J&K education minister Sakina Itoo The viral video of a 12-year-old boy questioning the delay in announcing summer vacations for schools in Kashmir has now reached the Child Welfare Committee, drawn comments from Kashmir’s chief cleric, and reignited questions over children’s presence on social media.The video, which has been widely shared online over the past…
‘Starry Night’ and Van Gogh Most people look at The Starry Night and see a moonlit village beneath a sky alive with swirling stars. Scientists looked at the same painting and saw something else entirely. Hidden within those famous blue spirals is a pattern that resembles one of nature’s most complex phenomena called turbulence.The Starry…
Brazil head coach Carlo Ancelotti has confirmed that Neymar is fully fit and available for selection in FIFA World Cup 2026 Round of 16 encounter against Norway, raising hopes of a major role for the veteran forward in the knockout stages.The five-time champions booked their place in the last 16 with a dramatic 2-1 victory…
The Strait of Hormuz disruption served as a stark reminder of how vulnerable global energy supplies can be. Now, India is responding with a major push to strengthen its energy security.Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday inaugurated the HPCL Rajasthan Refinery Limited (HRRL) project, the country’s first greenfield integrated refinery-cum-petrochemical complex. He also launched and…
A massive banyan tree in Bihar’s Munger district has been scientifically dated to approximately 700 years old, making it the world’s oldest accurately dated specimen. Researchers employed radiocarbon dating on wood samples, a technique usually for archaeology, to establish its age. 700 year old Banyan Tree in Munger, Bihar (Photo: PIB) Some trees don’t just…
Chandrachur Singh calmly spoke with officials after a bulldozer demolished an unapproved ramp outside his Gurugram home during a Town and Country Planning Department drive. The video went viral for his polite conduct. He questioned the process before shaking hands with the team. Singh was last seen in the 2025 film Bayaan. Chandrachur Singh found…
The All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) has declared the Bachelor of Science (BSc) Nursing 2026 entrance examination results. Candidates who appeared for the exam can now check and download their scorecards and merit list from the official website, aiimsexams.ac.in.The result has been released in two formats. Candidates can download the merit list PDF,…
For decades, people in the UK tended to view air conditioning as something that belonged elsewhere. It was associated with office buildings, hotels and hotter countries rather than their own homes. But as summers become warmer and heatwaves more frequent, that picture is beginning to change.Colleagues and I analysed data from the English Housing Survey,…
Deep inside the cloud forests of Mexico, certain patches of bark and rotting wood begin to glow a faint, ghostly green once darkness sets in. The source is not the trees themselves but tiny mushrooms growing on them, fungi capable of producing their own light through a chemical reaction inside their cells. For years, very…
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi (Image: IANS) Former India wicketkeeper-batter Dinesh Karthik has lavished praise on teenage sensation Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, calling him a rare talent capable of rewriting T20 records, while also urging the youngster to stay grounded amid the growing spotlight.The 15-year-old batting prodigy has emerged as one of India’s brightest prospects after his remarkable rise in…