October 8, 2026

In 1933, Lincoln’s Crooked House was marked for demolition; work revealed a hidden timber-framed building behind its brick façade and saved it; today it is one of the Cathedral Quarter’s most photographed buildings

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Lincoln’s ‘Wonky House’ set for redevelopment after funding secured A demolition order issued in late 1933 was meant to remove a row of ordinary brick terrace houses at the top of Michaelgate in Lincoln. Instead, the first blows from the demolition crew revealed something unexpected: a 16th-century timber-framed building hidden behind the brick exterior. The…

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Before Chandrasekaran’s exit, he and Noel Tata separately briefed govt on rift, concerns

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Rift between Tata Trusts chairman Noel Tata and Chandrasekaran. MUMBAI/NEW DELHI: The Tata brass briefed senior govt functionaries on the turmoil inside the conglomerate ahead of N Chandrasekaran‘s announcement last Wednesday that he would step down as Tata Sons chairman in Feb, people familiar with the matter said.The engagement covered the rift between Chandrasekaran and…

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How India became a badminton powerhouse

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Satwiksairaj Rankireddy, Chirag Shetty, and PV Sindhu When the world’s best badminton players walk into the Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium on Monday, India will not merely be hosting the World Championships for the second time. Seventeen years after Hyderabad staged the event, the tournament returns to a country where badminton has grown multiple folds —…

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“Thoughts create feelings. Feelings develop our attitude. Attitude comes into action. Repeated actions become a habit. All our habits become our personality. As will be our personality, so will be our destiny”; What she advises on how a single thought creates a ripple effect that influences our destiny

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BK Sister Shivani is a meditation teacher and motivational speaker, renowned for her practical discourses and advice on the mind, emotions, relationships, and self-mastery.Recently, she mentioned in an X post on her social media that we are not victims of circumstance; we are creators of our inner world, and through it, our destiny.Today, our fast-paced,…

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In 1905, Hawaii introduced mosquitofish to control mosquitoes; the tiny fish later became linked to declines of native damselflies and other threatened species

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Hawaii introduced mosquitofish to control mosquitoes Introduced to Hawaii in 1905 to control disease-carrying mosquitoes, the eastern mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis) has caused major declines in native aquatic insects, including several threatened species of Hawaiian damselflies. Conservation reports from the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) show that the small, non-native fish has had a…

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