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Hindustan Times Rajasthan
Where is everyone?
We've been searching for decades, but haven't found so much as a microbe in space yet. Could it be that we're early; that life simply has not evolved yet in the neighbourhood? Are we doing it all wrong? Is there a bustling universe of sentient beings out there, waiting for us to catch on? Humans are now beginning to build technology that could make the difference in our quest for alien life. We have a growing understanding of what to look for. We're getting better at sending probes to nearby planets, which could tell us more about where and how to search. What might we find? Why does it matter? Take a look
6 min |
October 12, 2025
Hindustan Times Rajasthan
World can’t let critical minerals go the oil way
Energy transition must be fair, equitable and just, leaving nobody behind. The governance of critical minerals must evolve in response to this context
5 min |
October 12, 2025
Hindustan Times Rajasthan
Space oddities: The strangest planets we've found so far
FROM THE ARCHIVES: Are we ready to encounter alien life, asks Nikku Madhusudhan of the Institute of Astronomy at University of Cambridge
1 min |
October 12, 2025
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Being Indian, and being seen as one
\"Where are you from?\" \"India.' \"Oh, you don't look Indian.
3 min |
October 12, 2025
Hindustan Times Rajasthan
Modi launches two agri schemes worth ₹35k-cr
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said that the reforms in agriculture and farming sectors undertaken by the Union government in the last 11 years have begun to show results, but for speedy development of the country, these sectors will need to be strengthened further.
1 min |
October 12, 2025
Hindustan Times Rajasthan
MF Husain: Man and myth, art and artist
M F Husain is undoubtedly India's best known and perhaps most highly regarded modern artist. As an editorial in this newspaper put it last week, he is \"arguably the most inventive artist of Indian modernism\". This is why it's not just sad but upsetting that an MF Husain museum will open next month in Doha and not in the country of his birth.
2 min |
October 12, 2025
Hindustan Times Rajasthan
Trump: Gaza truce will hold as Israel, Hamas tired of fighting
US President Donald Trump said he believed the Israeli ceasefire that began in Gaza on Friday would hold as Israel and Hamas are \"tired\" of fighting.
2 min |
October 12, 2025
Hindustan Times Rajasthan
We scan and we will
A TIMELINE
1 min |
October 12, 2025
Hindustan Times Rajasthan
SENEGAL RECORDS 17 DEATHS IN RARE OUTBREAK OF RIFT VALLEY FEVER
Senegal has recorded 17 deaths from Rift Valley Fever, RVF, a health ministry official said on Thursday, in a rare major outbreak of the viral disease in the West African country.
1 min |
October 11, 2025
Hindustan Times Rajasthan
Independent India’s voice of non-violence who led a revolution
Jayaprakash Narayan’s life and teachings are a testament to the power of people to bring about social transformation peacefully. His teachings emphasise defending democratic values and working towards the building of a just society
4 min |
October 11, 2025
Hindustan Times Rajasthan
STRONG QUAKE RATTLES SOUTH PHILIPPINES, KILLING FIVE
A 7.4-magnitude earthquake on Friday morning off the southern Philippines killed at least five people, set off landslides, damaged hospitals and schools and prompted evacuations of coastal areas nearby because of a tsunami warning, which was later lifted.
1 min |
October 11, 2025
Hindustan Times Rajasthan
A man at an intersection of identities
While books by writers such as EM Forster and Rudyard Kipling continue to find readers, others who were once popular or controversial have drifted to the fringes of public attention. JR Ackerley, Nirad C Chaudhuri and Aubrey Menen are in the latter category.Their writings are so rooted in their eras that their concerns and characterisations may seem wayward to contemporary readers.
3 min |
October 11, 2025
Hindustan Times Rajasthan
Get off the carpet
You don’t need an invite to the Met Gala to rock fur coats or sheer gowns. Here are three red carpet looks you can wear IRL
3 min |
October 11, 2025
Hindustan Times Rajasthan
Clothes and culture: Legal status of dressing choices
In a recent incident, members of a fringe Right-wing outfit stormed into the rehearsal for the Miss Rishikesh pageant and objected to women contestants wearing “western clothes”, claiming it “polluted the culture of Uttarakhand”.
