For decades, solar power has largely meant one thing: rigid silicon panels fixed to rooftops or spread across vast solar farms. Japan is pursuing a very different idea. Instead of heavy glass modules, researchers and manufacturers are developing ultra-thin, flexible solar cells that can be produced using high-speed printing techniques similar to those used for…
Virat Kohli and Shubman Gill (PTI Photo) India captain Shubman Gill has thrown his weight behind the future of One-day Internationals, insisting the 50-over format should remain untouched while suggesting the return of triangular or quadrangular series to make bilateral cricket more engaging.Speaking on the eve of the first ODI against England at Edgbaston, Gill…
By day, many of New Zealand’s forest tracks appear unremarkable. Ferns crowd the undergrowth, damp rock faces line narrow paths and streams cut through thick vegetation. Yet after sunset, some of these same places take on an entirely different appearance. Tiny blue-green points of light begin to emerge from banks, cliffs and overhanging roots until…
NEW DELHI: Virtually taking over supervision of the ongoing investigations into Ayodhya Ram mandir donation embezzlement controversy, Supreme Court on Monday asked the UP govt-constituted Special Investigation Team to submit its probe status report within a week.A bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and V Mohana entertained four PILs which have…
‘What happened to Rachael Ray?’: Celebrity chef’s appearance in new cooking video leaves fans worried, many say they barely recognized her Rachael Ray has once again found herself at the center of online conversation after sharing a new cooking video that left many fans concerned about her appearance.The 57-year-old celebrity chef recently posted a clip…
A lake often appears permanent, as though it has always occupied the same stretch of landscape. Yet some lakes are surprisingly young. A river changes course, a mountainside collapses, lava blocks a valley, or a dam reshapes an entire region. When water arrives where woodland once stood, the trees do not always disappear immediately. In…
File photo: An explosion at Bandar Abbas Naval Base, Iran, as three Corsair unmanned surface vessels fired by the US military, hit the port The United States launched a third consecutive night of strikes against Iran on early Tuesday (local time Monday), targeting Iranian military assets as tensions continued to rise over control of the…
Politicians are usually the ones telling a country what its own history means. Shinzo Abe, Japan’s longest-serving prime minister, argued that this was not really their job to begin with. “My opinion is that politicians should be humble in the face of history,” he said. “And whenever history is a matter of debate, it should…
The legislative majority of the party in office — as well as the democratic mandate — remains unaffected by the bills, MHA said NEW DELHI: The home ministry has rejected the opposition’s charge that its anti-corruption bills undermine federalism and are aimed at destabilising state govts run by BJP’s rivals, asserting that the provisions seek…
Looksmaxxing streamer Clavicular has claimed that advisers to Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu asked him to help improve the leader’s image among younger people. During a recent livestream, Clavicular said the advisers suggested doing a gym livestream with Netanyahu because they believed many young people see him as “old and out of shape.” However, there…
