Camels in Gobi desert (Image Credit: Canva) There’s a tradition out in Mongolia’s Gobi Desert that sounds almost too tender to be real, yet herding families have kept it alive for generations. It’s called Khööslökh, sometimes translated as the “camel coaxing ritual,” and the idea at its core is simple. When a mother camel won’t…
Panaji: To strengthen enforcement of sewage treatment norms, the Goa State Pollution Control Board (GSPCB) has made it mandatory for sewage treatment plants (STPs) at residential complexes, hospitals, hotels and public utility institutions to install Internet of Things (IoT)-based monitoring systems within six months.Last year, the board had mandated that all residential complexes with 24…
Leader of Opposition Udhayanidhi Stalin Chennai: Leader of opposition Udhayanidhi Stalin on Tuesday charged that chief minister C Joseph Vijay has turned the assembly into a “shooting spot”.Speaking to reporters outside the assembly after he walked out from the session, Udhayanidhi said Vijay delivered a `scripted performance’ instead of answering questions raised by the opposition.“Vijay…
Some Ahmedabad areas have been flood-prone for decades Ahmedabad: Between 6am and 4pm on July 23, the city received an average rainfall of 95.9mm. Ninety per cent of the flood-prone spots cleared before this monsoon were inundated again —including 34 in the city’s west.The infrastructure failure at three locations is glaring because Rs 60 crore…
Police urged the protesters to maintain peace and refrain from resorting to violence, sources added. NEW DELHI: Tension flared near Jantar Mantar on Tuesday evening after CJP protesters allegedly pelted stones at police personnel, leading to the deployment of additional security forces in the area, sources said. A section of the protesters threw stones at…
The Porsche driver and the girl’s parents were unhurt Mumbai: Days after a car caught fire in a tunnel of Coastal Road, a speeding Porsche rammed into a divider on the road and hit another car on Sunday morning. While the Porsche’s driver escaped unhurt because its airbags deployed, a minor girl in the other…
A timeline of the NEET UG 2026 paper leak Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan resigned on July 25, ending a three-month standoff between the government and student protesters over the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test-Undergraduate (NEET-UG) 2026 paper leak. The resignation followed weeks of demonstrations led by a group calling itself the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP),…
India’s 99th chess Grandmaster Rathanvel VS (Designed by TimesofIndia.com) NEW DELHI: Odysseus, the king of Ithaca, felt as though the wait was almost over. Nearly a decade after the end of the ten-year Trojan War, he and his crew were finally within reach of home, only to find themselves on the verge of losing all…
Bellis comes from Bellis perennis, the botanical name of the common daisy. Meaning “beautiful” in Latin, it celebrates the quiet charm of one of nature’s simplest wildflowers while offering a unique alternative to more familiar floral names. Wildflowers prove that the most beautiful things in nature often bloom without seeking recognition. These baby girl names…
The Pocso court granted pre-arrest bail after observing that disrupting the education of the minor would cause disproportionate hardship Mumbai: A special Pocso court on Monday granted anticipatory bail to a 17-year-old boy accused of stalking and intimidation of his college mate, observing that disrupting the education of the minor would cause disproportionate hardship.According to…
