At Georgetown in Doha, he will study with students from more than 70 nationalities. (Image Courtesy: Instagram/@adarshbihari.in) At 14, Adarsh Kumar left his home in Bihar’s Motihari with ₹1,000 and an old laptop. He was hoping to study in Kota, but could not afford coaching. Six years later, he is set to study at Georgetown…
For some people, love does not end with goodbye. It simply changes the way it is expressed. An elderly auto driver in Bengaluru has been quietly carrying on a daily ritual for his late wife, even eight years after her death. Every day, he cleans his auto, places flowers inside the vehicle, and keeps his…
Global warming is supposed to have one obvious effect on frozen ground: it melts.And this is what is happening across most of the world’s cold regions, from the Arctic to the Alps. But high up on the Tibetan Plateau, something strange is going on. Scientists have found that across roughly a third of the region’s…
A fake SBI SMS can look almost identical to a genuine bank alert. At first glance, there was almost nothing to distinguish the two SMS messages. Both appeared to come from SBI. Both carried the same sender-style header. Both referred to a failed debit-card transaction and looked like the kind of alert a bank customer…
Pic courtesy: Instagram/ India Witkin A US woman lost her ATM card while travelling through Kerala, India, and a stranger took a 14-hour trip to return it. When she offered him money, he politely refused. His name? Krishna. If this act of kindness doesn’t restore your faith in humanity, what will?India Witkin, a New York-based…
For anyone with a garden, coconut shell charcoal offers a genuinely useful, low-cost way to improve soil health. Once broken down and worked into soil, it helps improve water retention and aeration, creating better growing conditions for plants without needing any synthetic soil additives. Whole or halved shells also get repurposed directly as small planters…
A Norfolk field was left untouched for over a decade in the early 2000s after farming there stopped. Nobody sowed a single seed. Nobody planted a single wildflower. The only human intervention was a traditional annual hay cut, which was followed by farmers for centuries.What happened next was no less than magical. Within ten to…
Few flowers are as closely tied to India’s festive season as the chrysanthemum, and for good reason, it’s practically the signature bloom of Diwali decorations across the country. Sown now, it typically comes into flower from around August through November, with colours ranging from warm yellows and oranges to deep maroons, whites, and lavenders. It…
For a young person seeking his or her first proper job, the traditional career ladder is simple: study, find an entry-level position, learn the ropes and grow within the company. However, as artificial intelligence begins to perform more tasks normally done by humans, this well-trodden path is at risk of disappearing for some professions. According…
A burnt dish can leave more than a ruined meal behind. The sharp smell of scorched food can linger in the kitchen for hours and sometimes spread into nearby rooms. Smoke and odour can settle on curtains, towels, and other fabrics, making the smell harder to remove. Simply opening a window may help, but it…