William Arnold travelled 1,700 miles to a remote island to save one of the United Kingdom’s most remote phone boxes. He drove all the way from the hamlet of Einacleit on the Isle of Lewis to phone a string of contacts from the kiosk.The aim of his strange trip was to make enough calls to…
From a farmer’s family to Vikram-1: How Prithvi Sanghani (inset) is shaping India’s private space revolution. (Photo: LinkedIn) As millions watched Vikram-1 rise into the sky, celebrating a landmark moment in India’s private space journey, very few knew about the engineers working quietly behind the scenes to make that launch possible.One of them was Prithvi…
NEW DELHI: Vaibhav Sooryavanshi’s much-anticipated Duleep Trophy campaign got off to a disappointing start on Sunday as the teenage batting sensation was dismissed for just eight against North East Zone at the BCCI Centre of Excellence Ground 2 in Bengaluru.Opening the innings for East Zone alongside Abhimanyu Easwaran, Sooryavanshi began brightly, smashing back-to-back boundaries before…
A video showing a Russian anti-aircraft gunner losing control of a powerful YakB-12.7 heavy machine gun during what appears to be a training exercise has gone viral.The footage shows the weapon suddenly spinning out of control after being fired, forcing nearby troops to dive for cover as rounds appeared to spray unpredictably across the range….
As concerns over plastic pollution continue to grow, a 14-year-old student in Brazil has developed a sustainable alternative using materials that would otherwise be discarded. Lucas Tadao Sugahara Wernick, a student from Curitiba in the southern state of Paraná, created biodegradable food trays made from cassava peels and araucaria tree residues. Designed as a substitute…
Gold continues to trade with a bearish bias after extending its sequence of lower highs and lower lows on the daily chart. (AI image) Gold price prediction today: Gold prices are trading with a bearish bias as geopolitical events weigh on investor sentiment, says Manav Modi, Senior Analyst, Commodity Research at Motilal Oswal Financial Services…
NEW DELHI: Union minister Pralhad Joshi on Sunday assumed charge as the Union education minister, a day after President Droupadi Murmu accepted the resignation of Dharmendra Pradhan and assigned him the additional responsibility of the ministry. Taking charge, Joshi said he was reviewing the ministry’s functioning and familiarising himself with the department, describing education as…
The proposal is intended to reinforce stability in the foreign exchange market. Facing pressure on external payments, Pakistan has approached the US for a $10 billion facility to bolster its foreign exchange reserves. The move comes as part of moves to boost confidence among international investors, Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb said, according to a PTI…
Canadian TikToker Rebecca Luna. A Canadian social media influencer who documented her battle with early-onset Alzheimer’s has died through the country’s assisted dying programme after saying she could no longer cope with the effects of the disease.Rebecca Luna, 49, died on Saturday in British Columbia after accessing Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID), her eldest daughter…
Pic courtesy: Young Scientist Lab Abigail Stein found lunch hours to be the most stressful part of the day. For the 13-year-old, it wasn’t just school politics or social awkwardness. At school, she saw her friends struggling to trust the food in front of them. She noticed how they lived with constant stress during lunch…
