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…
Iran head coach Amir Ghalenoei (AP Photo) Iran have decided to continue their faith in head coach Amir Ghalenoei after an inspiring FIFA World Cup 2026 campaign, extending his contract until the 2027 AFC Asian Cup in Saudi Arabia.The Football Federation of the Islamic Republic of Iran (FFIRI) confirmed that Ghalenoei will remain in charge…
Fashion moves fast. Trends come and go almost every week, and red carpets often end up looking like everyone worked from the same mood board. Dimple has somehow stayed outside that cycle. She dresses for herself, not for social media. She repeats hairstyles she loves, chooses silhouettes that suit her and lets Indian craftsmanship take…
Every living organism inherits a unique combination of traits, from eye colour and blood type to resistance against certain diseases. These characteristics are determined by genes, but genes themselves can exist in different forms. These alternative versions are known as alleles. While one allele may produce a particular trait, another may result in a different…
Top stocks to buy today (AI image) Stock market recommendations: Sudeep Shah, Head – Technical Research and Derivatives, SBI Securities recommends Indian Hotels Company, and Equitas Small Finance Bank as top stocks to buy for the July 13-July 17, 2026 week. Technical outlooks for Nifty, and Bank Nifty have also been shared: Stock recommendations Indian…
Rashmika Mandanna shares ‘Ranabaali’ BTS snap; says Vijay Deverakonda’s scene left her excited Actor Rashmika Mandanna has raised anticipation for her upcoming historical action drama ‘Ranabaali’ by sharing a behind-the-scenes glimpse from the film’s set. The actress posted a BTS photograph on social media and hinted that an important sequence featuring Vijay Deverakonda left her…
Avicenna (Image: Wikipedia) A knife can prepare a meal or cause harm. Fire can warm a house or burn it down. More than a thousand years ago, the Persian physician and philosopher Avicenna made the same point using something far more ordinary. “Is it the fault of wine if a fool drinks it and goes…
