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Most people dream of slowing down by the time they turn 80. Rabindranath Sarkar doesn’t have that luxury.Every morning, while much of Kolkata is just waking up, he gets behind the wheel of a yellow taxi and heads out onto the city’s busy roads. He’s not chasing a career milestone or trying to stay busy…
Soviet scientists introduced red king crabs to the Barents Sea in the 1960s. These crabs have since spread aggressively, altering local marine habitats. Their feeding habits reduce seabed diversity and biomass significantly. Image Credit: Wikimedia Commons The red king crab can grow to more than one metre across and has a heavy, spiked shell. Seafood…
Shiv Sena corporator (L) was arrested for assaulting two doctors at a civic hospital. Hospital staff protested the unjustified assault and demanded his disqualification (R) MUMBAI: A Shiv Sena corporator, Ramesh Mhatre, arrested for allegedly assaulting two doctors at a civic-run hospital in Maharashtra’s Thane, was admitted to the ICU of the district civil hospital…
Busy hands, restless mind. That’s the shape of your day. Mars pushes hard work, while the Moon unsettles your nerves a bit, so even productive hours can feel tense and hurried from the inside.You’re likely to go through a hectic schedule of messages, calls or errands. There are deadlines, quick travel, interactions with neighbors or…
India’s name should never get hyphenated with crime gangs. Future Lawrence Bishnois should be nipped in the bud Prisons everywhere are notoriously porous. In The Shawshank Redemption, Andy Dufresne spends 19 years digging his way out of jail with a smuggled rock hammer. So, nobody’s surprised if a gangster in Gujarat’s Sabarmati Jail has access…
Bonnie Tyler, the gravelly-voiced, Grammy-nominated Welsh pop star best known for singing the chart-topping power ballad “Total Eclipse of the Heart” in 1983 and seeing new generations succumb to its bombastic charms during solar and lunar eclipses, has died. She was 75.Tyler died “unexpectedly” in a hospital in Portugal where she was being treated for…
MUMBAI: Equity benchmark indices pared more than half of their intraday gains on Thursday after profit booking in the final hours, even as sensex and Nifty had staged a sharp recovery earlier in the session on bottom fishing and positive cues from foreign institutional investors.After a 1,677-point fall on Wednesday, sensex opened higher at 76,576…
NEW DELHI: You may faithfully hit the gym every morning, go for a brisk walk or complete your daily yoga session. But if your job keeps you glued to a chair for the next eight to 10 hours, that workout alone may not be enough.A study published in the peer-reviewed journal PLOS Medicine has found…
A sign displaying the name of the rebranded Donald J Trump International Airport in West Palm Beach (Picture credit: AP) A South Florida airport officially changed its name on Thursday to President Donald J. Trump International Airport, replacing the long-standing Palm Beach International Airport name as part of a state-approved move honouring the US president.The…
Dallas Cowboys trade rumors (Getty Images) The Dallas Cowboys have spent the past few years searching for a quarterback who could eventually take over from Dak Prescott, even if that transition remains years away. Their latest reported target shows just how serious they are about planning ahead. According to a new report, Dallas was prepared…
