The idea is very simple. All you need to do is, take a fresh and new roll of toilet paper and place it on a shelf or in a corner, where it is left for several hours or overnight. The idea behind this hack is that it help absorb moisture and, to some extent, odours…
Tidewater glacier on the Antarctic coast. Image Credit: Jason Auch/Wikipedia Antarctica is releasing alarming amounts of mercury into the surrounding ocean as climate change accelerates the melting of its glaciers. A new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) has found that mercury accumulation in sediments around the Antarctic Peninsula…
Taapsee Pannu’s ‘Gandhari’ trailer: Taapsee Pannu turns fierce mother in dangerous hunt for her abducted daughter in mysterious Joypurra The much-awaited trailer of Taapsee Pannu‘s ‘Gandhari’ is finally out, offering a gripping glimpse into an action-thriller centred on a mother’s desperate hunt for her abducted daughter. Taapsee plays the role of Bani, whose search pulls…
Scroll through enough laundry hack content online, and you’ll eventually come across someone tossing a crumpled ball of aluminium foil straight into their washing machine, claiming it’s the secret to softer, static-free clothes without a single dryer sheet in sight. It’s an offshoot of a genuinely older, more established trick involving the dryer, but the…
There is a moment in Apexa Rajput’s story that stops you completely. The bank officials came and sealed the door of her family’s home in their small village in Maharashtra, a padlock on the place where a family should have been living. The debt had grown too large for two agricultural labourers earning just Rs…
Sri Lanka’s Sonal Dinusha, assisted by a support staff member, on the third day of the second test match between India and Sri Lanka at the Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, in Colombo on Tuesday. (ANI) TimesofIndia.com in Colombo: The setting during the final hour resembled that of the second day. The sky suddenly darkened, and…
Michael Schumacher (Image credit: F1) Two competitors can find themselves in a position with almost no realistic chance of success and respond to it in completely different ways. One does the rational-seeming thing and starts conserving effort, treating a nearly hopeless situation as effectively already decided. The other keeps pushing at full intensity regardless of…
Brydon Carse and Joe Root England captain Joe Root has admitted he is “really hacked off” and “really disappointed” after another off-field incident involving an England player brought the team’s drinking culture under scrutiny again.Root’s comments came after fast bowler Brydon Carse was pictured outside a nightclub in the early hours of Sunday in handcuffs…
Choosing a baby girl’s name can be a balance between tradition and individuality. While some parents prefer names that feel completely contemporary, others are drawn to names with a story behind them. These names have ancient roots in Greek and Roman history, mythology, and culture, yet many still sound fresh and stylish today. Here are…
US embassies and consulates cancel all visa appointments across the world until September 1. Thousands of visa applicants all across the world received emails from their embassies and consulates that their visa appointment has been cancelled and will be rescheduled only after September 1. This happened to non-immigrant visa applicants, which include student visas, work…
Rukmini Vasanth has steadily built a name for herself in South Indian cinema, and her role in ‘Toxic: A Fairy Tale for Grown-Ups’ alongside Yash and a stacked ensemble cast has now pushed her into the national spotlight. But at the film’s pre-release event in Chennai, it wasn’t the scale of the project that stood…
Archaeologists uncovered a rare stylus depicting Dionysus, PC: Superintendency of Caltanissetta/Sicilian Government In Gela, on Sicily’s southern coast, archaeologists have uncovered a rare and remarkably well-preserved bone stylus dating to the 5th century BCE, decorated with imagery that appears to connect craftsmanship with the worship of Dionysus. The object measures 13.2 centimetres long and was…
