Oetzi The Iceman: 5,300-year-old yeast from Oetzi the Iceman’s body makes delicious sourdough bread, while brewing beer remains on the list!

Scientists found living yeast inside Oetzi the Iceman, a man frozen for over 5,300 years. This ancient microbe survived for millennia. Researchers successfully reproduced the yeast and used it to bake sourdough bread. The discovery highlights the resilience of ancient microbes and offers a glimpse into the past. Brewing beer with the yeast is also…

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Flex-fuel vehicles practical solution to reduce crude imports: Hardeep Singh Puri | India News

NEW DELHI: Petroleum minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Wednesday said flex-fuel vehicles offer India a practical way to reduce crude oil imports. He said if even 1% of annual petrol vehicle sales shift to the technology, it would generate demand for four crore litres of ethanol and save Rs 195 crore in foreign exchange each…

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‘I scored 57 in English, but top companies invite me’: Ankur Warikoo’s CBSE Class 12th marksheet resurfaces

Entrepreneur and content creator Ankur Warikoo has shared his Class 12 board examination marks on social media.In the post, Warikoo reflected on his own academic scores and urged students not to judge their future based on a single marksheet.“Every year, when the Class 12th board results are announced, I share my Class 12th marksheet as…

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Indian national Tarsem Singh charged in crash that killed pregnant teen, victim’s mother calls for ICE deportation: ‘They can send him wherever’

Ashlee Holmes and Tarsem Singh (Source: ICE) The mother of a pregnant teenager who died in a devastating car crash in Ohio has said she wants ICE to deport the Indian national charged over the incident. She says she does not want him to remain in US.33-year-old Tarsem Singh faces multiple felony charges, including involuntary…

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Quote of the day by Roman poet Ovid: “I am the poet of the poor, because I was poor when I loved; since I could not give gifts, I gave words.” |

Ovid (Image source: Wikipedia) A great deal of writing about love focuses on what people possess. Houses, jewellery, money, status and all the visible things that can be counted. This line from the Roman poet Ovid looks in the opposite direction. It begins with a lack rather than an abundance.That may be one reason the…

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Who is Hasan Piker’s mom Ülker Sedef? Report links her to streamer’s college transfer after low GPA

Who is Hasan Piker’s mom Ülker Sedef? Report links her to streamer’s college transfer after low GPA (Image via Getty) Political streamer Hasan Piker, better known online as HasanAbi, has been in the news after reports that he was denied entry into the United Kingdom by the UK Home Office. At the same time, a…

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Digvijaya Singh asks Dharmendra Pradhan why CBSE dropped robotic scanner requirement in OSM tender

CBSE OSM row deepens as Digvijaya Singh raises concerns over scanner specification change in tender process NEW DELHI: Congress MP Digvijaya Singh has raised fresh questions over the Central Board of Secondary Education’s (CBSE) On-Screen Marking (OSM) project, asking Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan why the board removed the requirement for robotic scanners from its…

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California techie living in $35 million mansion arrested for supplying sensitive US equipment to Iran’s military, faces up to 20 years

A California tech executive has been arrested at his luxury ocean-view mansion after being accused of illegally supplying advanced US networking and encryption equipment to Iran’s nuclear and military institutions for more than a decade, according to US jutice department.63-year-old Jamshid Ghomi is a dual Iranian-American national. He was taken into custody at his $35…

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