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IIT report flags serious structural defects in Goa's iconic Kala Academy buildingA striking new analysis from IIT Madras uncovers alarming structural and waterproofing challenges at Goa's renowned Kala Academy. Despite r...- Egypt’s Atlantis? Archaeologists discover 2000-year-old lost underwater city with gold, silver and a hidden templeA lost Egyptian city, Thonis-Heracleion, submerged over 2,000 years ago, is yielding spectacular treasures. Archaeologists found gold jewel...
- Why that thin line of dirt on your wall could mean something is living insideMud tubes on walls and fences may signal a termite infestation. These structures are built by subterranean termites to travel from soil to ...
- Why microfiber cloths work so well on old wooden furnitureRestore old wooden furniture with a science-backed method using a microfiber cloth and a mild detergent solution. This approach effectively...
- At 75, Kerala woman makes tea and serves snacks on a boat. Her floating shop is winning hearts online for its simplicityIn Kerala's Kumarakom, 75-year-old Shantamma, known as Chaya Chachi, operates a unique floating tea stall. For over a decade, she has been ...
- 'Beauty almost unreal': Anand Mahindra regrets not visiting a hidden Himachal Pradesh treasure for years. Pure magic, say netizensAnand Mahindra recently lauded the ancient Rishi Parashar Mandir in Mandi, Himachal Pradesh. This 14th-century temple, built in pagoda styl...
- Puducherry: Central excise to restore old lighthouse at Rs 3.32crOne of the oldest lighthouses on the coromandel coast, it was built by the French and became operational on July 1, 1836, beaming light vis...
- Kochi: Owner worried about implosion effect on 100-yr-old homeIt has withstood the challenges posed by rain and sun for over a century. But we have no idea how the Holyfaith H20 flat demolition process...
- Up for grabs! Mumbai’s iconic Laxmi Nivas can now be your homeIts interiors, spiral staircases, balconies & horse stable, now used as a parking lot, take you back to the pre-independence era.
- To protect sparrows, be their friendMaking a wooden bird house and installing it in your balcony may not be enough to make sparrows live in them. To have sparrows flock your h...
- Buddhist Sutra printing house in Tibet shuts down for repairTibet's 400-year old printing house specialising in printing Buddhist Sutras will be closed for a year to undergo a USD 4.7 million repair.
- 97 bodies found stuffed into 5,000-year-old house in ChinaThe bodies of juveniles, young and middle-age adults were packed together in the house, smaller than a modern-day squash court, before it b...
- Mumbai building fire: 2 fire officers injured, two missingTwo fire brigade officers were seriously injured while as many went missing and were feared trapped under the debris.
- Can Nepal save riches beneath its ruins?Walk through Durbar Square, Kathmandu's famous temple and palace complex, and it's easy to spot a divine broken head here, a sacred limb th...
- Nepal earthquake: Why Newari houses fell so easily to quakeKathmandu to Bhaktapur, Patan to Sankhu -the four cultural seats of the country -it's mostly the old era, mud-brick and mortar homes that f...
- Nepal’s living goddess, devotees were unscathed by earthquakeIf there is anything that earthquake hasn't changed in the devastated Basantpur Durbar Square, it's the daily worship of Kumari, Nepal's li...
- On Valentine's Day, here's how you can get 'love-locked'On Valentine’s Day eve, ET-Travel celebrates true love — the universal emotion that makes the world go round
- Beaming Scottie!A survey showed a third of philosophers believed personal ego would survive; a third thought it would perish and the rest believed in somet...
- 11 killed in building collapse in MumbaiAt least 11 people were killed and 30 others injured when a portion of a five-story building collapsed after heavy monsoon rains in downtow...
- Ship builder seeks $10 million funding for dream project in MaharashtraPromoter of 'Alanzo I' , the largest wooden ship in the world that is being recreated in a shipyard in Thane district of Maharasthra, is se...
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