A 21‑year‑old Indian‑origin engineering student has died after being pulled unconscious from Lake Taupō, New Zealand, while on an Easter holiday trip with friends, according to a family friend.Emergency services were called to Whakamoenga Point in Acacia Bay at around 3.20pm on Sunday, April 5, after the young man was retrieved from the water. Police […]
Barcelona police said they found 20-year-old American James “Jimmy” Gracey dead in shallow ocean water in front of the beachfront club Shoko on Thursday, ending a search that began after he went missing while clubbing early Tuesday.Investigators said initial signs pointed to an accidental death, but the cause and circumstances remained unclear. A police spokesperson […]
A viral video showing an Indian student in the United States handling a handgun has stirred a row with several social media users demanding that he be deported.The clip shows Akhilesh Chetla Ravi inside a convenience store or petrol station. In the short video, he is seen holding a handgun while radio chatter in the […]
(Image credits: X @NYCMayor) New York City mayor Zohran Mamdani met with President Donald Trump at the White House on Thursday for a previously unannounced meeting that lasted about an hour, focusing on major new housing investments in the city while also addressing the arrest of a Columbia University student.After the meeting, Mamdani posted on […]
US secretary of state Marco Rubio made it clear that the United States’ visa policy does not automatically entitle a student to a visa. Speaking in detail to Ben Shapiro, Rubio said, “No one. It’s not a constitutional right. It’s not guaranteed by law. Every day, consular officers deny visas for all kinds of reasons, […]
State-owned telecom operator Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has launched a special Student Plan to mark Children’s Day 2025, offering high-value benefits at an affordable price. The Ministry of Communications announced on Friday that the limited-period plan will be available from 14 November to 13 December 2025. Plan Benefits Priced at ₹251, the BSNL Student […]
What’s the one thing you would carry to a remote island with you? If honesty is the way forward, most would say their phone. While there was a time someone would have said an answer like a weapon or maybe their loved one, now, it is truly a mobile phone that lives rent-free with a […]
British Indian politician Suella Braverman stirred a row after reacting to a student’s plea about bringing her family to the UK for university. Braverman posted on X that “You don’t need to bring your husband and three children to do a degree in Media Studies. Universities need to stop selling immigration instead of education.”Her comment […]
Kanav Jain, a student from Broxburn, Scotland has been crowned UK Young Engineer of the Year for building a low-cost autonomous aircraft to deliver medicines to remote communities. His project titled ‘AeroAid: autonomous VTOL quadplane’ won at The Big Bang UK Young Scientists & Engineers Competition held at The Big Bang Fair.According to a report […]
A 15-year-old Massachusetts student is exploring an unusual way to make polluted water cleaner: using discarded animal bones. Tina Jin, a student at Phillips Academy in Andover, developed a filtration system that uses ground cow, lamb or pig bones arranged in multiple layers to target different contaminants in water. Her research focuses on places where […]
