Masik Shivratri is the sacred day dedicated to Lord Shiva. The day holds a great religious and spiritual significance among Hindus. Shivratri falls every month and devotees of Lord Shiva worship him with devotion and purity. The day is considered as an extremely auspicious day seek blessings of Lord Shiva. Devotees observe fast from dawn…
In simple terms, OSM means the checking shifts to a computer screen. Image: AI generated For students, the CBSE Class 12 Board exam is that stage of life when school no longer remains routine, it starts feeling consequential. The marks they score in this high stakes exam do not just close a chapter. Instead, they…
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…
In British politics, victory speeches usually brim with triumph and party slogans. Hannah Spencer chose something else entirely: an apology.Moments after being declared the winner of the Gorton and Denton by-election, the 34-year-old plumber-turned-politician told supporters she might have to cancel customers’ plumbing appointments. “I think I might have to cancel the work that you…
Eight months after Diane Keaton’s death, a large collection of the Oscar-winning actor’s art, fashion, movie memorabilia, and personal items is heading to auction. Bonhams will stage four sales in New York City and Los Angeles in June under the title ‘Diane Keaton: The Architecture of an Icon.’ The auctions will feature some of Keaton’s…
A visitor exits a shopping centre in Chongqing and steps onto what appears to be an ordinary street. Cars pass by. Pedestrians weave through the crowd. Restaurants and convenience stores line the pavement. Everything feels exactly as it should. Then comes the surprise. Leaning over a railing nearby reveals a dizzying drop to another road…
1991 Ranji Final (Image – X (Twitter) Mumbai: May 7, 2026, marked exactly 35 years since one of the greatest Ranji Trophy finals ever played. On this day in the 1990-91 Ranji Trophy season, Haryana, led by India’s 1983 World Cup-winning captain Kapil Dev, stunned heavyweight Mumbai by just two runs at the Wankhede Stadium…
Mumbai: ICICI Bank has launched a USD-denominated debit card in partnership with Visa, marking a shift in how Non-Resident Indians manage offshore wealth by eliminating currency conversion layers for dollar spending.The product allows NRIs to spend directly in USD without incurring the typical 3.5% currency markup fee and GST that applies when using Indian NRE…
The government on Saturday soothed concerns over fuel availability across the country, assuring that it has taken measures to ensure an uninterrupted supply and has stepped up contingency arrangements across key sectors. This comes as the world’s energy pipeline continues to be disrupted due to the Middle East war, that began back on February 28.In…
Albert Bandura (Image: Wikipedia) Some quotes remain relevant because human nature rarely changes as much as people think it does. Societies evolve. Technology changes rapidly. Entire industries disappear and new ones emerge. Yet human behaviour often repeats the same patterns generation after generation, especially when responsibility becomes shared among large groups of people. That is…