardrooms rarely produce leaders who combine quiet humility with the strategic acumen to steer a $2.3 trillion enterprise. Sundar Pichai is one of those rare exceptions. His ascent from a product manager’s desk in 2004 to the CEO’s chair at Google is not a story of brash manoeuvres, but of measured choices, deliberate growth, […]
US Education Department faces backlog of 27,000 student loan complaints: Here’s what it means for students
The US Department of Education is currently managing an overwhelming backlog of more than 27,000 unresolved student loan complaints in its Federal Student Aid ombudsman office. This information was disclosed in a July 21 letter from the department to Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass), highlighting the growing challenges faced by borrowers seeking assistance with student loan […]
Why America’s richest universities are laying off staff: The hidden cost of federal funding cuts
In 2025, a surprising trend is unfolding across US higher education: some of the country’s wealthiest and most prestigious universities are laying off staff in large numbers. With endowments in the tens of billions, institutions like Harvard, Stanford, and Johns Hopkins might seem financially bulletproof. But this year’s sweeping federal funding cuts have revealed just […]
Attending Brown University could burn a hole in your pocket: Here’s how much it really costs
Attending Brown University now comes with an eye-watering price tag: $96,284 per year, or more than $385,000 over four years, according to a recent analysis by GOBankingRates. One of the eight Ivy League institutions, Brown has long been seen as a symbol of academic excellence, but in 2025, it finds itself at the center of […]
Siddhartha Mukherjee education and career path: The Indian-origin physician from Stanford, Oxford, and Harvard who gave cancer a human story
In the late 1980s, a bright teenager walked the halls of St. Columba’s School in New Delhi with a quiet intensity. Siddhartha Mukherjee wasn’t your usual top student, he was the kind of mind that lingered on questions longer, looked for patterns where others saw facts, and found poetry even in biology. In 1989, he […]
ISRO assesses Dharali damage post flash flood
ISRO/NRSC used Cartosat-2S data to assess the devastating Aug 5 flash flood in Dharali & Harsil, Uttarakhand. Source: X/isro The Indian Space Research Organisation’s (ISRO) National Remote Sensing Centre has done a “rapid assessment” of the damage caused by the flash floods in Uttarkashi district of Uttarakhand using very high-resolution images from the Cartosat-2S satellite. […]
Inside the H-1B visa collapse: Why 2025 is reshaping the future of skilled immigration in the US
What began as a slow administrative tightening has rapidly turned into a storm. The H-1B visa system, long considered the backbone of America’s high-skilled workforce, is now buckling under political pressure, procedural overhauls, and growing distrust. In 2025, what was once a predictable immigration pathway is becoming a cautionary tale, especially for thousands of international […]
School shootings in the US: Bullets bleed local economies too; here’s the hidden toll
Every time a school shooting occurs in the United States, the country is gripped by grief. Public attention rightly focuses on the devastating human toll: The lives lost, the families shattered, and the communities plunged into mourning. But beyond the grief, another quieter consequence unfolds in parallel. A measurable, lasting disruption to local economic life.A […]