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Thursday, August 14, 2025
TopicStar trek

Topic: star trek

Star Trek actor Patrick Stewart was a bully in his childhood. He regrets it to this day

In 'Making It So', Patrick Stewart recalls a Dickensian childhood in Northern England, battling poverty and domestic violence, and growing up as an ambitious young actor.

A room-temperature superconductor that works in low pressure, and losing Spock’s Vulcan

ScientiFix, our weekly feature, offers you a summary of the top global science stories of the week, with links to their sources.

How Star Trek inspired modern tech—smart phones, touch panels, VR

The LCARS computer on the Galaxy-Class USS Enterprise D is basically the foundation of what Google is today.

Persis Khambatta — the bold model-actor who went bald for Star Trek

Raised by a single mother in Mumbai, Persis Khambhatta went on to become Miss India and make strides in Hollywood.

On Camera

Asim Munir wants to be guardian of the Middle East. He’s fated to fail at home

Countering insurgency needs the Pakistan Army to demonstrate a political will that ties leaders at the centre with those in the borderlands. But it may not have the imagination.

Slashing GST on waste can unlock Rs 1.8 lakh crore, high tax hurting circular economy goals—CSE

Centre for Science and Environment in new report makes case for rationalising GST on waste material, saying most informal operators can’t afford high tax & it also hinders recycling.

India, US troops to undertake joint military exercise next month, first after Op Sindoor

21st edition of annual joint military exercise will be held from 1 to 16 September, aimed at sharing military tech, operational best practices & disaster relief coordination methods.

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.