2 min |
October 11, 2025
Hindustan Times Rajasthan
Nobel Peace Prize winner: Who is Maria Machado?
Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado who won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday is a 58-year-old industrial engineer who lives in hiding.
2 min |
October 11, 2025
Hindustan Times Rajasthan
T-Mobile, Jio team up for world’s first global roaming calls
‘T-Mobile, Reliance Jio are teaming up to launch the world’s first global roaming system using 5G Standalone tech.
1 min |
October 11, 2025
Hindustan Times Rajasthan
NITI Aayog moots decriminalisation of several tax offences
Government think tank NITI Aayog on Friday proposed the decriminalisation of several tax-related administrative, technical or procedural offences and recommended civil and monetary penalties for the same.
2 min |
October 11, 2025
Hindustan Times Rajasthan
TCS launches AI hub, design studio; to add 5,000 UK jobs
Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) on Friday announced the launch of an Artificial Intelligence (AI) Experience Zone and Design Studio in London, and said its continued investments in the UK will create 5,000 new jobs across the country over the next three years.
1 min |
October 11, 2025
Hindustan Times Rajasthan
Ex-British PM takes up advisory roles at Microsoft, Anthropic
Former British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said on Thursday he has joined US tech giant Microsoft and AI startup ‘Anthropic as a senior adviser.
1 min |
October 11, 2025
Hindustan Times Rajasthan
‘India’s new middle class is still struggling’
On young lower-middle-class women acting with agency even as workplaces continue to reproduce inequalities
2 min |
October 11, 2025
Hindustan Times Rajasthan
All vibes, no shade
From Butter Yellow to Millennial Pink, see what our obsession with colour says about ourselves
2 min |
October 11, 2025
Hindustan Times Rajasthan
Diksha Juneja
Actor, @DikshaJuneja_31
1 min |
October 11, 2025
Hindustan Times Rajasthan
Relief for Vedanta: SC refuses to hear PIL on Viceroy’s allegations
The Supreme Court on Friday refused to entertain a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking a court-monitored probe into allegations made by US-based short-seller Viceroy Research LLC against Vedanta Ltd, Hindustan Zinc Ltd, Vedanta Resources Ltd, and related entities.
2 min |
October 11, 2025
Hindustan Times Rajasthan
GPay hasn’t integrated fraud flag on platform: DoT
Google Pay has not yet integrated the government's Fraud Risk Indicator (FRI), a system that flags mobile numbers based on their likelihood of being linked to financial scams, onto its platform, Department of Telecommunications (DoT) secretary Neeraj Mittal said on Friday.
2 min |
October 11, 2025
Hindustan Times Rajasthan
Heading to Oscars, movie on forgotten Indian soldiers
Almost all the films that are celebrated as war movies in world cinema are from Hollywood or Europe. Retrospectively, one is tempted to ask the question: Whose world and war do these feature?
4 min |
October 11, 2025
Hindustan Times Rajasthan
These names have bite
The kulchette, the kulcha’s cooler cousin, is on menus worldwide. It’s rare for an Indian food term to go viral. But it’s a welcome addition, and a flex for us all
4 min |
October 11, 2025
Hindustan Times Rajasthan
The big jobs bluff in Bihar
The state has an employment problem, but government jobs for all households is certainly an outlandish promise
2 min |
October 11, 2025
Hindustan Times Rajasthan
Gold and silver ETFs soar to record highs in Sep
Net inflows into gold ETFs increase to ₹8,363 crore from ₹2,189 crore in Aug
2 min |
October 11, 2025
Hindustan Times Rajasthan
Japan in political crisis as key partner in ruling coalition exits
Japan's ruling coalition collapsed on Friday as junior partner Komeito quit the alliance, putting in peril Sanae Takaichi’s bid to become the country’s first woman prime minister.
1 min |
October 11, 2025
Hindustan Times Rajasthan
Fire in the mountains
In cold, cold Ladakh, a revolution is brewing. Restaurants are moving past touristy dumplings and stew, to serve authentic homestyle fare. Get set for interactive lunches, hand-rolled noodles, local sourdough and a taste of community. Julley!
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