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Why was this 17th-century Polish woman buried with a padlock on her toe and an iron sickle across her neck? 300 years later, archaeologists found the answer- Quote of the day by Pablo Picasso: 'Youth has no age' - motivational quote by Spanish artist and painter of The Weeping Woman and Guernica teaches inspiring life lessons on aging, growing older and how to stay young at heart and mind
- A tiny ceramic jug buried nearly 600 years ago in Russia held more than 2,600 silver coins. Archaeologists have a chilling theory about why its wealthy owner never returned
- Quote of the day by Marilyn Monroe: ‘I’m personally opposed to a deep tan because I like to feel blonde all over’: What the Hollywood icon believed about beauty and ageingMarilyn Monroe was known not only for her beauty and glamour but also for having her own views on beauty trends. In a 1952 interview with P...03 Sep, 2026, 02.48 PM IST
- Quote of the day by René Descartes: 'Except our own thoughts, there is nothing absolutely in our...' - The Father of Modern Philosophy’s timeless lesson about what we can truly control, why our minds may hold more power than circumstances, and how changing our thoughts can transform the way we respond to life’s challengesQuote of the day by René Descartes: As a pivotal figure in 17th-century philosophy, René Descartes reshaped modern Western intellectual dis...03 Sep, 2026, 12.41 PM IST
- S Jaishankar to visit Ukraine, Poland ahead of BRICSStarting Thursday, external affairs minister S Jaishankar embarks on a three-day journey to Ukraine and Poland amid rising fears of the Rus...02 Sep, 2026, 11.44 PM IST
- Why is this tiny jade dog worth up to £10,000? Bought for just £1 at a car boot sale, 600-year-old treasure set for auctionAn unassuming jade dog carving, acquired for a mere pound at a car boot sale, may now be valued at an astonishing ten thousand pounds. Meas...02 Sep, 2026, 03.07 PM IST
- Gill, Bumrah slide in ICC Test rankings; Padikkal climbs five placesShubman Gill and Jasprit Bumrah have slipped in the latest ICC Test rankings. Rishabh Pant remains India's highest-ranked batter, holding s...02 Sep, 2026, 02.13 PM IST
- Jaishankar set for Ukraine, Poland visits as India looks to deepen ties amid shifting Europe dynamicsExternal Affairs Minister S Jaishankar will visit Ukraine and Poland from September 3 to 5 to strengthen India’s bilateral ties with both E...02 Sep, 2026, 11.30 AM IST
- Nirmala Sitharaman pushes trade, investment ties in G20 meetings with key partnersUnion Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman met global leaders during the G20 meeting. She discussed trade and investment cooperation with Wo...02 Sep, 2026, 11.05 AM IST
- In 1987, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service captured 27 wild California condors to save them from extinction. 32 years later, the recovery program hatched its 1,000th chick, marking one of North America’s greatest wildlife recoveriesCalifornia condors faced extinction with only twenty-seven birds remaining. Conservationists captured all remaining birds for a successful ...01 Sep, 2026, 06.37 PM IST
- Heat scorches Spain and the European nation finds an old, traditional hack to find some comfortSpain’s brutal summer heat has revived the traditionalabanico, with Spaniards and tourists using folding hand fans across plazas, public tr...01 Sep, 2026, 12.01 PM IST
- At 11, he was solving scientific mysteries. Built one of history's earliest calculators. But a gambling problem led him to crack the mathematics of chanceBlaise Pascal was a child mathematical prodigy who wrote about vibrating bodies at 11, developed a major geometry theorem by 16 and built t...31 Aug, 2026, 11.51 PM IST
- Vaibhav Sooryavanshi rewrites Duleep Trophy record books with youngest-ever half-centuryVaibhav Sooryavanshi became the youngest Duleep Trophy player to score a half-century. He achieved this remarkable feat at just fifteen yea...31 Aug, 2026, 01.47 PM IST
- A 2024 Harvard-led study collected 281 German cockroaches from 17 countries across 6 continents and analyzed their DNA; researchers found the pest evolved from an Asian cockroach about 2,100 years ago before hitching rides with humans around the worldAccording to new genetic findings, the German cockroach's roots trace back to Asia nearly 2,000 years ago. It seems that the cockroach adap...28 Aug, 2026, 02.27 PM IST
- From Jamshedpur to a 17th-century French château: Why this Indian woman with a top B-school degree quit her jobHarshal Jain, who moved from Jamshedpur to France for higher studies, leaves a stable advertising job after finding herself dissatisfied wi...27 Aug, 2026, 09.17 PM IST
- Four bottles were found by archaeologists buried beneath former slave quarters in Virginia. The direction they pointed offered an intriguing clueDuring renovations at Arlington House, construction workers stumbled upon four glass bottles hidden beneath the floor. After investigation ...27 Aug, 2026, 07.43 PM IST
- Jasprit Bumrah loses No.1 Test bowling rank; here's who dethroned the Indian after two yearsJasprit Bumrah's long reign ended after his absence from recent matches with Mitchell Starc claiming the world's top Test bowler ranking fo...26 Aug, 2026, 02.10 PM IST
- In Poland, engineers used a 3,500-ton concrete cradle to launch a giant boring machine beneath Łódź; the 2.9-mile tunnel will carry high-speed trains under the city without tearing up its streetsA specialized concrete cradle was recently completed for a tunnel boring machine. This machine will construct a new high-speed rail tunnel ...25 Aug, 2026, 10.14 PM IST
- Kumar Sangakkara’s Galle Fort Home: How the cricket legend transformed a 120-year-old villa without losing its heritage charmCricket icon Kumar Sangakkara and his spouse have revitalized a crumbling villa in Galle Fort, marrying historical charm with modern aesthe...25 Aug, 2026, 10.51 AM IST
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