I recently had the enviable task of reading nearly every story Richard Matheson ever wrote and selecting 33 tales to be included in Penguin Classics’ The Best of Richard Matheson. This turned out to be like stepping into a time machine, transported back to the age when I started reading…

Apollo 11 astronaut Michael Collins dies

Michael Collins – one of the three crew members of the first manned mission to the Moon, Apollo 11 in 1969 – has died aged 90, his family say. He died on Wednesday after “a valiant battle with cancer. He spent his final days peacefully, with his family by his…

Chinese rocket segment disintegrates over Indian Ocean

A large segment of a Chinese rocket re-entered the Earth’s atmosphere and disintegrated over the Indian Ocean on Sunday, the Chinese space agency said, following fevered speculation over where the 18-tonne object would come down. Officials in Beijing had said there was little risk from the freefalling segment of the…

Apocalypse engulfs India

WEST Bengal elections results could not have been, to put it mildly, more disappointing…

Apollo 11 astronaut Michael Collins dies

Michael Collins – one of the three crew members of the first manned mission…

Banks’ interest rate spread rises to 3.05pts

The overall weighted average interest rate spread in the country’s banking sector rose to…

China hands over 5 lakh doses of Covid vaccine to Bangladesh

Some 5 lakh doses of China’s Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine, donated by the Chinese government…

Chinese rocket segment disintegrates over Indian Ocean

A large segment of a Chinese rocket re-entered the Earth’s atmosphere and disintegrated over…