Great Pyramid of Giza is an estimated 4,500-year-old structure, and many consider it to beone of the greatest engineering wonders that human beings have created. However, even as the Great Pyramid of Giza was being constructed in ancient Egypt, a young pine tree was beginning its life on a mountain range in modern-day California. This…
A researcher following scuba divers for this project Most scuba divers believe they rarely touch fragile seabed ecosystems, yet underwater observers tracking hundreds of tourists found that more than 40 per cent of their physical contacts caused visible damage to living coral structures.Research published in The Conversation by marine scientists and dive professionals revealed that…
KOLHAPUR: At 80, Bhiku Jadhav should not have to walk miles in punishing heat for water. But in Pangri village of Man tehsil, he drags his bicycle, no longer able to ride it, laden with containers for a daily trek to a distant handpumpoperated borewell.“Even the borewell is dry,” said Jadhav, one among many elderly…
Bobby Deol‘s much-anticipated drama ‘Bandar’ has got off to a subdued start at the Indian box office. The film that also opened to a low screen count, could not seem to get its footing amid a crowded box office.Released on June 5, the film collected an estimated Rs 50 lakh net in India on its…
England’s John Turner, right, celebrates with teammate Dan Mousley taking the wicket of West Indies’ Evin Lewis (PTI file photo) England fast bowler John Turner has announced his retirement from professional cricket at the age of 25 after struggling with injuries.The Hampshire pacer, who represented England in four international matches in 2024, still had two…
Chinese President Xi Jinping will visit the United States later this year at the invitation of US President Donald Trump. The announcement was made on Friday by China’s top diplomat Wang Yi following talks between Trump and Xi in the Chinese capital. According to the Chinese foreign ministry, Xi will make a state visit to…
The 42-year-old entrepreneur revealed that he is stepping away from his operating role at CRED, the fintech platform he founded in 2018, though he will continue to remain involved as a shareholder Entrepreneur Kunal Shah, best known for founding fintech platform CRED and digital payments company FreeCharge, has announced that he will join Meta to…
More than 8,800 Corporate Insolvency Resolution Processes (CIRPs) had been admitted under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC) till December 2025, with creditors realising over Rs 4.11 lakh crore through approved resolution plans, Financial Services Secretary M Nagaraju said on Tuesday, PTI reported.More than 4,000 corporate debtors have also been rescued through resolution, settlements, withdrawals…
The blaze engulfed a commercial building housing a pet shop, library, and gaming studio LUCKNOW: At least 15 people, most of them student trainees and staff of a gaming and animation studio, were killed and nine others were injured Monday afternoon in a fire that tore through a three-storey commercial building in Lucknow’s Aliganj after…
FIFA defends World Cup investment plan, insisting “nobody is selling football” amid growing opposition from major confederations. FIFA has defended its controversial World Cup investment proposal after facing escalating opposition from football’s governing bodies, insisting that “nobody is selling football” despite threats of a boycott from UEFA and mounting criticism from other confederations.The governing body…