Gundruk, the fermented leafy green that appears across Nepal and Himalayan-adjacent regions, is one of the most interesting breakfast companions in the mountains. It is made by fermenting and drying leafy greens, often mustard or radish leaves, and then using them in soups, side dishes or as part of a larger meal. In winter especially,…
Magnus Carlsen, R Praggnanandhaa, Divya Deshmukh, and D Gukesh (Photo by Michal Walusza for Norway Chess) NEW DELHI: If you turn the pages of an English dictionary to find the meaning of the word “cliché”, it will tell you that a cliché is nothing but a phrase or an idea that has been so overused…
Remember the days when your father’s voice from the other room made your heart race? When was one look from your mother enough to make you sit straight and go quiet? We spent years wishing those moments would stop. Wishing we were free. Wishing they would just let us be. But when it actually stops?…
Money Can Buy Independence, Says BITS Pilani Alumnus Who Built ₹14 Crore Net Worth. (AI Image) Every now and then, a social media post goes viral not because it shows an extraordinary achievement, but because it captures a truth that thousands quietly relate to. One such post on Reddit has struck a chord across the…
Sparks AI Sovereignty Concerns NEW DELHI: Just over a day after Anthropic hailed India as its “second-largest market” and unveiled a major partnership with Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), Indian developers, enterprises and researchers found themselves locked out of the company’s most powerful artificial-intelligence tier — Claude Fable 5 and Claude Mythos 5 — following a…
Oil prices have surged since Iran’s closure of the Strait of Hormuz and the subsequent US naval blockade of Iranian ports, yet crude has stopped well short of the $200-a-barrel levels many analysts once feared. According to maritime intelligence firm TankerTrackers, one key reason is the emergence of alternative shipping networks that are allowing oil…
The team sheets are officially in here at Miami Stadium, and both managers have thrown massive curveballs ahead of this high-stakes Round of 32 clash! Argentina manager Lionel Scaloni has completely flexed his squad depth, making nine sweeping changes to the side that wrapped up the group stage against Jordan. The headline news, however, is…
Rajeev Krishna, a 1991 batch IPS officer, has been appointed as the new Director General of Police (DGP) of Uttar Pradesh, ending years of uncertainty. LUCKNOW: Ending nearly four years of uncertainty at the top of the state’s police hierarchy, the Uttar Pradesh government on Saturday appointed 1991 batch IPS Rajeev Krishna as the state’s…
The United States has, for the first time, used unmanned surface vessels in combat, with US Central Command (CENTCOM) saying three Corsair sea drones struck a submarine and ship maintenance facility at Iran’s Bandar Abbas Naval Base. The attack, carried out on Sunday night, marked the first operational use of American sea drones in a…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday questioned the continued grant of reservation benefits to children of economically and educationally advanced families within backward classes, observing that social mobility comes with empowerment and that reservation cannot continue indefinitely for such sections.A bench of Justices BV Nagarathna and Ujjal Bhuyan was hearing a plea challenging a…