For weeks, a small sailing boat drifted across a vast stretch of the Pacific with little certainty about where it would end up. Its lone occupant, 39-year-old Kai Sato from California, had set out hoping to complete his first solo voyage to Hawaii, but the journey quickly became something very different. Far from shipping routes…
Female birds have shorter lifespans than male birds, researchers find Female mammals usually live longer than males, but a 27-year study of North American birds has found the opposite pattern in birds.Researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) analyzed more than 563,000 bird-banding records and found that adult female birds had a 12.4%…
For most of us, a loaf of bread isn’t complete without its golden-brown crust. That crisp outer layer is often seen as a sign of perfect baking, adding both flavour and texture. But in Japan, there’s a unique variety of bread that breaks this rule entirely. Known as white crust bread or mukashi pan in…
Ketu’s transit in Magha Nakshatra on August 2, 2026, will bring major changes in pride, family roots, career direction, status and old karmic patterns. Magha is associated with ancestors, authority, tradition, royal energy, respect and inherited power. Ketu is detachment, truth, spiritual lessons, sudden separation, and hidden correction. This transit may strip away false confidence…
IBPS Clerk recruitment 2026 The Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) will begin the online registration process for IBPS Clerk Recruitment 2026 tomorrow, August 1. Eligible candidates can apply for the Customer Service Associate (CSA) posts through the official website, ibps.in, till August 21, 2026.The recruitment is being conducted under the Common Recruitment Process (CRP…
India’s vast examination system relies on many private contractors for its operations MUMBAI: A security guard stands at the gate of an exam centre in Mumbai. Inside, women staff frisk female candidates before letting them in.A doorframe metal detector marks the entrance. Computer terminals wait in disciplined rows. Invigilators watch for the smallest suspicious movement,…
Congress has revived questions over a stone-loaded truck seen near the CJP protest, challenging Delhi Police’s explanation of its movements. NEW DELHI: The controversy surrounding a truck loaded with stones that appeared near the site of the Cockroach Janta Party’s July 20 ‘Sansad Chalo’ march is refusing to die down.Just two days after the Delhi…
CHENNAI: Sri Lankan has arrested 1,306 Indian fishermen and seized 179 fishing boats since 2023, Union govt told Rajya Sabha on Thursday. As of July 23, thirty fishermen and 171 boats seized in these years remained in Lankan custody.Tamil Nadu accounted for 1,182 of the captured fishermen, which is more than 90% of the fishers…
AHMEDABAD: The State Emergency Operations Centre (SEOC) in Gandhinagar has emerged as Gujarat’s primary 24/7 command and control hub for disaster response, having sent over 286.4 crore SMS alerts to citizens through the advanced ‘SACHET’ system to date. Functioning as an invisible shield, the SEOC mobilises the entire state administrative machinery within minutes of a…
Kolkata: Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) opened its first centre of excellence in AI in eastern India at Heritage Institute of Technology, Kolkata (HITK) on Friday. Talks are on for two such centres at IIEST and Jadavpur University.The centre, built in collaboration between industry and academia, will train students in developing AI-based solutions.KM Suceendran, head of…
