An Indian-origin tech professional working in US has shared an emotional account of being unable to see his dying mother, saying visa delays left him trapped in a choice. He calls this the “biggest regret of my life.”Gautam Dey works in US on an H-1B visa and described on LinkedIn how his mother passed away…
A 12-year-old boy born to a Nigerian mother and a US military serviceman is facing deportation in US after authorities questioned his citizenship.The case unfolding in Alaska has drawn attention because US immigration officials are seeking a DNA test to confirm the boy’s link to his father, a naturalised US citizen who previously served in…
In a stark Soviet laboratory in the 1950s, a photograph captured a scene that still unsettles viewers today. A large dog stood while the head and forelimbs of a smaller dog had been surgically grafted onto its body, both heads alive and responsive. The man behind this experiment was Vladimir Demikhov, a surgeon working at…
Mark Allen during his match against Yize Wu on day fourteen of the World Snooker Championship 2026 at the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield, England, Friday May 1, 2026. (Mike Egerton/PA via AP) The evening session at the World Snooker Championship was moving into rhythm at the Crucible Theatre when everything abruptly stopped, with a power issue…
US President Donald Trump has told Congress that hostilities with Iran have “terminated”, even as American forces remain deployed in the region and tensions persist.The assertion came in a letter sent on Friday ahead of a May 1 deadline under the War Powers Resolution of 1973 requiring congressional approval for continued military action.“The hostilities that…
Superdry co-founder James Holder has been convicted of rape by a jury at Gloucester Crown Court. The incident occurred after a night out in Cheltenham, with prosecutors arguing the woman’s intoxication impaired her ability to resist. Holder’s defence claimed the encounter was consensual, but the jury found him guilty of rape. A jury at Gloucester…
Indian-American financier who recently gained attention over a disputed sexual harassment lawsuit against a senior JPMorgan Chase executive has quietly left his new job, according to company sources cited by the New York Post.Chirayu Rana, a 35-year-old principal at investment firm Bregal Sagemount, exited the firm on April 2, just weeks before he filed a…
The Neolithic Revolution has sparked debate for years: Did it arise from local developments or through large-scale migration? Recent research in paleogenomics, published in Nature, sheds light on this. Scientists examined DNA from Moroccan sites like Kaf Taht el-Ghar, which dates back over 7,400 years. The findings show that agriculture in the Maghreb developed through…
Sigmund Freud (Image source: Wikipedia) Many people think that freedom is one of the best things about being human. People from different cultures and societies have fought, argued, and even fought to get it. But the idea of freedom is not as simple as it seems. It is not just about being able to make…
In the high-stakes world of Silicon Valley, where billions are poured into chatbots and generative art, Apurva Shrivastava and Tyson Chen decided to look where few tech founders go: the local HVAC company. That decision has officially paid off. Their startup, ‘Avoca’, has reached a $1 billion valuation following a $125 million funding round led…
