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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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2 students shot dead in Brown Univ classroom

Nine people were injured, seven of them critically. The gunman has been arrested. Two students on campus survived school shootings in 2018, 2019

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2 mins

December 15, 2025

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Stop hyping Big AI: Smaller, smarter models the future

The Big Artificial Intelligence (AI) hype machine is running in overdrive.

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4 mins

December 15, 2025

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Remembering the unsung heroes of the war of 1971

Tomorrow, we will celebrate the 54th Victory Day.

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3 mins

December 15, 2025

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Raja slams anti-Indian graffiti at NYU library

US Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi on Saturday strongly condemned reports of antisemitic, anti-Indian and racist graffiti found inside a library at New York University.

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1 min

December 15, 2025

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Meesho’s strong market debut boosts Prosus’ India bets

The Netherlands-headquartered Prosus’ India thesis is paying off in quick succession, and the global consumer-internet investor is now gearing up to deploy more patient capital across consumer internet, artificial intelligence (AI) and fintech, senior executives told Mint.

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2 mins

December 15, 2025

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Not married but engaged, reveal Arjun and Gabriella

Actor Arjun Rampal has confirmed his engagement to longtime partner, South African model-designer Gabriella Demetriades.

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1 min

December 15, 2025

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MAN WHO KILLED U.S. SOLDIERS WAS TO BE FIRED FROM SYRIAN FORCES FOR EXTREMISM

Syria's interior ministry said on Sunday that the gunman who killed three Americans in the central Palmyra region the previous day was a member of the security forces who was to have been fired for extremism.

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1 min

December 15, 2025

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You can't see me... anymore: John Cena retires; celebs share tributes

Legendary WWE superstar John Cena has officially closed the curtain on his in-ring wrestling career after 26 years, concluding a farewell run that culminated in his final match at Saturday Night's Main Event XLII on December 13.

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1 min

December 15, 2025

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West Asia-North Africa: Ocean of opportunities

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Jordan, Oman, and Ethiopia could help forge partnerships under India’s MAHASAGAR vision

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4 mins

December 15, 2025

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Tales from the loop

In Ghosh's new book, Ghost-Eye, a child named Varsha, born into a vegetarian family, suddenly refuses to eat anything but fish, and begins to recall details of a past life in the Sundarbans.

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4 mins

December 14, 2025

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