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Politics

The Bribooks Times

Dec 23rd 2025
-By Niharika Kaur

India–Bangladesh Ties Face Strain as Visa Services Are Paused

India–Bangladesh Ties Face Strain as Visa Services Are Paused

Politics

What’s Happening?

Bangladesh has temporarily suspended visa and consular services for Indian citizens, citing internal security concerns amid political unrest ahead of its February national elections. The decision follows protests linked to the killing of youth leader Sharif Osman Hadi. From India’s side, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government has expressed concern over the move, especially given the long-standing people-to-people ties between the two neighbours. 

Indian officials have reached out to Dhaka through diplomatic channels, urging restraint, stability, and a quick restoration of normal travel services. Both governments have said dialogue is ongoing, even as the visa suspension remains in place for now.

Why is it Important?

This situation matters because India and Bangladesh share one of South Asia’s closest partnerships, covering trade, education, tourism, and cultural exchange. From India’s perspective, the pause affects thousands of students, families, and travellers who regularly cross the border. 

The Modi government has emphasised the importance of maintaining regional cooperation while respecting Bangladesh’s internal challenges. How both sides manage this moment will shape future trust, showing young readers how diplomacy works when neighbouring countries face political pressure but still try to keep communication open.

Games

The Bribooks Times

Dec 23rd 2025
-By Farah Ansari

AI Rules Shake Up Indie Game Awards: Expedition 33 Disqualified

AI Rules Shake Up Indie Game Awards: Expedition 33 Disqualified

Games

What’s Happening?

At the recent Indie Game Awards, where smaller game developers compete for big recognition, a new adventure game called Expedition 33 walked away with Game of the Year, the top prize! In Expedition 33, players explore mysterious lands, discover hidden treasures, and solve quirky puzzles, all wrapped in a world full of personality and style.

Alongside Expedition 33, other standout indie games were celebrated for their creativity, storytelling, and artistic flair from musical adventures to retro-style throwbacks. The awards also spotlighted how tools like generative AI are helping designers prototype ideas faster and bring bigger worlds to life. This year’s event was full of surprises, cheering crowds, and nods to games that push the boundaries of imagination and fun.

Why is it Important?

Winning Game of the Year means players and critics around the world took notice of something fresh, artistic, and exciting. For kids everywhere who love video games, Expedition 33’s win shows that new ideas can beat big budgets, and that creativity is one of the most powerful tools in game design.

The awards also show how technology including smart tools like AI is changing the way games are created, opening the door for more diverse stories and unique play experiences. Whether you like platformers, visual storytelling or wild worlds to explore, the Indie Game Awards are a celebration of gaming’s most creative corners, where anything can happen and imagination comes first!

Science

The Bribooks Times

Dec 23rd 2025
-By Danish Ansari

Weird “Lemon-Shaped” Planet Spotted by James Webb!

Weird “Lemon-Shaped” Planet Spotted by James Webb!

Science

What’s Happening?

Scientists using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope have discovered a truly strange world, a planet that’s not round like Earth or Jupiter, but stretched into a lemon-like shape! This bizarre planet is about 2,000 light-years away in another part of our galaxy, and its unusual shape likely comes from powerful forces pulling and stretching it.

Webb’s incredibly sharp instruments captured clues about this distant world’s size, shape and light, giving scientists their first close-up look at an oddly shaped planet far beyond our solar system. This discovery adds to what we’re learning about the amazing diversity of planets, showing that not all worlds follow the same rules and that some can be wildly weirder than we ever imagined!

Why is it Important?

This matters because it reveals just how weird and wonderful the universe really is. Planets were once thought to be mostly round like balls, but this “lemon-shaped” world shows that nature can make planets in all sorts of surprising shapes. That helps scientists learn more about how planets form, how they interact with their stars, and what forces shape their surfaces and atmospheres.

For everyone who dream of space adventures, this discovery feels like finding a cosmic oddball, a world that challenges everything we thought we knew about planets. Discoveries like these remind us that the universe is full of wonder, and that the more we look, the more mysteries we uncover. Who knows what the next strange world will look like?

History

The Bribooks Times

Dec 23rd 2025
-By Hitesh Lamba

Archaeology Meets Adventure: The Hunt for Stolen Historical Coins

Archaeology Meets Adventure: The Hunt for Stolen Historical Coins

History

What’s Happening?

Historians are sounding the alarm about an unusual problem: ancient coins are being found and sold on the black market, secret or illegal marketplaces where old treasures change hands outside normal channels. These coins come from long-ago civilizations and have huge historical value with stories about kings, trade routes, everyday life, and whole empires.

The tricky part is that once these coins slip into secret sales, their clues about history disappear too. A coin found in a careful archaeological dig can tell researchers exactly where it was buried and how old it is like a piece of a giant global jigsaw puzzle. But when that coin ends up in a private collection with no record of where it came from, it’s like ripping up the puzzle piece and hiding it away, making it harder for scientists to understand the full story of human history.

Why is it Important?

This matters because every artifact tells a piece of our shared human story, just like pages in a giant history book. When those items vanish into black markets, it’s like losing pages from that history book forever.

It shows that history isn’t just something in textbooks; it’s something that scientists, governments and even everyday people have to care for and protect so future generations can learn the full story of our world.


