A new study by the Department of Meteorology and Geophysics at the University of Vienna has challenged many of the existing beliefs about where airborne microplastics originate from. In previous years, it was believed that most microplastics originated from the ocean, and this assumption has been refuted, based on a study published in Nature that…
NEW DELHI: Should classrooms pay the price for election duty, ask educators. The entire regular teaching staff of two Delhi govt schools – one at Bhalswa and another near GTB Nagar – has been deployed for booth-level officer (BLO) duties during the peak period of the special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, citing manpower…
Jeff Dean’s final act as a Google employee was a photograph. On Friday, the man who joined the company as employee number 30 in 1999 posted a picture of the two things he surrendered on his way out the door: a scuffed black Google laptop, and the plastic-sleeved badge with his face on it, still…
Indian Air Force has reportedly deployed a fresh batch of specially finished Mahindra Scorpio Classic SUVs to its fleet, and they could easily be among the most striking-looking official Scorpios seen in India so far. These cars are finished in a unique shade of Air Force Blue. These Scorpio Classic S11 SUVs were recently spotted…
iShowSpeed (Image Via Getty) The claim spread very fast online, and many people believed it at first. Popular streamer Darren “iShowSpeed” Watkins Jr. was said to have received Guadeloupean citizenship during his Caribbean tour in 2026. A video showed a woman handing him a card and saying, “we are giving you this card, you are…
Representative Image (Photo via Canva) If your shower has started spraying water in odd directions, or the pressure just isn’t what it used to be, the culprit is almost always sitting inside the nozzle itself.Over months and years, minerals, impurities, and dust particles accumulate and form a buildup inside the tiny holes of the showerhead,…
NEW DELHI: Lights, camera, action — and it’s a blockbuster.Tamil Nadu assembly poll results have propelled actor-turned-politician Thalapathy Vijay to the centre stage, with TVK emerging as the single largest party — a dramatic debut that has upended the state’s familiar political script.According to Election Commission trends, TVK is leading in 106 of the 234…
Achieving the perfect boiled egg, with its creamy yolk and tender white, is not luck but physics. Boiling an egg feels like the kind of thing that should not require a tutorial. Water, heat, timer and yet, the results are rarely quite right. It is either too rubbery, too chalky, or has that faint greenish…
Glasgow: India’s Gurindervir Singh competes in the men’s 100m round 1 heat 4 athletics at the 23rd Commonwealth Games, in Glasgow, Scotland. (PTI Photo/Ravi Choudhary) India’s Gurindervir Singh suffered an early exit from the Commonwealth Games 2026 after failing to qualify for the men’s 100m semifinals. The 25-year-old clocked 10.39 seconds in his heat, finishing…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday announced the constitution of a high-powered task force headed by technology expert Nandan Nilekani to recommend reforms aimed at making India’s examination system more reliable, transparent and technology-driven.In a video message addressed to students, the PM Modi said the government had already taken several steps to safeguard…
Struggling to keep basil alive? These two simple tricks can transform your windowsill herb garden.Image Credits: Google Gemini Let’s be honest, most of us have killed a basil plant at least once. You buy it at the grocery store, you put it on your windowsill with the best intentions, and within a week, it’s drooping,…
Heinrich Klaasen (BCCI Photo) NEW DELHI: Having stepped away from a thriving international career to focus on the franchise circuit, former South Africa batter Heinrich Klaasen believes it is time T20 cricket is viewed almost as a separate sport — one in which professional leagues can flourish and help globalise cricket.The hard-hitting batter said cricketers…
