Airlines love Arctic routes but avoid flying over Antarctica. Image credit – Gemini Ever followed a long-haul flight and observed some interesting phenomenon in your observations? The routes taken by the planes tend to deviate far up north, approaching the Arctic. However, planes practically never go south, even near the Antarctica.There is no randomness involved…
Respect comes easier today, Cancer. You may notice that people in authority listen more carefully, and your words carry extra weight. The Moon supports your public image, while Jupiter lifts recognition from above. If you’ve been waiting for a nod from a senior, you could get it now.At home, the mood is mixed. There is…
Apollin Lu is only 17, but she is already leading a growing youth network that is helping tackle food waste across British Columbia. She founded the Food Recovery Alliance, which has mobilised more than 140 young volunteers who have saved 9,000 pounds of fresh produce from going to waste. Together, they collected surplus produce from…
Dharamkot is known as the ‘Hippie Village’ of Himachal. The market is filled with lots of energy, and you will find that it has a very bohemian atmosphere; in fact, it stands in stark, bohemian contrast to the bustling hubs below. The market is made up of many cool, trendy cafes, as well as a…
Neelakurinji flowers- Photo via Canva Nature is endowed with a huge variety of plants, each of which is special in itself, but there’s something poetic about a flower that only blooms once every twelve years.It doesn’t rush, and when it finally blooms, the entire hillsides turn a shade of blue-violet you don’t really see anywhere…
A pinch of salt can make a tomato taste more like a tomato. But dump the same amount into a pan at the wrong moment, and you may end up with a dish that tastes flat, overly salty or simply unbalanced. That is why professional chefs rarely treat salt as a one-time ingredient. They use…
With the advent of summer, not everybody is fortunate enough to have an air conditioner. In this regard, air coolers continue to be a popular and economical choice for many people. However, with some minor modifications, using an object worth just 5 rupees, you can enhance the effectiveness of your cooler. Such hacks, based on…
Industrialist Anand Mahindra recently shared a detailed account of his long-standing connection with India’s coffee landscape. Shared on X (formerly Twitter), he responded to a discussion comparing the coffee-growing regions of Karnataka, Kerala, and Tamil Nadu with Araku. His reply focused on experience, where he outlined his personal journey with coffee cultivation, tracing it back…
Out of everything that Jeff Bezos could be funding, a mechanical clock does not come to mind. But it seems some clock has been ticking in the mind of the Amazon founder who is quietly supporting the construction of a 10,000-year clock inside a Texas mountain.The work is called the Clock of the Long Now…
Yash’s ‘Toxic: A Fairy Tale for Grown-Ups’ makers urge fans not to record or leak scenes ahead of release: ‘Don’t give away spoilers and ruin it for others’ Just hours ahead of the release of Yash’s much-awaited pan-India film ‘Toxic: A Fairy Tale for Grown-Ups’, the makers have issued a heartfelt appeal to audiences, requesting…
Image Credit: Instagram/ @timelesssports Every child begins with a dream. Sometimes, that dream is scribbled in a notebook. Sometimes, it is spoken aloud after watching a favourite sport. And sometimes, it is plastered across the walls of a bedroom. One of the most widely shared images of French football star Kylian Mbappé shows him as…
Neeraj Chopra (PTI Photo) BENGALURU: As the Athletics Federation of India on Wednesday reiterated its stand that athletes should mandatorily obtain its approval before entering into an agreement with a third party and that the decision is to protect the athletes, legal experts slammed the federation’s move as “unconstitutional and arbitrary.”“This is akin to mandatorily…
