In January 1906, the SS Valencia was nearing the end of what should have been a routine passenger voyage along the Pacific coast. The ship was carrying travellers from San Francisco to Seattle, following a route used regularly by coastal steamers. But as the vessel approached the waters near Vancouver Island, conditions began to change….
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi (ANI Photo) Former India batter Wasim Jaffer believes the Indian team management rushed teenage batting sensation Vaibhav Sooryavanshi into international cricket, arguing that the decision was influenced more by public excitement than by cricketing logic.Jaffer’s remarks came after India recalled Sanju Samson for the fifth and final T20I against England, dropping the 15-year-old…
Image Credit: Facebook/ @Old History Pictures Long before electricity and supermarkets, frontier families depended on a small set of sturdy, practical items to get by. Every object in a pioneer cabin had a job to do – cooking, mending, farming, or protecting the household, and nothing was kept just for looks. With towns often far…
Long before the Arctic looked the way it does now, a stretch of Norway’s northern coastline supported an unexpectedly rich mix of wildlife. That picture has emerged from a cave where thousands of years of natural deposits quietly protected the remains of animals that lived during a comparatively mild phase of the last Ice Age….
The renewed interest from foreign investors could help extend the recovery in the benchmark NSE Nifty 50 index. (AI image) Foreign investors seem to be turning bullish on Indian equities again with more than $1 billion invested in the last week. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. has projected that these overseas inflows could strengthen further as…
Sam Neill, in his official memoir, once talked about the importance of individuality and how important it is to accept yourself for who you are. For many, Sam Neill was a big part of their childhoods. Starring in the famed ‘Jurassic Park’ franchise, the actor became a household name and worked in some of the…
You’ve probably seen it happen many times. You inflate a balloon for a birthday party, tie it carefully and leave it in a room. The next morning, it already looks a little smaller. A few days later, it is hanging sadly from the wall. The first thought is usually that someone must have poked a…
Walk into any Indian kitchen and you’ll probably find more than one kind of flour sitting on the shelf. While wheat remains the everyday favourite, millets, gram flour and rice flour have been part of regional cuisines for centuries. Today, as more people pay attention to nutrition, these traditional flours are making a comeback and…
Ashadha Amavasya is going to be observed on July 14, 2026. The day holds an immense religious and spiritual significance among Hindus. This day is dedicated to worship ancestors and forefathers and people offer their sincere prayers to them and perform various puja rituals to seek their blessings. The day is considered highly auspicious to…
Gautam Gambhir and Shreyas Iyer (BCCI Photo) NEW DELHI: Former India cricketer Sanjay Manjrekar has criticised India’s approach after the team suffered a 0-4 T20I series defeat against England, saying sacking head coach Gautam Gambhir, captain Shreyas Iyer or a few players would be the “easy thing to do” but would not solve the real…
Tata Motors has launched a new Jubilee Edition of the Sierra to celebrate the SUV crossing the 50,000-unit sales milestone in India. The special edition is based on the Smart+, Pure and Adventure variants and brings a range of dealer-fitted accessories along with a few additional convenience features. The company is yet to announce the…
Richard Feynman is remembered as one of the twentieth century’s greatest physicists, a Nobel Prize winner whose work transformed quantum electrodynamics and whose wit made science accessible to millions. Yet behind the celebrated scientist was a man who experienced profound personal loss at a young age. In 1945, his wife, Arline Greenbaum Feynman, died from…
