In Finland, some of the most attentive listeners helping children improve their reading skills have four legs. Across libraries, schools and even farms, children are encouraged to read aloud to trained dogs and, in some local initiatives, cows. These animals provide a calm and patient audience that allows young readers to practise without worrying about…
In north-west Wales, there is a village whose name has become almost a joke in itself, printed on souvenirs, railway signs and the occasional breathless attempt at pronunciation. Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch doesn’t just stand out because of its length. It carries a sense of something assembled rather than inherited, as if parts of local history were stitched…
Force Motors has reached a major landmark in its association with Mercedes-Benz, announcing the production of its 200,000th engine at the company’s manufacturing facility in Chakan, Pune. The achievement marks another chapter in a partnership that has steadily expanded over nearly three decades in India. The engine that marks this milestone is the six-cylinder M256…
Radioactive specks buried deep inside ancient ocean crust are forcing scientists to rethink what Earth has been quietly passing through in space. These traces are not ordinary geological leftovers. Instead, they appear to be fragments of radioactive stardust material forged in violent cosmic events and scattered across the galaxy. What makes the discovery even more…
New Delhi/Mumbai: Just days after the unravelling of the TMC, the Shiv Sena (UBT) appeared headed for Revolt 2.0 after the 2022 rebellion in the Shiv Sena as 6 of its 9 Lok Sabha MPs sent a letter to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla stating that they constitute two-thirds of the UBT Sena’s tally in…
Pankaj Dhama, was allegedly beaten to death by fellow passengers during a chaotic rush to board the Yoga Express NEW DELHI: A 32-year-old man was allegedly beaten to death by fellow passengers after an argument broke out amid a rush to board the Yoga Express at Shahdara railway station in east Delhi on Saturday.The incident…
Kolkata: A newly constituted Special Investigation Team (SIT) of the CBI, probing the RG Kar rape and murder case, on Wednesday morning visited the Panihati crematorium ground where the victim was allegedly cremated in haste. The team conducted a spot inspection, spoke to employees at the burning ghat, and examined the crematorium’s register records for…
Chennai: Madras high court on Thursday dismissed a plea seeking directions to the Union govt to frame permanent guidelines to ensure NEET is conducted in a fair and transparent manner.When the plea came up for hearing, the first bench of Chief Justice Sushrut Arvind Dharmadhikari and Justice G Arul Murugan pointed out that the issue…
Harbhajan Singh and S Sreesanth NEW DELHI: Former India fast bowler S Sreesanth has reignited his infamous feud with Harbhajan Singh, throwing down an open challenge to the former spinner for an in-ring fight nearly two decades after the IPL‘s infamous ‘Slapgate’ controversy.In explosive remarks made during an appearance on Lallantop, Sreesanth accused Harbhajan of…
Quote of the day by Richard P. Feynman One of the more unusual qualities of Richard Feynman was that he did not seem particularly interested in being the smartest person in the room.That may sound odd for a physicist who won the Nobel Prize and became one of the most recognisable scientific figures of the…
