NEW DELHI: India is learning to live with a hotter future. From Delhi to Mumbai, temperatures are regularly crossing 45 degrees Celsius, heatwaves are lasting longer and cities are becoming giant heat traps due to rapid urbanisation and the growing urban heat island effect.But if there is one thing Indians are famous for, it is…
London tube network hit by fresh strike as commuters face delays / Image: File The morning rush hour arrived with fewer trains, longer queues and growing frustration across London as Tube drivers began a fresh 24-hour strike, disrupting journeys for thousands of commuters across the capital.The walkout, which started shortly after midnight on Tuesday, June…
As theatres prepare for a fresh wave of releases following the conclusion of IPL 2026, one of the biggest Hindi films arriving this week is David Dhawan‘s comedy entertainer ‘Hai Jawani Toh Ishq Hona Hai’. Starring Varun Dhawan, Mrunal Thakur and Pooja Hegde, the film has already generated significant curiosity among moviegoers. Before its release,…
NEW DELHI: In another big step towards inking the Rafale deal, India has issued the Letter of Request (LoR) to France to finalise the mega defence agreement worth around Rs 3.25 lakh crore for 114 Rafale fighter jets for the IAF.“The Letter of Request was issued last week by the acquisition wing of the defence…
Inside a limestone cave on the Gower Peninsula in south Wales, eleven parallel horizontal lines of red pigment have been sitting on a cave wall for roughly 17,100 years. They were first noticed by scientists in 1912, declared a remarkable example of Palaeolithic cave art, then reclassified as a natural mineral seep sixteen years later,…
Val Kilmer, the generational star who starred in varied Hollywood films, has been deemed ‘the worst human being’ by Adam Marcus, who worked with him in the film ‘Conspiracy.’ A year after the actor passed away from pneumonia at age 65, the director-screenwriter penned a disappointing post about him on Threads, recalling their time on…
Image: Korazim excavation team/Israel Nature and Parks Authority The recent archaeological finding, which was made in northern Israel, comes from an amazing discovery of a gemstone by a 12-year-old who found it while he participated in an excavation project at Korazim National Park. The archaeological gemstone was determined to be a very rare Nicolo gemstone…
Most major archaeological discoveries begin with years of fieldwork, expensive expeditions and painstaking excavation. The discovery of Valeriana, a vast ancient Maya city hidden beneath the forests of southern Mexico, began very differently. Luke Auld-Thomas, a PhD student at Tulane University, was searching online when he came across an obscure LiDAR dataset buried deep in…
Dean Martin was one of the biggest icons of the Hollywood industry. He had excelled in both acting and singing, and was known as one of the trend setters of his era. Even after almost 30 years of his passing, Martin is well remembered for his on screen characters, along with his laid-back and confident…
A Sri Lankan family living legally in the UK was told its children must leave. A Sri Lankan family living legally in the UK has been told that its two young children must leave the country despite their mother being granted permission to remain until 2031, according to a report by The Guardian.The case involves…