A woman shields herself from the sun with an umbrella as she walks in the garden of the Palace of Versailles, outside Paris, Monday, June 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus) France gritted its teeth Monday for a week of record-busting temperatures, sweltering under a heat wave that combines daytime highs above 40 degrees Celsius (104…
A Soviet spacecraft designed to land on Venus in 1972 finally completed its journey more than half a century later, though not in the way its builders intended. Kosmos 482, part of the Soviet Union’s ambitious Venera programme, was supposed to explore the Solar System’s hottest planet. Instead, a rocket malfunction left the spacecraft trapped…
Proverb of the day (Image generated via Google Gemini) This little proverb is built like a joke, with a punchline at the end. It lists things that make us happy, but cleverly ranks them by how long the happiness lasts. A nap buys you an hour. A day’s fishing buys you a day. Inheriting a…
Every generation has had its signs. Earlier generations looked at dreams, omens and nature. Today’s generation looks at clocks, mobile screens, vehicle numbers and payment receipts.Somewhere between coincidence and curiosity sits the world of angel numbers.Interestingly, people rarely start searching for angel numbers when life is predictable. They usually start noticing them during periods of…
SSC CHSL 2025 option-cum-preference window extended The Staff Selection Commission (SSC) has extended the option-cum-preference submission window for the Combined Higher Secondary Level (CHSL) Examination 2025. As per a fresh notice issued on June 22, 2026, candidates can now submit or modify their preferences till June 25, 2026, at 11:59 PM.The commission said that the…
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi (Screengrabs) NEW DELHI: Fresh off a record-breaking knock in the Tri-Nation Series final, teenage batting sensation Vaibhav Sooryavanshi made a cheeky admission about his credentials in 50-over cricket, saying many people may not even realise how much experience he has in the format.The 15-year-old starred in India A’s title-clinching victory over Sri Lanka…
The Mira-Bhayander flyover forms a key component of the Metro Line 9 project and is expected to improve traffic flow along one of the most congested corridors in Mira Road. MUMBAI: The controversial Mira–Bhayander flyover, which had earlier sparked a social media debate over its apparent reduction from four lanes to two, was opened to…
New Delhi: Pushpa Devi stood under a tree for over three hours after commuting from Jahangirpuri to Pandara Road on Sunday. She was worried for her son, appearing for the NEET UG re-examination. She was equally anxious about the outcome of the test, which was held last month and then scrapped because of the paper…
CHENNAI: In the wake of an ammonia leak at a seafood processing unit in Tiruvallur that claimed seven lives, the Tamil Nadu govt will constitute a high-level committee to audit hazardous industries in the state and prevent such accidents in the future. “Chief minister C Joseph Vijay has issued orders to form the committee, and…
A student at Nirma University has bagged an offer of Rs 94 lakh to work with LinkedIn — a new record for the university and among the highest offers across Gujarat’s institutions this year. The previous high at Nirma was Rs 88 lakh, set in 2022. The figure stands out because it arrives in a…
