A six-year-old entered an iron lung after polio. More than 70 years later, he had become the world’s longest-known survivor | World News

For many people, the iron lung belongs to history books, a symbol of the years when polio swept through communities before vaccines transformed public health. Rows of large metal cylinders once filled hospital wards, keeping patients alive when damaged muscles could no longer draw breath. Most disappeared decades ago as medical care changed. Paul Alexander’s…

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‘Thudakkam’ box office collections day 1: Vismaya Mohanlal gets a decent thudakkam; total India net collection at Rs 2.40 crore | Malayalam Movie News

‘Thudakkam’ box office collections day 1: Vismaya Mohanlal gets a decent thudakkam; total India net collection at Rs 2.40 crore Vismaya Mohanlal has made her debut as an actor with ‘Thudakkam’. The Malayalam film, which marks the acting debut of Mohanlal’s daughter, has opened to a decent response at the Indian box office.Directed by Jude…

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Quote of the day by John Cena: ‘By the time I was 15 and I stepped in the high school gym…’ and how a bullied kid changed his life forever

‘By the time I was 15 and I stepped in the high school gym, I was just stronger than everybody’ A teenager stands in front of a bathroom mirror, wearing baggy clothes for one main reason: to hide from bullies. Long before the bright stadium lights, movie success, or world championship belts, there was a…

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78-day bonus for railway staff: Cabinet clears Rs 2,010 crore payout for 11.4 lakh employees

The maximum payout will be Rs 17,951 per eligible employee, with payments covering non-gazetted staff across several categories. NEW DELHI: The Union Cabinet has approved a Productivity Linked Bonus (PLB) of 78 days’ wages worth Rs 2,009.61 crore for around 11.41 lakh eligible railway employees, recognising the Railways’ performance in 2025-26.The maximum bonus payable to…

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Costa Rica covered a dead pasture with 12,000 tonnes of orange peel. Sixteen years later, scientists found a thriving forest | World News

For most people, discarded orange peel is little more than food-processing waste. In Costa Rica, one abandoned environmental experiment showed it could become something very different. During the late 1990s, around 12,000 tonnes of leftover citrus peel were spread across a worn-out cattle pasture beside the Guanacaste Conservation Area as part of an unusual restoration…

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