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Govts are recognising newspapers can nourish young minds. But parents have to do their bit Karnataka’s recent directive asking schools to begin the day with newspaper reading echoes a sensible idea whose time has returned. As we noted earlier ( https://bitly.cx/pweSP ), reading does more than fill time; it chisels the mind. It sharpens comprehension,…
A viral idea to rename a major US immigration agency has suddenly gained attention after Donald Trump threw his support behind it.In a post on Truth Social, Trump endorsed a proposal to rebrand US Immigration and Customs Enforcement, commonly known as ICE, as “National Immigration and Customs Enforcement” or NICE. Sharing a screenshot of a…
Ongoing crisis in the Middle East has strained global energy supplies, but availability within the country continues to remain steady, the government has assured. Addressing a ministerial briefing, Aparna Sharma, additional secretary in the department of fertilizers, said, “The fertiliser availability remains robust, and the supplies continue to exceed the requirement. The department of fertilizers…
Iran attacked a chemical tanker with 12 Indian crew members near Oman; all crew are safe. AAP has accused Raghav Chadha of conspiring with the BJP to build a “neutral” image before defecting; Chadha has lost nearly 2 million Instagram followers since his exit. Eight live bombs were found near a primary school in West…
Delhi Capitals sidearm and throwdown specialists Aniket Berde, Darshan and Sai Pendam. (Photo by Special Arrangement) New Delhi: With cricket evolving at a rapid pace and batters clearing the ropes with monstrous ease, the role of throwdown specialists continues to get a lot of importance in any T20 set-up at the moment. It not only…
There’s no human immune to the charm of knowing themselves more. Of exploring different sides of their personality and analysing what they get to know about themselves. This is why one after another, you keep on clicking on these optical illusions, curious as a cat to see what your brain reveals about yourself. Psychologists have…
India is lining up major fertiliser imports ahead of the upcoming kharif season as global prices have almost doubled due the ongoing Middle East crisis, pushing import bill higher. The government on Monday said that it plans to import 64 lakh tonnes of urea and 19 lakh tonnes of other fertilisers, even as domestic availability…
Mitchell Starc, Lungi Ngidi Delhi Capitals did not have much time to recover after their heavy defeat to Punjab Kings as they prepare to face defending champions Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) in their next IPL 2026 match on Monday.Delhi lost by six wickets to Punjab Kings despite scoring 264, as PBKS completed the highest successful…
MUMBAI: Wrecked by injuries during their IPL 2026 campaign, five-time champions Chennai Super Kings have called up Mumbai’s young batting allrounder Ayush Vartak for mid-season trials. “Yes, Ayush has been called up for trials on Tuesday. He will reach Chennai on Monday night,” a source tracking developments told TOI. Go Beyond The Boundary with our…
Astronomers from the University of Cape Town (UCT) – working with colleagues from Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (France), Swinburne University of Technology (Australia) and the INAF Osservatorio Astronomico di Cagliari (Italy) have mapped a massive structure in the Universe – a huge supercluster, partially obscured from us behind the Milky Way’s ‘Zone of Avoidance.’…
