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‘You don’t belong to anyone else, but yourself’: Rahul Gandhi’s message to young women | India News

Rejecting the idea of ‘manusmriti’, he asserted that a woman belongs to no one but herself. NEW DELHI: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday described India’s 70 crore women as the country’s “biggest asset”, saying they are more forward-looking than men and have a crucial role in shaping the nation’s future. He also invoked the…

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In the early 1960s, developers sold 5,850 lots for a private resort on Assateague Island; one five-day storm wiped out nearly every house and helped turn it into a national seashore

The island was protected as a National Seashore in 1965. (Picture: NPS) Assateague Island National Seashore in Maryland is known for its undeveloped beaches, wildlife and natural coastal habitats. But plans were once in place to turn large parts of Assateague into a resort community with homes, roads, commercial areas and other infrastructure.The island’s story…

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‘Deal with China confidently’: Jaishankar on India strategy; lays out 3Cs, 4Ds global outlook | India News

On China, Jaishankar said India should continue doing business with Beijing while developing the domestic strength needed to compete with it NEW DELHI: External affairs minister S Jaishankar on Saturday offered a candid assessment of a rapidly changing global landscape, warning that growing geopolitical and economic tensions are creating new challenges for countries and businesses….

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Meet Luca McGill, the Arizona eighth-grader who flew a drone 120 metres into the sky expecting cities to have the most ground-level CO2; rural areas did instead

Luca McGillPhoto: Society for Science When 13-year-old Luca McGill set out to measure carbon dioxide in Arizona, he assumed the busiest city streets would naturally produce the highest levels. However, his custom drone experiments revealed a completely different reality. As documented by the Society for Science, which highlights young researchers through its Thermo Fisher Scientific…

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Kamal Amrohi charged Rs 10,000 per scene as a writer for ‘Mughal-E-Azam’, went on to earn Rs 2 lakh for the film, reveals his son, opens up on fall-out with K Asif |

Mughal-E-Azam remains one of the most celebrated films in Indian cinema, renowned for its spectacular scale, lavish sets and memorable dialogues. Directed by K Asif, the period epic was also among the costliest Indian productions of its era, reportedly made on a budget of around Rs 1.5 crore. Adjusted for inflation, that would amount to…

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Why Assam wants to shrink Kaziranga National Park’s eco-sensitive zone – explained | India News

A one-horned rhinoceros grazes in the Burapahar Range of Kaziranga National Park (PTI Photo) At dawn, Kaziranga wakes to mist rising over its tall grasslands. Elephants move through the wilderness as jeep tracks wind past marshes, while one-horned rhinos emerge from the grass.By afternoon, the landscape transforms into a trail of wildlife sightings, wild water…

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One is not born, but becomes: India’s drag story, from myth to modern stage | India News

India has a rich but complex history of men performing femininity—one that modern drag queens are reclaiming with agency, drawing from both Indian tradition and global queer culture The most heavily quoted feminist scholar, Simone de Beauvoir, launched entire fields of feminist theory by writing – one is not born, but rather becomes, a woman.To…

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A Swedish hospital stores winter snow under wood chips and pumps its meltwater through the building in summer; in its first year it supplied 93% of cooling demand

According to Science Direct, the hospital’s annual cooling demand is about 1,000 MWh. A hospital in central Sweden found an unusual way to meet its summer cooling needs by storing snow from winter and using it months later. The Sundsvall Regional Hospital uses a large snow storage system designed to preserve winter cold until the…

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‘Mind your tongue’: Congress vs Congress erupts over ‘role model’ praise for Sajjan Kumar | India News

His remarks came amid a growing controversy over comments made by some Congress leaders including Deependra Hooda following Kumar’s death on Thursday. NEW DELHI: Congress MP and former Punjab chief minister Charanjit Singh Channi hit out at his party colleagues over their remarks describing former Congress leader Sajjan Kumar as a “role model”. Channi said…

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