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October 12, 2025

A TIMELINE

- Dipanjan Sinha

What does it look like, our history of trying to find alien life? How far back does it go?

1899: Strange, repeating beeps

Nikola Tesla, the Serbian-American innovator who helped advance radio communication and the adoption of electricity, is tinkering with a radio-wave receptor when he picks up strange repeating beeps. He thinks they are from aliens attempting to reach us. It turns out they're just cosmic noise; chirps from the magnetic fields disturbed by large planets in our solar system.

Already, though, the idea that we might someday "meet the neighbours" is generating excitement.

1924: America's "Big Listen"

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Taiwan presses for arms after US-China summit

Taiwan said on Saturday it is an “independent” nation, hours after US President Donald Trump warned the democratic island against declaring formal independence.

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May 17, 2026

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Making the Capital's EV policy women-friendly

With the Prime Minister calling for reducing fuel usage to offset the impact of the war in West Asia, this might be an opportune moment to look at alternatives with a focus on women.

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2 mins

May 17, 2026

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Israel kills chief of Hamas armed wing

An Israeli airstrike in Gaza killed the leader of Hamas’ military wing, one of the last surviving architects of the October 7, 2023, attacks that triggered the war in Gaza, the Israeli military said Saturday.

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May 17, 2026

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FIRs must in post-2021 poll violence cases: CM

West Bengal chief minister Suvendu Adhikari on Saturday directed police stations across the state to investigate all cases of post-2021 assembly election violence, saying first information reports (FIRs) must be lodged in every incident of murder and assault that was not previously investigated.

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May 17, 2026

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culture Root awakening

There are some deep, deep prejudices hidden in everyday words that we still casually use. Amid an effort to weed out some of these, researchers are spotlighting their troubling origins. Can you spot the problems, to begin with, with the four terms below?

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3 mins

May 17, 2026

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Elephant at Corbett Reserve births twins

An elephant has given birth to twin calves in the Garjiya zone of the Corbett Tiger Reserve, an event that wildlife experts described as rare among elephants.

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1 min

May 17, 2026

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How far have we come?

{ ECONOMICS OF EXCLUSION } POLITICS, PROSPERITY, LOVE

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May 17, 2026

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ECI orders probe into illegal ‘foreign voters’

The Election Commission of India (ECI) has launched an investigation following the arrest of 25 foreign nationals for allegedly casting votes in the April 23 Tamil Nadu assembly elections, senior ECI officials said on Saturday.

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1 mins

May 17, 2026

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US, Nigeria claim killing of IS 2nd-in-command

A senior Islamic State group leader, described as “the most active terrorist in the world”, has been killed in a joint operation by US and Nigerian forces in the west African country, the two countries’ presidents said.

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May 17, 2026

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CBSE mandates study of 3 languages for classes 9, 10

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has mandated the study of three languages, including at least two native Indian languages, for class 9 and 10 students from July 1, according to a circular, a month after the board made the scheme compulsory for class 6 students.

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3 mins

May 17, 2026

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