French police start probe as social media suspects child trafficking through second-hand marketplace. French authorities have launched a preliminary investigation into claims that second-hand marketplace Vinted is being used to traffic children, after social media users flagged listings offering toys and low-value items for exorbitant prices with descriptions matching children’s ages and sizes.The Nanterre public…

NEW DELHI: From PV Sindhu‘s racquet in Tokyo to a privately built rocket lifting off from Sriharikota, PM Narendra Modi Sunday used Mann Ki Baat to say young Indians were taking the country into arenas once considered beyond reach.In his monthly radio address, Modi singled out Sindhu’s Japan Open triumph, the launch of Vikram-1, and…

Few creatures have earned a reputation for resilience quite like the cockroach. It can survive extreme temperatures, withstand surprisingly high levels of radiation compared with humans and squeeze through impossibly narrow gaps. Yet perhaps its most astonishing ability is surviving for days after losing its head. While the idea sounds like an urban myth, it…