Kareena Thapa was honoured with the PM Rashtriya Bal Puraskar for her bravery during a fire in Amravati. Courage does not always announce itself. Sometimes, it appears in the middle of chaos- in the form of a teenager who sees danger, hears the panic around her and decides to step in. For Kareena Thapa, that…
Shandilya is originally from Kulti Jiyar village in the Nalanda district of Bihar. (Photo credit: ETV Bharat) Meet Subrat Shandilya: Young Aerospace engineer from Bihar who is building a low-cost indigenous jet engine, will get seed funding from the governmentAs a child, Subrat Shandilya was given a toy aeroplane to play with. He did not…
Ashwagandha has been part of Ayurvedic and indigenous medical systems for roughly 3,000 years, traditionally used to ease stress, support immunity, and aid sleep, its Latin species name, somnifera, literally means sleep-inducing. It’s a hardy, upright plant that tolerates fairly dry conditions once established, making it genuinely forgiving for a balcony setup. Traditionally, it’s the…
For a 14-year-old imagining his future, the question seemed simple: What should I study at university if I want to become a car engineer of the future? As shared by ONS – Energy Meeting Place (Offshore Northern Seas), his mother put that question to Elon Musk, asking whether her son should study physics, as Musk…
The biker was caught in the water and struggled to maintain his balance. A biker was fighting to keep his balance as a sudden surge of floodwater swept across a road in Himachal Pradesh’s Chamba. He was stuck in the middle of the rushing water, with the current making it difficult for him to move…
Drew Barrymore (Photo: @mrbrianrowe/ X) Buying an old house is one thing. Actually living inside its bones while you rebuild it is another. Drew Barrymore actually did both, and just two years later, she decided to sell it.Back in 2024, Drew Barrymore bought a six-bedroom, nine-bathroom estate in Harrison, New York, and the house dates…
Samay Raina clearly wasn’t going to let Gaurav Munjal’s big Unacademy deal pass without a joke.After the edtech company was acquired by upGrad for a little over $200 million (around ₹1,680 crore), the comedian took a playful swipe at his friend over just how far the company’s valuation has fallen.And Munjal played along.Raina shared a…
Who doesn’t dream of a clean, airy and full of oxygen space. The idea of keeping a little piece of nature indoors has long been associated with cleaner and healthier homes. But the claim that certain houseplants can actually help remove pollutants from indoor air became famous after NASA’s 1989 Clean Air Study. The study…
Meet Gulabo Sapera: She was buried alive as a baby for being a girl child, later became the Padma Shri-winning queen of Kalbelia dance after learning from the flexibility of snakes, and now runs dance schools for girls across India and Denmark (Photo: @Vinay1011/ X) Gulabo Sapera’s story is one that compels us to sit…
Indian singing in German bus (Instagram) A video of a group of Gujarati tourists singing loudly inside a public bus in Germany has once again triggered the same old debate. “Civic sense”. How disturbing others with shouting loudly can be celebrating your culture abroad? The clip shows the group singing together while other other passengers…
