Scottish proverb of the day (Image generated via Google Gemini) Think about how different a person can look on two different days. On a big day, they are dressed up, smiling, polite and on their very best behaviour. On a normal day, they might be tired, a little grumpy, wearing old clothes and saying exactly…
Patna: From the famed Zardalu of Bhagalpur to the ever-popular Langra and Dashehari, Bihar’s rich mango diversity will be on display as the state horticulture directorate gears up to host a three-day Aam Mahotsav (Mango Festival) at the Bihar Agricultural Management and Extension Training Institute (BAMETI) in Patna from June 19 to 21.According to the…
India makes more medicine than almost any country on earth. It is the third largest pharmaceutical producer in the world by volume and the single biggest supplier of generic medicines, accounting for roughly a fifth of global supply. [1] The domestic market alone, worth around 60 billion dollars today, is expected to more than double…
The Pacific coast has always carried a particular pull for people thinking about where to spend later life, though the reality on the ground is less romantic than postcards suggest. It is a long strip of towns that shift character every few miles, from rain-heavy Washington harbours to the softer, sandy stretches of Oregon and…
Children often learn about relationships by observing the people around them. While they are taught to be friendly, sharing, and caring, they also need to understand what respect looks like in a relationship. A healthy relationship does not depend on fear, guilt, pressure, or making someone feel responsible for another person’s happiness. A good friend,…
The incident took place on Saturday afternoon when two masked men allegedly entered a medical store in Sector 11 and opened fire on cashier Janki Das. CHANDIGARH: Police have apprehended two shooters in connection with the Sector 11 firing case in which a medical store cashier was shot dead. The arrests were made during a…
PRAYAGRAJ: In a major administrative action, UP Board has automatically withdrawn the recognition of 465 self-financed schools across the state after finding that they neither sent any students to Board examinations nor conducted classes for two consecutive academic sessions, 2024-25 and 2025-26.The highest number of derecognised institutions belongs to the Prayagraj region, with 150 schools,…
A routine stop at a petrol station during a family road trip turned into a heated confrontation for an Oklahoma father after another customer called police because he took his two young daughters into a women’s restroom.Tyler Brodsky was travelling home to Oklahoma from Florida when he stopped at a service station in Alabama so…
Imagine a silent abstractionist from the state of Madhya Pradesh, shaped in the shadows of Jagdish Swaminathan and SH Raza, living in Bhopal and waiting in the wings for someone to understand his brilliance and put him on the global map of contemporary practices. This is former Director, Bihar Museum, Patna Yusuf, who has for…
Researchers discovered a vast whale graveyard in the Indian Ocean’s Diamantina Zone, containing 476 fossil cetaceans and five modern whale-fall communities. This site, active for at least 5.3 million years, provides a unique window into deep-sea ecosystems and carbon sequestration, with many species potentially new to science. The deep ocean is the largest living space…