Akshay Kumar with his son Aarav. (Instagram/akshaykumar) For parents, it can be difficult to watch their children start small. We often want them to get the best job, earn a good salary and choose a career that looks successful from the beginning. But sometimes, children need the freedom to explore, make their own choices and…
Hut in Scolt Head Island, Norfolk. Image credits: Wikimedia Commons In 1923, pioneering British bird photographer and ornithologist Emma Louisa Turner volunteered for an unusual conservation project: to become the first resident watcher on Scolt Head Island, a roughly 1,200-acre barrier island off the north Norfolk coast. Turner spent a total of 18 months on…
Illustrative representation of the transformation of agricultural landscapes in China, showing how open farmland may become increasingly covered by greenhouse structures as protected cultivation expands. Image Credits: ChatGPT. As seen in 1987, much of the landscape surrounding Weifang in eastern China appeared to be typical agricultural land from space. The land was covered by vast…
Satellite view of Marion Islands | Wikimedia Commons South Africa established a permanent meteorological station on sub-Antarctic Marion Island, a remote volcanic island in the southern Indian Ocean, in 1948. House mice were already present, and cats were brought to the station as a form of mouse control. The story that followed became a documented…
Wang’s work, done in the lab of Anthony Amend at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, was recognized at the 2026 Hawaiʻi State Science & Engineering Fair What started as a high school project to clean polluted ocean water has turned into a promising scientific discovery. Hawaii’s Kaiser High School senior Vera Wang was the…
Sunil Lahri says Gen Z and Gen Alpha labels distance youth from Indian culture. Ramayan actor Sunil Lahri, who became a household name for playing Lakshman in Ramanand Sagar’s iconic television show Ramayan, has sparked a fresh debate with his comments on Gen Z and Gen Alpha. The actor recently took to his official X…
Since the onset of the second Trump administration, the H-1B visa has transformed from a government document into a coveted goal. From applying to the lottery numerous times to hoping for other visas and even planning to switch countries, people have done all things imaginable to be able to extend their stay in the United…
According to the complaint filed with Airfield police station, the passenger, identified as Mamoni Kharat, was scheduled to travel on the 6E 7352 IndiGo flight to Kolkata. BHUBANESWAR: Biju Patnaik International Airport (BPIA) authorities lodged a police complaint against a woman passenger for alleged unruly behaviour, damaging airport property and creating a ruckus at the…
18-year-old Bianca Adler turns back 400m from Everest summit, returns a year later to make historyPhoto: Bianca Adler/ Instagram In the pre-dawn darkness of the world’s highest mountain, an 18-year-old from Melbourne stood on top of the world. Bianca Adler had just become the youngest Australian to summit Mount Everest, completing a feat that had…
Representative Image of Norway maple trees along 16th Street bearing bronze plaques honoring fallen soldiers (AI-generated image) In 1920, the city of Washington planted 507 Norway maple trees along 16th Street NW to honour residents who had died in the First World War. The memorial was arranged by the District of Columbia Department of the…
