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Astronomers witness Sun-like star ‘swallow a planet’ for 1st time, confirming Earth’s fate in 5 bn yrs

Lead author of the study, conducted by researchers at MIT in collaboration with Harvard and Caltech, and published in Nature, says the discovery tells us 'where we are going'.

Land for a ‘Pakistani IIT’ is now a Bakra Mandi

Information Technology University’s former vice-chancellor Umar Saif tweeted an image of the land allotted in 2013 'to build a little MIT for Pakistan’.

US team including 2 teenagers discovers ‘planetary lab’ with a rocky super-earth

The planetary system has been discovered around star HD 108236 that’s just 200 light years away. It could provide insights into planetary evolution.

MIT professor charged with fraud for hiding millions in China grants

Gang Chen, a naturalised US citizen from China, was charged with wire fraud, making a false statement in a tax return and failing to disclose a foreign bank account.

US govt reverses decision to curb foreign student visas after fight with Harvard, MIT

US agrees to rescind last week’s requirement that foreign students take at least one in-person class even as colleges prepare online-only coursework.

Harvard, MIT sue US immigration authority to stop new student visa restrictions

Students on existing visas who wish to remain in the US must transfer to a school with in-person instruction or attend a college that offers both remote and on-campus learning.

MIT professor’s stake in biotech firm Moderna Inc on brink of topping $1 billion

Bob Langer’s 3.2% holding rose to $934.3 million Monday after the firm reported encouraging early trial results for an experimental Covid-19 vaccine.

MIT ties up with Italian design company for Covid-19 ICUs

Architects have designed mobile hospitals in order to provide intensive care to the patients of coronavirus, which can increase their chance of survival.

Know coding like you know alphabets — Modi govt’s scientific education vision for students

Modi govt has started conducting CodeIndia workshops as it plans a new school-level curriculum in computer programming.

MIT under scanner over financial ties with sex offender Jeffrey Epstein

MIT’s Media Lab had deep financial relations with Jeffrey Epstein, who helped it raise $7.5 million. Following the revelations, Joi Ito, director of the lab, resigned.

On Camera

1948 need not define Gaza’s destiny. Arabs and Israelis must learn to live together

When Israelis pushed out Arabs in 1948, they didn’t think that embittered refugees would turn into a permanent threat to their new state. This was a catastrophic miscalculation.

60% increase in India’s carbon emissions by 2050, coal to remain top energy source: BP Energy Outlook

The country will account for 12 percent of global energy demand by 2050 from 7 percent in 2023, adds BP report.

ISKP & Lashkar converging under aegis of Pakistan’s ISI to take on Baloch fighters

ISKP, a sub-continental branch of the Islamic State, is said to have vowed to extend operations in Kashmir, on encouragement from Pakistan’s security establishment.

How Pakistan thinks: Army for hire, ideology of convenience

Pakistan’s army has been a rentier force available to a reasonable bidder. It has never come to the aid of any Muslims including Palestinians or the Gazans, except making noises here and there.