Photo of one of the young man posing with Neelakurinji flowers is now widely circulated on social media. For many visitors, seeing the hills of Munnar covered in blue-violet Neelakurinji flowers is the kind of travel memory worth photographing. But for two youths, an attempt to turn the rare bloom into an Instagram moment has…
Veteran Bollywood actress Leena Chandavarkar shared an interesting story about her late husband, legendary singer Kishore Kumar. She talked about some unique habits about the ‘Tere Jaisa Yaar Kahan’ singer who used to do things in his own special way.During Leena Chandavarkar appearance as a special guest on Indian Idol, she talked about some of…
Christy Knowings, best known for her role in the ’90s Nickelodeon comedy series ‘All That’, has sadly passed away. She was 46. Christy Knowings cause of death News of her demise broke on TMZ, which also stated that her cause of death was complications from an asthma attack. According to the report, a family member…
Risk of lake burst near Nepal disaster site wanes (Representative image) The threat of a lake formed after a glacier collapse bursting near the China-Nepal border, where a devastating flood struck earlier this week, has eased, Chinese authorities said on Saturday, as it appears to have shrunk. Satellite images from Thursday to Saturday morning suggest…
Quote of the day by Paulo Coelho (Image Credit: Instagram/ @paulocoelho) Paulo Coelho is a Brazilian novelist and one of the most widely read authors in the world, best known for his international bestseller The Alchemist. His works are celebrated for their spiritual depth, philosophical reflections and inspirational messages about following one’s dreams. Coelho’s writing…
Divyendu Sharma aka Munna Bhaiya from Mirzapur reveals an easy hack to cook shakarkandi and retain its street food-like taste (Photo: X) Some low-key food items take us down the memory lane to childhood. Street food specifically has this magic that home cooking often struggles to recreate, no matter how good the ingredients are. Anyone…
Bank holiday on August 19 If you are planning a bank visit on Wednesday, August 19, you may want to check your state’s holiday calendar first. Banks in Tripura will remain closed tomorrow to mark the birthday of Maharaja Bir Bikram Kishore Manikya Bahadur.The holiday, however, is not applicable to banks across India. Bank holidays…
Over 10 million sign petition to kick Argentina out of FIFA World Cup Over ten million people have signed an online petition at argentinaout.org demanding Argentina be expelled from the 2026 FIFA World Cup, accusing FIFA and match officials of favouring Lionel Messi and the defending champions. The petition, hosted on argentinaout.com, gained massive attention…
The survey showed that new business inflows expanded at the slowest pace since February 2022 (representative image) India’s services sector growth slowed to its weakest pace in more than four-and-a-half years in July as softer domestic and export demand, intense competition and weaker customer enquiries weighed on business activity, according to the latest HSBC India…
Scotland’s wildlife reserves recorded a major conservation milestone in 2025, as a five-year project restored more than 3,500 hectares of habitat across 11 sites. The LIFE 100% for Nature initiative, led by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB), combined technology with community-led conservation to improve conditions for threatened wildlife. Robot mowers and…
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…
NEW DELHI: India’s second largest telecom operator Bharti Airtel saw its Q1 profit soar 37.3% to Rs Rs 8,167.4 crore this Q1, from Rs 5,947.4 crore in same period last fiscal thanks to higher mobile tariffs, strong customer additions and growth across its India and Africa businesses. Revenue in the same period rose 18.4% to…
