Updated: Feb 27th, 2026 Scientists in China have achieved a first successful medical breakthrough by reversing type 2 diabetes in a patient using stem cell therapy, as per reports. Type 2 diabetes hinders one’s ability to use insulin properly, which raises blood sugar levels, and therefore to control it, insulin and medications are the way...
Updated: Feb 27th, 2026 Pakistan has declared an all out war against the Afghan Taliban, thus putting a fragile Qatar mediated ceasefire under immense strain. Just hours after Afghanistan said that it had launched retaliatory strikes across the shared border, Pakistani forces carried out airstrikes on Kabul and Kandahar. Afghanistan had earlier launched a cross-border...
Updated: Feb 26th, 2026 The Indian government has confirmed that from March 1, 2026, messaging apps like WhatsApp must be linked to an active SIM-card to work. This means WhatsApp will stop working if your SIM-card is not in the phone or if the number becomes inactive. The rule is part of a new SIM-binding...
Sky-watchers in Jamnagar are set for a rare celestial spectacle on Saturday evening as a striking “Planet Parade” will unfold over the western horizon. The astronomical event, featuring six planets visible at the same time, will be observed on February 28 shortly after sunset. To mark the occasion, the Jamnagar Astronomical Mandal in collaboration with...
Updated: Feb 26th, 2026 The family of late British astrophysicist Professor Stephen Hawking has dismissed suggestions of inappropriate conduct after a photograph of him appearing alongside two bikini-clad women surfaced in documents linked to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, as per reports. The viral image reportedly shows Hawking reclining on a blue lounge chair, smiling and...
Updated: Feb 26th, 2026 Former Harvard president and ex-US Treasury Secretary Larry Summers will step down from his academic roles at Harvard University following renewed scrutiny over his past association with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, as per reports citing a university spokesperson. Summers, 71, will resign from his professorship and faculty appointments at the...
Brazil has been experiencing heavy rainfall since Monday, causing floods and landslides, leaving many people dead and many missing. According to the local fire department, approximately 42 people have lost their lives so far in the floods, and more than 20 others are missing. Officials further stated that, due to the floods and landslides, approximately...
Democrats have accused the administration of Donald Trump of orchestrating the “largest government cover-up in modern history” following reports that documents linked to allegations of sexual abuse involving a minor were withheld from recently released federal files, as per reports. The row centres on materials connected to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, whose case has continued...
Updated: Feb 26th, 2026 Dr Richard Axel, a Nobel Prize winner scientist and professor at Columbia University resigned from the co-director post at university after his name emerged in the Jeffrey Epstein files, as per reports. Since the millions of pages of the Epstein files were made public in January in which names of scientists,...
Updated: Feb 26th, 2026 Four people were killed and six others injured after a violent confrontation between a Florida-registered speedboat and Cuban border guards on February 25, 2026, Cuban authorities said. According to Cuba’s Ministry of the Interior, the boat entered Cuban territorial waters near the EI Pino channel in Villa Clara province. When Cuban...