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“I could not afford expensive coaching”: How Mumbai slum boy Abhishek Sharma made the best use of borrowed internet to crack IIT

Every time his phone’s data ran out, the terrace became Abhishek’s classroom. (Photo: India Today) For most students preparing for JEE Advanced, a stable internet connection is hardly something they think about. For Abhishek Sujit Sharma, it could determine whether he would be able to attend a class or access his study material that day.When…

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Tenith Adithyaa: Meet Tenith Adithyaa: The 15-year-old who built the ‘Banana Leaf Technology’ that converts discarded leaves into bowls and plates at just Rs. 0.94. per leaf as an alternative to plastic

Photo: tenithadithyaa.com While most teenagers are busy with video games or engrossed in books preparing for board examinations, a young innovator from Tamil Nadu seems to have solved a problem the whole planet is struggling with: plastic waste.Tenith Adithyaa spent his childhood not on a PlayStation but in a home lab, brimming with ideas, and…

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Meet Steve Irwin: The ‘Crikey’ Crocodile Hunter who wrestled crocs, caught snakes, and rescued lizards at six; today, remembered as the fearless legend who turned wildlife into a worldwide obsession |

Steve Irwin (Photo: Australian Zoo) Steve Irwin, the khaki-clad Australian known to millions as “The Crocodile Hunter,” died at just 44 after being fatally injured by a stingray while filming a documentary off Queensland’s coast. Twenty years ago, on September 4, 2006, the world lost one of its most recognisable wildlife champions.Two decades later, his…

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North West: Kim Kardashian and Kanye West face backlash as daughter North West looks unrecognizable with her ‘new nose’

North West has never been afraid to experiment with her look. At 13, she’s already developed a style that’s very much her own, and her latest beauty moment is proving once again that she isn’t interested in playing it safe.The teenager recently appeared in a TikTok video sporting a dramatic alternative-inspired look, complete with a…

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‘I climbed out of the emergency exit’: Woman recalls how she survived the Pan Am Flight 73 hijacking that killed 20 and injured more than 100

Four decades later, the survivor says the memories of the hijacking remain vivid. Forty years ago, she was a 15-year-old girl travelling alone, returning to the US after a vacation in India. She had no idea that the flight home would become one of the most terrifying experiences of her life- or that the memory…

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