Video: What’s inside Mumbai’s Baahubali thali? A Mumbai food video is drawing attention online after a vlogger shared his experience of a thali meal that comes with an unusually long list of dishes. The Instagram clip has prompted plenty of reactions, with viewers discussing everything from the food on the plate to the idea of…
Representative Image via Canva Tyrannosaurus rex has been known as the most dangerous dinosaur for decades, and our picture of the giant beast has been built almost entirely from bones, skulls, ribs, teeth, and skeletons carefully pieced together in museums.Bones tell us what the animal looked like, how big it was, and even what it…
Because sprouting involves warm, moist conditions over an extended period, it’s worth being a little more careful with home-sprouted beans than you might be with other fresh produce. Always use clean utensils and containers, rinse the beans thoroughly at each stage, and if the sprouts ever develop a sour or off smell, look slimy, or…
Mangaluru Police Commissioner Sudheer Kumar Reddy (Image: ANI) The numbers tell a story that goes beyond a police crackdown. After testing 8,310 students across 150 colleges in Mangaluru, police found 98 who tested positive for drug use. Months later, 50 of those students were tested again. Thirty-eight now tested negative, with the students telling authorities…
Ramesh Gera grows saffron indoors in a controlled setup in Noida. Saffron is not a crop most people would associate with a residential room in Noida. The city’s scorching summers, rising temperatures and urban pollution are a far cry from the cool conditions of Kashmir, where saffron has traditionally been cultivated in India.Yet, retired engineer…
Photo: @LadyCecilyNevil/ X We have always wondered how Royal families pass down responsibility and tradition to their successors, and while most of us might anticipate a set of formal lessons. Often, it’s something much simpler, over a shared cup of tea, a regular chat, a small ritual repeated over the years that slowly influences how…
Just a touch of black pepper can make an enormous difference to the nutritional value of food: The science behind the claims Black pepper contains a compound with a surprising effect: it significantly increases the amount of some nutrients that the body actually absorbs. The compound in question, called piperine, is found in the pepper’s…
NASA scientists produce edible vanilla-flavoured ‘microbites’ from plastic bottles (Photo: SIU Carbondale Communications) Plastic waste keeps piling up in oceans, landfills, and cities, while millions of people around the world still don’t have enough to eat. It’s easy to think of these as two separate crises needing two separate solutions. But what if the same…
Smriti Mandhana says “sympathy feels worse” (Image: https://www.facebook.com/mandhanasmriti18/photos Smriti Mandhana’s recent conversation with Raj Shamani is interesting not because she reveals every painful detail, but because of what she says about how she chooses to deal with pain. In an interview centred on pressure, mistakes, emotions and failure, the Indian cricketer repeatedly returns to one…
Content creator Pooja Guleria’s simple tree-climbing video has the internet talking Himachali content creator Pooja Guleria has caught attention on social media after a video showing her effortlessly climbing a tree was shared on X. Guleria, who has more than three lakh followers on social media, is known for creating content inspired by her Himachali…