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Politics

The Bribooks Times

Dec 23rd 2025
-By Niharika Kaur

India–Bangladesh Ties Face Strain as Visa Services Are Paused

India–Bangladesh Ties Face Strain as Visa Services Are Paused

Politics

What’s Happening?

Bangladesh has temporarily suspended visa and consular services for Indian citizens, citing internal security concerns amid political unrest ahead of its February national elections. The decision follows protests linked to the killing of youth leader Sharif Osman Hadi. From India’s side, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government has expressed concern over the move, especially given the long-standing people-to-people ties between the two neighbours. 

Indian officials have reached out to Dhaka through diplomatic channels, urging restraint, stability, and a quick restoration of normal travel services. Both governments have said dialogue is ongoing, even as the visa suspension remains in place for now.

Why is it Important?

This situation matters because India and Bangladesh share one of South Asia’s closest partnerships, covering trade, education, tourism, and cultural exchange. From India’s perspective, the pause affects thousands of students, families, and travellers who regularly cross the border. 

The Modi government has emphasised the importance of maintaining regional cooperation while respecting Bangladesh’s internal challenges. How both sides manage this moment will shape future trust, showing young readers how diplomacy works when neighbouring countries face political pressure but still try to keep communication open.

Games

The Bribooks Times

Dec 23rd 2025
-By Farah Ansari

AI Rules Shake Up Indie Game Awards: Expedition 33 Disqualified

AI Rules Shake Up Indie Game Awards: Expedition 33 Disqualified

Games

What’s Happening?

At the recent Indie Game Awards, where smaller game developers compete for big recognition, a new adventure game called Expedition 33 walked away with Game of the Year, the top prize! In Expedition 33, players explore mysterious lands, discover hidden treasures, and solve quirky puzzles, all wrapped in a world full of personality and style.

Alongside Expedition 33, other standout indie games were celebrated for their creativity, storytelling, and artistic flair from musical adventures to retro-style throwbacks. The awards also spotlighted how tools like generative AI are helping designers prototype ideas faster and bring bigger worlds to life. This year’s event was full of surprises, cheering crowds, and nods to games that push the boundaries of imagination and fun.

Why is it Important?

Winning Game of the Year means players and critics around the world took notice of something fresh, artistic, and exciting. For kids everywhere who love video games, Expedition 33’s win shows that new ideas can beat big budgets, and that creativity is one of the most powerful tools in game design.

The awards also show how technology including smart tools like AI is changing the way games are created, opening the door for more diverse stories and unique play experiences. Whether you like platformers, visual storytelling or wild worlds to explore, the Indie Game Awards are a celebration of gaming’s most creative corners, where anything can happen and imagination comes first!

Science

The Bribooks Times

Dec 23rd 2025
-By Danish Ansari

Weird “Lemon-Shaped” Planet Spotted by James Webb!

Weird “Lemon-Shaped” Planet Spotted by James Webb!

Science

What’s Happening?

Scientists using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope have discovered a truly strange world, a planet that’s not round like Earth or Jupiter, but stretched into a lemon-like shape! This bizarre planet is about 2,000 light-years away in another part of our galaxy, and its unusual shape likely comes from powerful forces pulling and stretching it.

Webb’s incredibly sharp instruments captured clues about this distant world’s size, shape and light, giving scientists their first close-up look at an oddly shaped planet far beyond our solar system. This discovery adds to what we’re learning about the amazing diversity of planets, showing that not all worlds follow the same rules and that some can be wildly weirder than we ever imagined!

Why is it Important?

This matters because it reveals just how weird and wonderful the universe really is. Planets were once thought to be mostly round like balls, but this “lemon-shaped” world shows that nature can make planets in all sorts of surprising shapes. That helps scientists learn more about how planets form, how they interact with their stars, and what forces shape their surfaces and atmospheres.

For everyone who dream of space adventures, this discovery feels like finding a cosmic oddball, a world that challenges everything we thought we knew about planets. Discoveries like these remind us that the universe is full of wonder, and that the more we look, the more mysteries we uncover. Who knows what the next strange world will look like?

History

The Bribooks Times

Dec 23rd 2025
-By Hitesh Lamba

Archaeology Meets Adventure: The Hunt for Stolen Historical Coins

Archaeology Meets Adventure: The Hunt for Stolen Historical Coins

History

What’s Happening?

Historians are sounding the alarm about an unusual problem: ancient coins are being found and sold on the black market, secret or illegal marketplaces where old treasures change hands outside normal channels. These coins come from long-ago civilizations and have huge historical value with stories about kings, trade routes, everyday life, and whole empires.

The tricky part is that once these coins slip into secret sales, their clues about history disappear too. A coin found in a careful archaeological dig can tell researchers exactly where it was buried and how old it is like a piece of a giant global jigsaw puzzle. But when that coin ends up in a private collection with no record of where it came from, it’s like ripping up the puzzle piece and hiding it away, making it harder for scientists to understand the full story of human history.

Why is it Important?

This matters because every artifact tells a piece of our shared human story, just like pages in a giant history book. When those items vanish into black markets, it’s like losing pages from that history book forever.

It shows that history isn’t just something in textbooks; it’s something that scientists, governments and even everyday people have to care for and protect so future generations can learn the full story of our world.