A new era in maritime archaeology has been opened up with the major discovery of a French Navy-controlled shipwreck site at a depth of 2567 meters, far from shore at Ramatuelle in the Mediterranean Sea. According to the official Préfet Maritime de la Méditerranée report, this vessel- dubbed Camarat 4- is the deepest known shipwreck…
The year 2021 upended classrooms across India. Lecture halls went quiet, attendance sheets turned virtual, and students were left staring at screens, wondering whether what they were learning would actually matter outside an examination hall.One such individual was Shreya Singhal. While studying for her on-campus computer application course, she was getting increasingly disillusioned. While the…
Rajesh Kumar, known for Rosesh Sarabhai in ‘Sarabhai vs Sarabhai’, opened up about leaving acting at 42 for farming, losing everything, and enduring humiliation from recovery agents who abused him over unpaid debts. He even sold his car. Yet these hardships, he says, made him more human, grounded, and instinctive as an actor. ‘Saiyaara’ and…
There was a time students carried lunch bags and bottles in their hands. Now those things have been replaced with larger-than-life smartphones and iPads that contain all the information and their attention. This has prompted at least 35 states along with the District of Columbia to ban smartphones in some capacity. There are 24 states…
The Centre told the Supreme Court that the NEET examination security system is “foolproof” and difficult to breach. NEW DELHI: The Centre on Wednesday told the Supreme Court that the system put in place for conducting the NEET examination is “foolproof” and difficult to breach, as the court heard concerns related to the security and…
Pramit Jhaveri makes comeback, to join Tata-run NCPA board MUMBAI: Pramit Jhaveri is set to be back in the Tata Trusts ecosystem—but through a different door. He will be joining the board of the National Centre for the Performing Arts (NCPA) as an independent member, marking his return to one of Trusts’ most prestigious institutions….
A 71-year-old Indian-origin woman in Singapore has been fined more than Rs 2 lakh after repeatedly feeding pigeons near her home, despite earlier penalties and warnings from authorities.Sanmugamnathan Shamla was ordered to pay S$3,200 (Rs 2.26 lakh) after admitting to four charges under the Singapore Wildlife Act. Another five offences were taken into consideration. The…
Putin said Russia’s difficulties in shipping its own goods would not result in shortages on global markets, arguing that Moscow could compensate for disruptions to Ukrainian agricultural exports. Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned Ukraine of a retaliatory campaign against its most sensitive economic sectors after Kyiv intensified drone strikes on Russian economic infrastructure, saying…
Long before “bio-based materials” entered the lexicon of the car industry, Henry Ford was trying to answer a different question. Could farms supply more than food? Could fields also provide the raw materials for manufacturing? That idea reached its most unusual expression in the summer of 1941, when Ford unveiled an experimental vehicle with a…
Hyder Ali Khan has been in the news lately after his ex-wife Eva Grover made some shocking revelations about him. She opened up on her toxic marriage with him where she also faced physical violence and eventually got divorced. She also alleged that he pressured her to become physically involved with filmmakers, subjected her to…
