4 US-Indians among 32 chosen as Rhodes Scholars

New York: Four Indian-Americans are among the cohort of 32 students chosen from the US as Rhodes Scholars virtually for the first time this year due to the pandemic. The diverse group, which won scholarships to the Oxford University in England, comprises immigrants and students of colour. PTI

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Data from NASA rover hints at ancient megaflood in Mars

New York: Giant flashfloods once washed through Gale Crater on Mars’ equator around four billion years ago, according to a study which hints at the possibility that life may have existed on the Red Planet. “We identified megafloods using detailed sedimentological data observed by the rover Curiosity,” said Alberto G. Fairen from Cornell University. PTI