Indian‑origin engineering student dies after drowning in New Zealand lake; parents seek urgent repatriation

A 21‑year‑old Indian‑origin engineering student has died after being pulled unconscious from Lake Taupō, New Zealand, while on an Easter holiday trip with friends, according to a family friend.Emergency services were called to Whakamoenga Point in Acacia Bay at around 3.20pm on Sunday, April 5, after the young man was retrieved from the water. Police…

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Why astronauts carry plush toys into space: Baby Yoda, Snoopy and other mascots used as floating zero gravity indicators |

Plush toys travelling into space may sound unusual, yet they have quietly remained part of human spaceflight for decades. Missions conducted by organisations like NASA and companies such as SpaceX often include small soft mascots inside spacecraft cabins. These objects are known as zero gravity indicators. They begin to float once a spacecraft leaves Earth’s…

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No dude left behind: Donald Trump toots US success while warning Iran ‘surrender or else…’

File photo: US President Donald Trump (Picture credit: AP) TOI correspondent from Washington: US President Donald Trump on Monday warned Iran that he is ready to go beyond destroying its power plants and bridges if it does not “cry uncle” before his Tuesday evening deadline. “We have obliterated the country…they don’t want to say uncle…

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Actor Matthew Marsden says he received threats for speaking about H-1B visa scam by Indians in Texas: ‘If Brits were committing…’

Actor says he’s receiving threats after he spoke out against H-1B visa abuse by Indians in Texas. British-American actor Matthew Marsden claimed he received life threats after he spoke out against the H-1B visa scam by Indians in Texas. He also said he was not targeting any skin color or nationality and if the Brits…

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Gigi Hadid breaks silence on being mentioned in Epstein files: ‘I grew up privileged…’

Supermodel Gigi Hadid has spoken publicly for the first time about being named in documents linked to Jeffrey Epstein, saying the reference left her feeling “sick to my stomach”.30-year-old Hadid addressed the issue after a social media user held her accountable for not commenting sooner. In response, she said she had never met Epstein, describing…

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Lindsey Graham says US is so close to strategic victory: ‘Either via diplomacy or military action’

Lindsey Graham says US is very close to strategic victory and Trump is right to blow up Iran’s crucial infrastructure so they can’t go back to their old ways Senator Lindsey Graham, who has been supporting Donald Trump’s Iran war, said Monday that the US is very close to achieving a strategic victory. Congratulating the…

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The celebrity ritual of Rowling-bashing is reductive, lazy, and doomed to fail | World News

The problem is the way Rowling-bashing has evolved into a fashionable Hollywood sacrament. One would think Rowling-bashing had become a redundant activity, one that would make Caesar say ad nauseam, like Marvel sequels, but we still keep getting them every other day. The latest brave Hollywood kid to jump on the anti-Rowling bandwagon is Andrew…

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