World Since Webb discovered mysterious “little red dots” in 2022, astronomers have struggled to explain them; a galaxy seen 3.3 billion years after the Big Bang may finally reveal their hidden evolution August 18, 2026 contact.newslyindia@gmail.com Photo credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Pierluigi Rinaldi (Steward Observatory); Image Processing: Alyssa Pagan (STScI) Since NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope first revealed mysterious “little red dots” (LRDs) in 2022,…
World A former BlackRock employee ordered 10,000 pairs of socks for $100,000 to test a business idea; her startup later raised $2 million and reached Shark Tank | World News August 18, 2026 contact.newslyindia@gmail.com A former BlackRock employee took a $100,000 gamble on socks after deciding to test whether consumers would actually buy her idea. Allison Strumeyer, who co-founded sock brand Doublesoul with her…
World Henrietta Lacks died at 31 in 1951, but her cells kept multiplying; the discovery that transformed medicine and helped save millions of lives August 18, 2026 contact.newslyindia@gmail.com Henrietta Lacks (Image Credit: Wikipedia) In 1951, Henrietta Lacks, a 31-year-old African-American woman, was diagnosed with cervical cancer at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. During her treatment, doctors removed tissue…
World Canadian mom gets a complete keyboard tattooed on her arm so her autistic son can always ‘talk’ to her when his communication device fails | World News August 18, 2026 contact.newslyindia@gmail.com A Canadian mother has found an unusual way to make sure her non-speaking autistic son always has a way to communicate with her, even when technology fails. Jessica Fletcher had…
World Blast near Kabul school injures around 50 children; UN condemns ‘heinous’ act August 18, 2026 contact.newslyindia@gmail.com Hand grenade blast near school in Hazara neighbourhood of Dasht-e-Barchi injures at least 50, local media reports A hand grenade explosion near a school in Kabul’s predominantly Hazara neighbourhood of…
World In 1999, a Texas couple bought 828 acres and discovered endangered whooping cranes, then protected 817 acres for the birds | World News August 18, 2026 contact.newslyindia@gmail.com In 1999, Al and Diane Johnson thought they had finally found the place where they could build a home and settle down. They had bought 828 acres on Texas’ Lamar…
World Ex-Cambridge scholar Nathan Cofnas who exposed Jason Arday plagiarism claims says he could be murdered after thousands rally at Trafalgar Square | World News August 18, 2026 contact.newslyindia@gmail.com Nathan Cofnas (left), Jason Arday (right) Former Cambridge academic Nathan Cofnas says he fears for his safety in London after thousands gathered at Trafalgar Square on Monday for a vigil…
World In 1989, Apple buried about 2,700 unsold Lisa computers in a Utah landfill after its $10,000 machine failed; 37 years later, it remains one of the strangest product failures in the company’s history August 18, 2026 contact.newslyindia@gmail.com Steve Jobs poses with Lisa computer (Getty images) Before the Macintosh became one of Apple’s defining products, the company had another computer that failed in the market. In September 1989,…
World California woman donates $1 million to 100 teachers, with each receiving a surprise $9,161 check after learning they were underpaid in one of America’s wealthiest counties | World News August 18, 2026 contact.newslyindia@gmail.com Image: KRON 4/ Youtube A California woman has donated $1 million to 100 public school teachers after learning about low teacher pay and funding challenges in their district, giving…
World In 1973, Marjorie Merriweather Post left Mar-a-Lago to the US government hoping it would become a ‘Winter White House’; 44 years later, her vision came true August 18, 2026 contact.newslyindia@gmail.com The property was built in the 1920s by wealthy heiress Marjorie Merriweather Post. (Library of congress photo) Mar-a-Lago has been at the centre of headlines in recent years because it’s…
