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The study of the universe’s expansion rate has been a topic that has fascinated scientists and astronomers for a very long time. Since the initial studies conducted in the 1920s by astronomers Edwin P. Hubble and Georges Lemaitre to the discovery of ‘dark energy’ towards the end of the 1990s, the advancement in the field has been slow but steady. However, the Hubble Space Telescope has been providing a huge amount of data for the scientists to study and NASA believes that something strange is happening in the universe considering how fast it is expanding.

According to NASA, the data provided by the Hubble Space Telescope shows that the rate of expansion has become much quicker in comparison to the expected rate. But NASA was not able to provide a concrete reason behind the discrepancy and went on to call it “something weird”.

The Allahabad high court will resume the hearing in the Kashi Vishwanath temple-Gyanvapi mosque complex case on Friday, May 20.  Earlier this week, the court had adjourned the hearing in the case till May 20 due to paucity of time. The hearing will be held at 12 pm today.

A petition filed in 1991 in a Varanasi court claimed that the Gyanvapi Mosque was built on the orders of Aurangzeb by demolishing a part of the Kashi Vishwanath Temple during his reign in the 16th century. The petitioners and local priests sought permission to worship in the Gyanvapi Mosque complex.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah today mocked the Kashmiri politicians who were threatening bloodshed before the abrogation of the Article 370 and said that they could not even pelt a stone in Valley. Shah was speaking at an event in Delhi and praised PM Modi for the Article 370 move and the handling of the situation in Kashmir.

He said that the Kashmiri politicians who were threatening bloodshed before the abrogation of the Article 370 and said that they could not even pelt a stone in Valley. Shah was speaking at an event in Delhi and praised PM Modi for the Article 370 move and the handling of the situation in Kashmir. 

In a landmark decision on fiscal federalism in India, the Supreme Court Thursday ruled that recommendations of the GST Council, hitherto regarded as obligatory, are not binding on the Union and state governments. In what could give pace to increasing voices of dissent by states governed by parties other than that at the Centre, a bench of Justices D Y Chandrachud, Surya Kant and Vikram Nath said, “Parliament intended for the recommendations of the GST Council to only have a persuasive value, particularly when interpreted along with the objective of the GST regime to foster cooperative federalism and harmony between the constituent units... Parliament and the state legislatures possess simultaneous powers to legislate on GST.”

In a sharp reaction to Rahul Gandhi’s statement at the Congress' Chintan Shivir that its regional allies “lack ideology”, political parties feel that the grand old party should reconcile with the reality that it no longer dominates the Opposition space.

Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) MLC K Kavitha said that in the Chintan Shivir, the grand old party has expressed anguish about the success of regional parties. “We're successful because we perform. (Un)like Congress, we don't have leadership crisis,” she said.