He spent 50 years protecting Yosemite, then dug his own grave and planted Sequoias around itGalen Clark arrived in Yosemite seeking health benefits and became its first guardian while promoting conservation efforts. He measured the...
25 Sep, 2026, 03.58 PM IST
In 1894, gold turned Rainy Lake City, Minnesota, into a boomtown of several hundred; just 7 years later, it was abandoned after yielding only $4,500A small gold discovery in 1893 near the Canada-Minnesota border sparked a rapid boomtown. Rainy Lake City grew from nothing to hundreds of ...
19 Sep, 2026, 02.10 PM IST
Life advice of the day by the winner of World War II, Winston Churchill: ‘An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will...’ — Can unshakeable resolve save us from catastrophic surrender? Lessons on courage, compromise, fear, conflict, and knowing when to stand firm?Life Advice of the Day by Winston Churchill: “An Appeaser Is One Who Feeds a Crocodile, Hoping It Will Eat Him Last”, addresses the destruc...
17 Sep, 2026, 08.13 PM IST
Food Fables – How Turkey shows that Indian tea’s future might be blackIndia’s tea industry is facing slow domestic growth, but the article argues that the answer may lie in changing how Indians drink tea. Whil...
12 Sep, 2026, 11.26 PM IST
Luxury hotel in Montenegro was once a WWII concentration camp with gasoline barrels as toilets. Now turned into a 32-room resort with swimming pools, spa, and gymAn expensive hotel in Montenegro that is meant to attract high-value guests and patrons and has established itself as a stronghold of luxur...
12 Sep, 2026, 04.56 PM IST
Pakistan’s Razaullah, a vegetable seller who bowls like Waqar Younis and bats like Abdul Razzaq, had no passport, was picked on bike from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa when selected for England tourPakistan fast-bowling sensation Razaullah’s journey to the England tour was anything but ordinary. The 21-year-old reportedly did not have ...
12 Sep, 2026, 09.02 AM IST
Quote of the Day by Franz Kafka: ‘When one is alone, imperfection must be endured every minute of the day…’ - a life lesson on the conflict between love and pain, longing and reality, and what his famous words suggest about the contradictions of relationships todayQuote of the Day by Franz Kafka on love: Franz Kafka's letters to Milena Jesenska reveal the paradoxes of love, illustrating it as a journe...
11 Sep, 2026, 12.09 PM IST
Friday Motivation Quote by Anne Frank: 'It's easier to whisper your feelings than to...' - German diarist's timeless wisdom on why expressing your true feelings takes courage and emotional honestyFriday Motivation Quote by Anne Frank: In the poignant pages of Anne Frank's diary, she shares her innermost thoughts and aspirations while...
11 Sep, 2026, 08.25 AM IST
BJP outreach to youth on Modi’s birthday, his 25 years of public serviceThe BJP plans a month-long outreach program focusing on youth engagement. This initiative will highlight Prime Minister Narendra Modi's pub...
10 Sep, 2026, 10.13 AM IST
Quote of the day by Fyodor Dostoevsky: 'The price of loving someone very much is never loving again' ; life lessons on how love while giving us joy, can also be painful from Russian literary icon's powerful quotePeople yearn to love and be loved. The idea of being in love is something that many of us like. But love has the power to permanently alter...
07 Sep, 2026, 03.38 AM IST
In 1906, gold created Skidoo in Death Valley and drew 700 residents; after producing about $1.5 million, the mining town was finally abandoned in 1942In 1906, an accidental gold find near Death Valley led to the establishment of Skidoo. Miners Harry Ramsey and One-Eye Thompson stumbled up...
03 Sep, 2026, 02.30 PM IST
In 1897, three Swedish explorers disappeared while trying to reach the North Pole by balloon. 33 years later, their bodies were foundThe 1897 North Pole balloon expedition led by Swedish explorer Salomon August Andrée ended in disaster when his balloon became uncontrollab...
01 Sep, 2026, 06.59 PM IST
America's ghost towns hide old mines, abandoned buildings and eerie stories; these 10 forgotten places offer a haunting road trip through the nation's past, from coast to coastAmerica's ghost towns serve as intriguing windows into bygone eras. Many of these towns disappeared when economic prosperity waned or when ...
27 Aug, 2026, 07.50 PM IST
Quote of the day by Anne Frank: ‘We all live with the objective of being happy; our lives are all different…’ – Holocaust victim on the life we all shareAnne Frank's diary revealed her profound thoughts on universal happiness. She observed that people share the objective of happiness, despit...
27 Aug, 2026, 01.59 PM IST
In 1997, Simon Fraser University used 10,000-year-old pollen to reconstruct British Columbia's warmer past. 29 years later, his evidence still warns forests could lose alpine meadows as trees climb 100 metres higherAncient pollen data reveals past climate shifts and their forest impacts. Warmer periods brought more Douglas fir and alder after fires. Fu...
25 Aug, 2026, 09.23 PM IST
Quote of the Day by Seneca: "It is not the man who has too little, but the man who craves more..."Seneca’s quote of the day, “It is not the man who has too little, but the man who craves more, that is poor,” offers a timeless lesson on c...
24 Aug, 2026, 10.13 PM IST
Facebook, TikTok promoted Colombian armed groups' content to recruit children: NGOHuman Rights Watch (HRW) said the circulation of social media content by armed groups "glorifies life in armed group ranks" and promotes "d...
24 Aug, 2026, 05.08 PM IST