October 13, 2026

Family Support In Sports: Her father repaired bicycles for Rs 300 a day and she grew up in a mud house; years later, Asmita Dey became the first Indian judoka to win Commonwealth Games gold

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Dey’s victory marked India’s first-ever Commonwealth Games gold medal in judo. When Asmita Dey stood on the Commonwealth Games podium in Glasgow, there was one person she kept thinking about. Her father, Arjun Dey, was not there to see the moment. Her father had passed away seven months earlier after suffering a brain stroke.On Friday,…

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In 2019, A Tasmanian couple used a $1.6m bequest to buy Prosser River Reserve near Orford; years later, it held 11 at-risk species and 14 vegetation communities | World News

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Waterfront homes line the wooded bank of the Prosser River near Orford, with the reserve’s forested hills rising behind them. Credits – Wikimedia Commons In 2019, a Tasmanian couple used a 1.6 million family bequest to help buy more than 1,500 hectares of bushland near Orford on the state’s east coast. The land, now known…

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In 2017, a wildfire advanced toward Roslyn, Washington; nine years later the town has deliberately burned 500+ acres of forest to build a protective shield against future fires

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In Washington, a team of igniters are walking across the forest with canisters filled with a mixture of diesel fuel and gasoline. They walk in parallel, lighting grasses and shrubs, moving forward as flames spread in the back, and thousands of pine needles combust into a smoke show. At the same time, more than a…

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Concerned over build quality of e-ways, NHs, govt ropes in third party inspection agency

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TPIA will be responsible for inspection and examination of around 5,000 km of expressways and highway stretches from the start of construction until project completion (PTI Photo). NEW DELHI: Amid concerns over deficiencies in quality of works and premature failures in expressways and NH projects, the road transport ministry will engage a third party inspection…

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‘Toxic’ box office collection Day 3 [LIVE]: Yash and Kiara Advani film aims at crossing Rs 150 crore India net amid mixed reviews and global haul of Rs 190 crore | Hindi Movie News

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Yash’s Toxic Day 3 LIVE box office collection (Image Credits IMDb) Yash-starrer ‘Toxic: A Fairy Tale for Grown-Ups’ is continuing its theatrical run with a strong box-office tally. After opening with Rs 101.10 crore net in India on Day 1 and adding another Rs. 37.65 crore on Day 2, the Geetu Mohandas directorial entered its…

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In 1936, Cotar Ramaswami became only second Indian to make Test debut after turning 40; he also played at Wimbledon, disappeared from his home in 1985 and remains listed as ‘death unknown’ | Cricket News

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The All India cricket team on England tour, 1936. (left-right): Baqa Jilani, Lala Armanath, Syed Mohammad Hussain, Mushtaq Ali, Cotar Ramaswami, Khershed Meherhomji. Seated: Phiroze Edulji Palia, Cottari Kanakaiya Nayudu, Maharaj Kumar of Vizianagram, Mohammad Nissar, Vijay Merchant. (Photo/Getty Images) Only 13 cricketers in the history of Test cricket have made their debuts after turning…

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In 2022, MIT researchers built a 4-inch, 3-layer cooler using evaporation and insulation to keep food fresh without electricity |

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On a hot roof in Cambridge, Massachusetts, a small experimental device sat in the sun without a fan, compressor or electrical connection. Its job was simply to get colder than the air around it. Water moved through one part of the device, heat escaped through another, and layers of insulating material helped keep the cooling…

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