A chance discovery in the Ötztal Alps in 1991 unearthed Ötzi, the Iceman, a Copper Age individual preserved for 5,000 years. The air is sparse in the upper reaches of the Otztal Alps, but the only sounds that intrude upon the silence are those of footsteps trudging across the snow. It was September 19, 1991,…
National and festival holidays are largely decided at the State level. Employers are expected to follow notified holiday lists. (AI image) Leave is often seen as a simple workplace benefit – an approved absence from work. In reality, it is one of the more structured and regulated aspects of employment in India. With the implementation…
A newly released Pentagon video has sparked fascination over UFOs after appearing to show a strange “eight-pointed star” moving across the sky.The infrared footage was published on Friday in the UFO-related government files ordered by US President Donald Trump. According to the documents, the clip was recorded in 2013 by US Central Command personnel using…
SRH beat MI by 6 wickets at Wankhede. (Pic credit: IPL) NEW DELHI: Sunrisers Hyderabad extended their winning streak in IPL 2026 with a stunning six-wicket victory over Mumbai Indians at the Wankhede Stadium on Wednesday, pulling off a record chase of 244.It marked SRH’s fifth consecutive win, propelling them to third place in the…
Alireza Firouzja opens up on Iran unrest (Photo by AP and GCL) NEW DELHI: French No. 1 chess grandmaster Alireza Firouzja gained global attention after a social media post. The post on X (formerly Twitter) read, “Long live Iran.”The message spread quickly online. Many fans linked it to unrest in Iran. Firouzja also shared the…
The United States on Monday issued an advisory asking American citizens to “leave Iran now” amid massive unrest going on in Islamic Republic, warning that protests against the Khamenei regime across the country are “escalating” and could “turn violent”, leading to “arrests, injuries and severe disruptions” to daily life.In the advisory, the US embassy said…
WB JECA 2026 application correction window WB JECA 2026: The West Bengal Joint Entrance Examinations Board (WBJEEB) has started the application correction process for the JECA 2026. Candidates who have already registered for the entrance exam can now make changes to their application form by visiting the official website at wbjeeb.nic.in.To edit the form, candidates…
Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah (PTI photo) SRINAGAR: J&K CM Omar Abdullah Monday said his recent meeting with PM Narendra Modi hasn’t changed his party National Conference’s plans to stage a protest at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi on the first day of the Parliament’s monsoon session to press for the restoration of…
A supermassive black hole binary system (two black holes orbiting each other) has been directly identified in the final stages of orbital decay in all of astronomy. These two supermassive black holes (each boasting a combined mass ranging from 100 million to 1 billion solar masses, the mass of the Sun) are located at the…
At first glance, fresh produce seems like the obvious winner. It looks brighter, sounds more natural and carries the kind of supermarket halo that makes it feel healthier by default. Frozen produce, by contrast, still fights an image problem. People often picture it as something processed, old or somehow lesser. But the truth is far…