Forest bathing sounds like an ancient tradition, but it is actually younger than the personal computer. The practice known as shinrin-yoku was coined in Japan in 1982, not passed down through centuries. It began as a public health idea rather than a spiritual one, aimed at a country that was mostly forest but rapidly urbanising,…
Kolkata: Hockey India secretary general Bhola Nath Singh was on Sunday elected unopposed as Hockey Jharkhand president for a fourth consecutive term during the association’s 13th Annual General Meeting in Ranchi.The election, however, comes amid a legal challenge over Singh’s eligibility to continue in office.The National Sports Governance Act, 2025 states that “a person may…
Ludwig believes TheMightyBA isn’t finished despite major criticism at Streamer University 2026. (Image via: TheMightyBA/Twitch) Streamer University 2026 gave a lot of creators their moment, but for TheMightyBA, things went in a completely different direction. The young Twitch streamer has been at the center of online discussions after multiple controversial moments during Kai Cenat’s creator…
Veteran actor Shabana Azmi joined the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP)’s ‘Sansad Chalo’ march on Monday, July 20, extending her support to the ongoing protest over the NEET paper leak controversy. A day earlier, she had reached Delhi’s Jantar Mantar to stand with students demanding the resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan.The march is being…
When Tyler and Lauren Bouldin bought an abandoned stone house in Pine Grove, Pennsylvania, they knew restoring it would be a long and unpredictable project. The 1830s property had damaged interiors, overgrown grounds and years of neglect to undo. What they did not expect was that the land surrounding their future family home had become…
Kanika Siwach (left) and Udita Kolkata: Even as the Indian men’s and women’s hockey teams prepare for the upcoming World Cup and the Asian Games, a group of players outside the current national set-up has signed up to play in Australia’s Hockey One league, scheduled to be held in Oct and Nov.So far, four Indian…
Previously known members of Australian carnivorous marsupials (Dasyuromorphs)/ Image Credit: Wikipedia A remarkable fossil discovery in Queensland has filled one of the biggest gaps in Australia’s evolutionary history. According to a new study published in the journal Australian Zoologist, researchers have identified the oldest known member of the dasyurid family – the group of carnivorous…
(Image Credits: Instagram) R Madhavan, the revered actor of Indian Cinema, is gearing up for the release of his upcoming film based on the life of visionary inventor G. D. Naidu. Titled ‘G.D.N.’, the Krishnakumar Ramakumar film will hit the theatres on August 7, 2026. As the buzz builds up on the internet, the 56-year-old…
More than 2,200 years before satellites, GPS and space missions revealed the Earth’s true size, an ancient Greek scholar calculated the planet’s circumference using nothing more than a stick, sunlight and basic geometry. Around 240 BCE, Eratosthenes, the chief librarian of the Library of Alexandria, carried out one of history’s most brilliant scientific experiments. By…
Tripura DGP Anurag Dhankar found dead at police headquarters in Agartala NEW DELHI: Tripura Director General of Police (DGP) Anurag Dhankar was found dead at his office at the state police headquarters in Agartala on Monday, officials said.Following the incident, chief minister Manik Saha, chief secretary J K Sinha and other senior government officials visited…
