July 11, 2024, 7:22 AM IST
– By Mona Mehta To illustrate what memory, or the lack of it, can do, Osho tells us the story of Hua Tzu, a man who was forever happy, feeling light and burden free. But…
July 11, 2024, 7:22 AM IST
July 11, 2024, 5:00 AM IST
Cash flows in for cricketers. What about our stars from other sports? Sharm-ati hai to admit it, but my eyes aren’t Kohli-lined. But, just because I’m not cricket-crazed doesn’t mean I didn’t fist the SKY…
July 11, 2024, 5:00 AM IST
July 11, 2024, 5:00 AM IST
Did you know that turtles are super cool and important? Here’s why: Turtles are really old! They’ve been around since the time of dinosaurs. They help keep water clean by eating dead stuff and weeds….
July 11, 2024, 5:00 AM IST
July 11, 2024, 5:00 AM IST
A Delhi high court’s ruling in a case about a very sick person has been criticised. Here’s what happened: A young man, who is 30 years old, has been very ill since 2011. He can’t…
July 11, 2024, 5:00 AM IST
July 10, 2024, 7:31 AM IST
Something good happens to you – you cleared an examination, your blood test results are great, you just got that long-awaited promotion at work – and you feel overjoyed. You radiate that happiness to all…
July 10, 2024, 7:31 AM IST
July 10, 2024, 6:00 AM IST
Imagine if 2.4 million kids all wanted to become doctors. They all have to take a big test called NEET to get into medical school. But there’s a big problem – some people cheated on…
July 10, 2024, 6:00 AM IST
July 10, 2024, 6:00 AM IST
I happened to be in London during the British elections in which Labour Party scored a landslide victory over Rishi Sunak’s Conservative govt. A day before the polls I went to my local pub as…
July 10, 2024, 6:00 AM IST
July 10, 2024, 6:00 AM IST
Have you ever seen a car with a really cool license plate number, like 0001? In Delhi, India, someone paid a lot of money (about $28,000) to get that special number for their car! People…
July 10, 2024, 6:00 AM IST
July 9, 2024, 8:01 AM IST
Written by: Dr AK Merchant We remember many outstanding people’s lives, services, and sacrifices every year. Among them is the prophet of the Bahá’i Faith, known as the Báb, which means the gate. During the…
July 9, 2024, 8:01 AM IST
July 9, 2024, 5:00 AM IST
France recently had an important election. At first, it looked like a group with some unfair ideas about immigrants and minorities might win. This worried many people. But then something cool happened. Different political groups…
July 9, 2024, 5:00 AM IST
July 9, 2024, 5:00 AM IST
Recently, there have been some bad car accidents in India. These accidents were caused by people from rich or powerful families who were driving expensive cars while drunk. This is really dangerous and has hurt…
July 9, 2024, 5:00 AM IST
July 9, 2024, 5:00 AM IST
Every Indian male is Captain Underpants at heart Fashion may have begun with bark, foliage and animal skin as a simple matter of modesty and keeping warm, but is today a zillion-dollar industry with bling,…
July 9, 2024, 5:00 AM IST
July 8, 2024, 7:26 AM IST
When Modi and Putin sit for dinner in Putin’s Moscow dacha tonight, they will chew on a geopolitical and bilateral context that has changed dramatically since they broke roti together in Delhi in 2021. The…
July 8, 2024, 7:26 AM IST
July 8, 2024, 5:00 AM IST
India has made its own light tank! This is exciting because: It’s made in India by smart scientists and engineers. It’s lighter than other tanks, so it can go to places high in the mountains…
July 8, 2024, 5:00 AM IST
July 8, 2024, 5:00 AM IST
Iran just had an important election. The winner, Masoud Pezeshkian, wants to make some changes that could make life better for many people in Iran. What’s different? More freedom: Pezeshkian played a song at his…
July 8, 2024, 5:00 AM IST
July 8, 2024, 5:00 AM IST
Today’s airlines wouldn’t be able to handle yesterday’s trunks People have matching luggage these days and it’s all so delicate and fashionable no wonder baggage handlers at airports have fun breaking it. And I was…
July 8, 2024, 5:00 AM IST
July 7, 2024, 5:00 AM IST
The shuttering of Koo, a microblogging website similar to Twitter (now X), has rekindled discussions about why India doesn’t have its own Google, Facebook, or WhatsApp, and whether a protectionist approach like China’s is necessary…
July 7, 2024, 5:00 AM IST
July 6, 2024, 10:22 AM IST
Taylor Swift (34) has over 110mn monthly listeners on Spotify. Arijit Singh (37) has over 37mn. Rahul Dev (RD) Burman, who died in 1994 aged 54, has an impressive base of 9mn monthly listeners on…
July 6, 2024, 10:22 AM IST
July 6, 2024, 8:10 AM IST
Between farm and table, our food lives in refrigerators. Frostbite: How Refrigeration Changed Our Food, Our Planet, and Ourselves by Nicola Twilleyis an investigation of this cold chain. It spans warehouses, trucks, shipping containers, display…
July 6, 2024, 8:10 AM IST
July 6, 2024, 8:00 AM IST
In the end, it was sunshine and showers in Britain, the morning after it acted on the advice of one of its leading tabloids and changed its “manager”. Despite Euro 2024, the reference was not…
July 6, 2024, 8:00 AM IST
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