Bank holiday on Diwali: Are banks open or closed on Tuesday, October 21 for Govardhan Pooja? Check here
Bank holiday today: Banks in some parts of the country will be closed on Tuesday, 21 October for Diwali Amavasya,...
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What festive cheer could have in store for these sectors in 2025
The festive season, from Ganesh Chaturthi to Diwali, marks the moment of truth for India's economy. This year, too, struggling...
Steady growth despite US sales pressure, GST rate cuts
Brokerages BNP Paribas, Kotak Securities, and HDFC Securities estimate the sector’s second-quarter revenue to grow 9-11% from a year earlier,...
US and Australia sign rare earths deal to counter China’s dominance
Watch: Australia is getting submarines, says Donald TrumpThe US and Australia have signed a deal intended to boost supplies of...
Giant magnetofossils suggest ancient ocean life had built-in ‘GPS’ and may shed light on Mars particles
Scanning electron microscopy of the giant spearhead magnetofossil (red arrow). Credit: Communications Earth and Environment (2025) Some ancient marine organisms...
How a nutrient spark turned Earth into an oxygen world
Illustration of the four-box biogeochemical model used in this work. Credit: Nature Communications (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-64194-4 A new study has...
Five different carbon-based compounds discovered in the Large Magellanic Cloud
The JWST MIRI MRS spectrum of the massive protostar ST6 in the LMC. The gas-phase emission lines (shown in gray)...
Japan allows over-the-counter emergency contraception pill
Japan has for the first time approved over-the-counter sales of an emergency contraceptive pill, its manufacturer says, allowing women in...
Distant galaxy A1689-zD1 found to have unusually low dust-to-gas ratio
False-color JWST/NIRCam RGB image cutout (blue: F150W; green: F277W; red: F444W), overlaid with -158µm emission contours showing 3, 5, 7,...
What do we do if SETI is successful?
Image of the Allen Telescope Array, one of the observatories set up for SETI. Credit: Seth Shostak / Science Photo...
