In Chinese astrology, July 12, 2026, is Ding Hai Day or Yin Fire Pig Day. It stirs the desire for simplicity, feeling, movement and compassion. The daily Chinese horoscope advises you to act courageously, but react without anger. Before acting on emotion, responding, or spending money, it’s important to consider the consequences. How to Navigate…
Nanobubbles cleaned up the Lincoln reflecting pool: here’s how they could be used on dying seas and lakes zThe Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in Washington, DC has become more than a landmark. It is now a real-world testing ground for nanobubbles, microscopic gas bubbles that can clean water, control algae and may eventually help restore…
Kolkata: Kolkata’s Municipal Building Committee — the final sanctioning authority for a wide range of construction proposals — has not met for six months, resulting in more than 300 projects getting stuck in a bureaucratic freeze.The deadlock has halted approvals for several categories of projects, including commercial developments, residential projects on 500-square-metre plots, hospitals, educational…
Quote of the day by Jackie Chan (AP photo) Every generation looks up to role models. Students admire great teachers, athletes dream of becoming sporting legends, and young professionals often aspire to follow the paths of industry leaders. While inspiration is genuinely valuable, constantly trying to become someone else can prevent people from ever discovering…
Mumbaikars cite confusion over documents Mumbai: Mumbai’s special intensive revision (SIR) 2026 voter verification drive is producing sharply different experiences across the city as the submission deadline nears, with residents, political representatives and booth-level officers (BLOs) describing an uneven rollout that ranges from smooth doorstep verification to confusion, anxiety and repeated follow-ups.Across several neighbourhoods, residents…
Concrete is the most widely used manufactured material on Earth, yet most people only ever encounter it once it has already hardened into a wall, a road or a slab. Science communicator Derek Muller set out to understand what the material actually does while it is still wet, by climbing into a tank of fresh…
Sanju Samson (Getty Images) NEW DELHI: Sanju Samson‘s childhood coach, Biju George, has strongly criticised the selectors after the star wicketkeeper-batter was left out of India’s squad for the three-match T20I series against Zimbabwe. The decision came as a surprise because Samson had played a key role in India’s T20 World Cup triumph earlier this…
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…
The AI investment boom is “generating tremendous valuations” for companies in US stock markets and countries such as South Korea, creating a wealth effect that could add to price pressures, Gourinchas said in an interview with Bloomberg News. Artificial intelligence (AI) could fuel inflation not only by pushing up the cost of semiconductors and technology…
Ahmedabad: Days after the blast at an illegal firecracker factory in Ramol claimed 10 lives, police across Gujarat intensified inspections of firecracker units, leading to the seizure of illegal stock worth Rs 39.6 crore from two godowns at Matoda Patiya in Ahmedabad on Monday.Changodar police raided two adjoining warehouses operating under the name Ambika Trade…
