A fallen coconut leaf on a Bengaluru campus led professor Dr Saji Varghese to develop biodegradable drinking straws, turning farm waste into a practical alternative to single-use plastic. A walk across a university campus in Bengaluru gave English professor Dr Saji Varghese an unexpected idea in 2017. He noticed a dry coconut leaf that had…
The natural landscape Edmondson created also became the setting for Log House Holidays. (Photos: LHH) Anthony Edmondson spent his life’s earnings buying a 130-acre abandoned gravel pit in the Cotswolds, south central England, in the 1980s. He planted 50,000 trees, sowed wildflowers and added reeds to the water which over the years, has transformed the…
Shalini Pandey has spoken out against a purportedly morphed video of her that has been circulating across social media platforms. The clip, which falsely appears to show the actor topless, has been categorically dismissed by Pandey as fake and AI-generated.Addressing the issue on Instagram on Monday, Pandey urged users to refrain from sharing or engaging…
NEW DELHI: Mariano Navone walked into Arthur Ashe Stadium as the lesser-known name, a 25-year-old Argentine facing one of the biggest names tennis has ever produced. He walked out with the biggest victory of his career; and, perhaps most remarkably, having beaten the player he once watched and idolised.Navone stunned Novak Djokovic in the first…
Can you guess India’s Milk Capital? Here’s why this Gujarat city earned the title Some Indian cities are famous for monuments, some for food, and others for industries that shaped the country. Then there is Anand, a city in Gujarat whose identity is closely linked to something found in almost every Indian kitchen: milk.Anand is…
Javed Akhtar recently opened up about his wife Shabana Azmi’s long-standing commitment to speaking out against injustice, saying he feels “proud” of her for joining the Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) protests in New Delhi last month.While several Bollywood personalities voiced their support for the protesting students online, Azmi chose to be present at Jantar Mantar,…
A bitter rent dispute split Everton and created Liverpool, shaping Merseyside’s fiercest football rivalry. Merseyside’s oldest rivalry likes to present itself as a story about football, about who has bragging rights to a city split down the middle. But strip away 130 years of scarves and songs and what’s left is a much smaller and…
File Pic: England’s Joe Root leaves the pitch after losing his wicket. (AP Photo) Joe Root has played down concerns over his indifferent batting form this English summer, insisting his experience and record give him confidence that he will find a way through the difficult patch as he continues his pursuit of Sachin Tendulkar’s record…
The ongoing tension between Govinda and Sunita Ahuja has continued to attract attention after the couple exchanged public statements about their relationship. The situation has also drawn questions towards their extended family, including Krushna Abhishek and Kashmera Shah. While Kashmera has openly expressed her support for Sunita, Krushna has maintained that family matters should remain…
Gopi’s first marathon was meant to be a 30km pacing job. There are moments in an athlete’s career that are carefully planned, trained for and anticipated for years. And then there are moments that simply happen. For Thonakal Gopi, one of Indian athletics’ most enduring marathon runners, the road to the Olympics began with a…