19th-century goat tower PC: Wikipedia At Quinta da Aveleda, a historic wine estate in Portugal’s Vinho Verde region near Penafiel, a three-storey stone tower stands among the property’s romantic gardens, built not for people but for goats. Known as the Torre das Cabras, or Tower of the Goats, it was constructed in the late 19th…
A packet of meat can look fresh on the supermarket shelf even while bacteria are already multiplying inside. By the time a spoiled smell, discolouration or slimy texture becomes obvious, indicating that the meat has gone stale, the food may no longer be safe to eat.To find a solution to this, researchers at Kyushu University…
Image Credit: Facebook/@WCBM 680 Ten-year-old Herbie Martin IV from Maryland has turned a late-night baking effort into a remarkable achievement after his lemon blueberry buttercream cake sold for $15,000 at the Carroll County 4-H and FFA Fair’s charity cake auction. According to The Baltimore Sun, Martin stayed up until 2 a.m. perfecting the cake before…
The home is like a pond in the aftermath of rain. It is filled with calm, peace, and surprisingly alive. Jupiter is the god of your home and the Moon helps you feel comfortable and takes care of things to do with property and the day is a source of warmth from the inside.Your home’s…
Ravindra Jadeja’s Kuldeep Yadav imitation leaves Gautam Gambhir in splits (Screengrab) Ravindra Jadeja brought some light-hearted fun to India’s warm-up match against Sri Lanka Cricket XI in Colombo when he imitated Kuldeep Yadav’s bowling action from the stands.The moment became even more entertaining when head coach Gautam Gambhir was caught laughing at Jadeja’s near-perfect act.The…
Mumbai: A seven-year-old boy allegedly sustained an injury to his upper lip after being hit with a plastic bottle by a daycare staff member at Euro Kids Runwal Forest, Kanjur Marg.The Vikhroli police have booked the staffer under the Juvenile Justice Act.According to the police on Aug 4, the child was at the daycare from…
New Delhi: A 32-year-old man posing as an IGI Airport employee allegedly lured a woman with a fake cabin crew job for her 20-year-old son and cheated her of around Rs 3 lakh through 16 UPI transactions. The accused was arrested Thursday.The scam came to light after police received a complaint from the woman, a…
Cut Sandalwood Tree | Representative Image Chennai: Tamil Nadu University of Veterinary Sciences (Tanuvas) registrar Narendra Babu said the varsity’s Livestock Research Station campus in Kattuppakkam does not have any sandalwood trees (Santalum album) according to the tree register maintained at the station.In response to a TOI article published on Aug 7, the registrar said…
Couriers to key overseas destinations such as the United States, United Kingdom, Canada and Australia are seeing the sharpest impact Ahmedabad: For sisters in Gujarat whose brothers live abroad, the thread of affection now comes with a steeper delivery bill. Sending a rakhi overseas costs 7-10% more than it did last year.The hike is being…
Midday meals at state schools Kolkata: Eggs were served on Saturday with midday meals at 500 state-run schools, where Iskcon-supported Annamrita Foundation provides vegetarian food. The move followed chief minister Suvendu Adhikari’s announcement last Saturday that eggs would be supplied separately by self-help groups to children under the new midday meal arrangement.Students welcomed the return…
