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Source: The New York Times Deep in Madagascar’s rainforests lives a spider no bigger than a coin, easy to miss and rarely noticed. Yet this tiny creature is responsible for one of nature’s most astonishing feats. It spins vast webs across flowing rivers, stretching threads more than 80 feet from bank to bank. The real…
‘Dhurandhar’ starring Ranveer Singh, Akshaye Khanna, R Madhavan, Arjun Rampal, Sanjay Dutt among others made waves at the box office and how. The film crossed Rs 800 crore at the domestic box office and made more than Rs 1200 crore worldwide. Fans were in for a surprise as Netflix announced the film’s release on OTT….
Sources very close to the Pawars told TOI that the family members were hurt by the fact that none of them were informed about or invited to Sunetra Pawar’s oathtaking ceremony in Mumbai on Saturday. PUNE: Members of the extended Pawar family are said to be upset with NCP chief late Ajit Pawar’s wife Sunetra…
Virgo, this week is layered, like soil turned for planting. Early days focus on money and communication. An auspicious start supports investments and pleasant interactions. Unexpected guests may arrive, bringing warmth. Still, don’t push your body too hard.Midweek tests restraint. Expenses rise, tempers flare, and relationships feel strained. Saturn demands discipline. Avoid arguments and risky…
I first met Mark sahab when he came to Gujarat to shoot a TV documentary on the anti dam movement called Narmada Bachao Andolan. It was 1992 and I had taken a year off from my journalism work to try to understand the country. I grew up in a small coal mine town in eastern…
Authorities in Louisiana have recaptured five of the eight inmates who escaped from the Riverbend Detention Center in East Carroll Parish during the early hours of January 30, officials confirmed on Friday. A large-scale manhunt remains underway for the three remaining fugitives, all of whom are considered violent offenders.According to the East Carroll Parish Sheriff’s…
With the India–European Union free trade agreement — widely dubbed the “mother of all deals” — now concluded, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal on Saturday said the pact would be “compassionate and loving”, ensuring gains for all 28 partners involved, while potentially doubling India’s exports to Europe within five years, PTI reported.Goyal said India…
Photo credit: Marco Delogu In a literary world fixated on roots, writer and translator Jhumpa Lahiri has a confession to make: she does not believe she has a mother tongue.“I have no mother tongue…I don’t call anything my language. I never have. I’ve always felt outside of all language,” the Pulitzer Prize–winning author said Friday,…
Education sector is India’s operating system and the operating system is only as good as its handover. Image: AI generated. Tomorrow’s Union Budget will arrive with its familiar vocabulary—“skilling”, “capacity”, ‘future-ready youth’. Fine. But the Economic Survey 2025–26 has already reminded us of something budgets often forget: Education isn’t a sector you ‘announce’ for one…
NEW DELHI: Minutes after taking oath as the deputy chief minister of Maharashtra, Sunetra Pawar on Saturday said that she will “carry forward the legacy” of her late husband Ajit Pawar and “continue to work tirelessly” for Maharashtra.In her first public reaction after Ajit Pawar’s death in a fatal plane crash, Sunetra said that she…
