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Representative Image of a radio-quiet mountain town where wireless signals are heavily restricted (AI-generated image) In the mountains of eastern West Virginia sits Green Bank, a town of roughly 150 people where using a cell phone, running a Wi-Fi router, or operating a microwave near the town centre is not just impractical; it is against…
PM Modi flags low number of female medal winners NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday participated in the 57th convocation ceremony of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi, where he presented the institute’s highest honours to meritorious students.At the event, PM Modi urged IIT Delhi graduates to encourage greater participation and representation…
Mayawati slams Akhilesh over his PDA’s ‘pandit’ twist NEW DELHI: BSP supremo Mayawati on Saturday launched a sharp attack on the Samajwadi Party, accusing it of changing its political position for electoral gains after SP chief Akhilesh Yadav gave a new interpretation to the party’s PDA formula.BSP chief Mayawati alleged that the SP was now…
Image Credit: Facebook/@WCBM 680 Ten-year-old Herbie Martin IV from Maryland has turned a late-night baking effort into a remarkable achievement after his lemon blueberry buttercream cake sold for $15,000 at the Carroll County 4-H and FFA Fair’s charity cake auction. According to The Baltimore Sun, Martin stayed up until 2 a.m. perfecting the cake before…
The model treaty provisions require foreign investors to exhaust domestic legal remedies for five years before seeking international arbitration to resolve disputes. NEW DELHI: After years of discussion, government has finally got down to reviewing the model bilateral investment treaty (BIT), often cited as a roadblock to attracting investments.“The BIT is under review, and we…
L-R: Georgia Voll and Ashleigh Gardner during a training session; Gardner with her estranged wife Monica Wright (R). Ashleigh Gardner‘s position as Australia’s vice-captain has come under renewed scrutiny after her estranged wife, Monica Wright, called for the star all-rounder to be removed from the leadership role and questioned Cricket Australia’s response to allegations surrounding…
The Moon does not travel across the sky at a constant pace. Its speed changes throughout each orbit, a detail ancient astronomers noticed long before they had the mathematics to explain it fully. More than two thousand years ago, the makers of the Antikythera Mechanism found a way to reproduce this unevenness using bronze gears…
Delhi private universities Bill The Delhi government has cleared a draft Bill that could change how private higher education institutions operate in the national capital, with 25% of seats in every course proposed to be reserved for students from Delhi.The Delhi Private Universities Bill, approved by the Cabinet on Friday, seeks to create a legal…
Brad Pitt reveals his weirdest summer. (Image credits: Instagram) Brad Pitt has taken over social media after revealing the weirdest summer of his life, when he lived in a bachelor pad. Recalling the point he hit rock bottom, the 62-year-old star mentioned that he survived 40 chameleons in his bachelor pad with glass windows filled…
Food has always been more than just nourishment. Across cultures, certain dishes are believed to bring prosperity, happiness, health or good fortune, making them an essential part of festivals, weddings and New Year celebrations. Some are eaten because their shape resembles coins, others because their names sound like words associated with wealth or success. Whether…
