Honeybees can be trained with nothing more than the promise of a sugary reward; they learn to pick out a specific face and keep picking it out later, even when it appears from a slightly different angle or sits among faces they have never encountered before. It is a strange and slightly humbling discovery, not…
Flaxseed is a great source of vitamins and minerals. Moreover, in the same serving, one gets a decent amount of copper, magnesium, and manganese required for improved brain function, immunity, and metabolism. In general, the mentioned nutrients are essential for human health, and the addition of flaxseeds to the diet can help cover the daily…
The Mondays of Shravan are the most auspicious days for the devotees of Lord Shiva. Many devotees follow a simple daily routine of meditation, prayers, worship of Lord Shiva and a vrat (fast).Some devotees follow the age-old practice and do not wash their hair on Shravan Somwar. The vrat is generally associated with spiritual discipline,…
Meta ordered to pay $567 million in New Mexico over teen safety, social media harms A New Mexico court has ordered Meta to pay $567 million and make sweeping changes to how Facebook and Instagram operate for teenagers, after ruling that the platforms contributed to harms affecting children and young people in the state. The…
Rishabh Pant (Image credit: X) NEW DELHI: Rishabh Pant once again found a way to entertain fans, but this time it was not with his bat. During India’s warm-up game against Sri Lanka Cricket XI in Colombo, the Indian wicketkeeper-batter showed off his football skills while batting in the second innings.Instead of using his bat…
Vasai: A motorcycle rider was killed and another person injured after their bike was hit by a truck carrying LPG cylinders near Martin Complex in the Achole police station area on Sunday afternoon.The accident took place around 1 pm when the motorcycle, ridden by Krishna Vishwakarma, was travelling towards Vasai Link Road. As the bike…
A grim scenario unfolded in Swaroop Nagar as the lifeless body of a 28-year-old woman was found at her residence (Representative image) NEW DELHI: A 28-year-old woman was found dead under suspicious circumstances at her home in north Delhi’s Swaroop Nagar, with her family alleging that she was harassed for dowry and murdered by her…
Chennai: A human chain and sloganeering marked day nine of the ban-NEET protest organised by the Anti-NEET Federation in Koyambedu on Sunday.More than 50 protestors, including students and activists, held up placards and formed a human chain along Ayyappa Nagar first main road in Koyambedu seeking exemption for the state from NEET and urging the…
Ahmedabad chief fire officer Amitkumar Dongre and an alleged middleman, Bhavsinh Zala, arrested for taking bribe to issue fire-safety NOCs Ahmedabad: Two days after the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) arrested Ahmedabad chief fire officer Amitkumar Dongre and an alleged middleman in a Rs 36,000 bribery case, investigators said they were still awaiting records from Ahmedabad Municipal…
Chicago just dropped 90,000 rubber ducks into a river – and no, this wasn’t a prank. The annual Ducky Derby turned the Chicago River into a moving sea of yellow, with thousands watching the race unfold. The twist? It’s all for charity, raising big money for Special Olympics Illinois. Cute chaos, serious impact – and…
