As it turns out, those extra pillows are there for much more than decoration. You check into a hotel after a long journey, drop your bags, and head straight for the bed. It is neatly made, the sheets are crisp, and almost every time, four pillows are waiting for you, even if the room is…
There is no prasad quite as unique as the one offered at the Kamakhya Devi Temple in Guwahati. Each year, during Ambubachi, which, incidentally, falls in the month of Aahar according to Assamese tradition, the temple hosts a three-day festival. During this period, the temple remains closed to the public. On the fourth day, thousands…
In the middle of the Indian Ocean lies Diego Garcia, a remote coral atoll that became one of the most strategically important military bases on earth. Long before its runways, warships and military operations existed, the island was home to an entire community, the Chagossians, whose ancestors had lived across the Chagos Archipelago for generations….
Thank you, friends’: PM Modi hails ‘love, support’ of youth in new Insta video NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday thanked young people for watching his video on examination reforms and sharing their suggestions.In a video message shared on Instagram, PM Modi expressed appreciation for the response to his address and the feedback…
An Indian-American doctor has spoken out after receiving a wave of racist comments online over a video in which she wore a bindi, saying she was stunned by the level of anti-Indian abuse directed at her despite being born and raised in the United States.Dr Karishma Reddy shared her response in an Instagram video after…
Every year, thousands of Olive Ridley sea turtles appear along Odisha‘s shoreline after spending much of their lives travelling across the Indian Ocean. Their arrival is so regular that it has long raised the same question: do they return to the same stretch of coast after disappearing for decades, scientists have been trying to answer…
A Common Greenshank stood on the edge of a pool of water. In the 1980s, Scotland planted commercial trees across parts of a 9,000-year-old peatland; decades later, conservationists are removing them to protect wildlife and keep its stored carbon in the ground.The massive project centers on the Flow Country, a vast area of wet bog…
Taking more short holidays may make you happier For many travellers, the dream holiday means a two-week international trip planned months in advance. However, as per psychologists and behavioural scientists, if you are chasing lasting happiness rather than simply ticking destinations off a bucket list, several shorter holidays spread throughout the year may offer greater…
India fast bowler Mukesh Kumar was on Friday appointed as a deputy superintendent of police (DSP) by the Bihar government under its ‘Medal Lao Naukri Pao’ policy. He said the initiative would encourage athletes across the state to work harder.Mukesh received his appointment letter from Bihar chief minister Samrat Choudhary in Patna. India pacer Akash…
Deep in the Arizona desert near Oracle sits one of the strangest experiments ever built, a sealed, 3.14-acre glass and steel enclosure called Biosphere 2. Constructed between 1987 and 1991 at a cost of roughly $150 million, funded largely by Texas billionaire Edward Bass, it was designed to test whether humans could live inside a…
Is your washing machine taking ages to fill up lately? Or maybe your clothes come out of a full cycle still looking a bit grubby. Before you call a technician, check one small part first: the water inlet filter. It’s a little mesh screen tucked away where the machine connects to your water supply pipe,…
Two students can walk into the exact same lesson and come away with completely different levels of understanding. One works with equipment that already does everything correctly, gets a clean result, and moves on without ever really knowing why it worked. The other builds something rough and unreliable, watches it fail in three different ways,…
