Greek endurance athlete Asimina Inglezou completed Nepal’s Great Himalaya Trail on foot in 52 days, 6 hours and 23 minutes in 2024, earning the Guinness World Records title for the fastest female completion of the route. She undertook the challenge as part of the 2024 Great Himal Race, a demanding west-to-east crossing of Nepal that…
Photo only for representative purposes (Photo: Canva) After surrounding the Taklamakan desert with a green belt, China now finds groundwater in the desertDeserts aren’t usually associated with greenery, but China’s largest desert, the Taklamakan, overturned the ordinary.In fact, the desert, which locals nicknamed the “sea of death,” was treated as a hostile, resource-starved stretch of…
Vamana Jayanti will be celebrated on Wednesday, September 23, 2026. This festival honors Lord Vishnu’s Vamana avatar and his story with King Bali. The Dwadashi Tithi of Shukla Paksha of Bhadrapada marks this auspicious occasion. Devotees observe the festival with puja, fasting, and acts of charity. The celebration emphasizes humility, devotion, and the importance of…
Prince Harry makes his first comment about his daughter Lilibet since the family moved to the UK. So far the prince has attended two events, and Meghan Markle has not accompanied him on any of his outings. (Instagram) Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s move to the UK has become the royal talk of the town…
India’s Sanju Samson, left, bats against Japan (AP/PTI) India survived a massive scare against Japan to clinch a thrilling two-run victory in the historic one-off T20 International in Sano on Tuesday, with the run-truncated contest producing one of the closest finishes in the team’s T20I history.After being reduced to just 32 for four in their…
AI generated image for representational purpose Sedentary lifestyles are often blamed for rising obesity. It is perhaps the most obvious explanation, repeated ad nauseam in this digital age, where often the entire world stays within our six-inch screen. But data from the government’s latest pan-India health survey (NFHS-6) suggest something quieter, and potentially more complicated…
The high court described the prosecution as “misconceived and misdirected”. (Image for representative purpose only) A man working in his wife’s shop faced a thirteen year criminal case for the sale of a cold drink above the maximum retail price. The Bombay High Court has now brought an end to a criminal case that had…
India beat Sri Lanka in the gold-medal match. (Pic credit: BCCI Women) NEW DELHI: Harmanpreet Kaur-led India opened their gold medal account at the Asian Games 2026 on Tuesday, defeating Sri Lanka in the women’s cricket final at Korogi Sports Park in Nisshin to end the country’s wait for a top-podium finish in Aichi-Nagoya.The defending…
The artist became known locally as the ‘Warlock of Wesley Chapel’ because of the distinctive property he created. (Photos: The Warlock House) Lewis VanDercar spent decades transforming his property in Wesley Chapel, Florida, into an unusual space filled with sculptures, artwork, gardens, unconventional buildings and other creations. It is now being reopened for the first…
Indian food has a way of making familiar flavours feel unmistakably its own. But travel far enough and you start finding dishes that trigger a strange sense of déjà vu: a stew that tastes like rajma, a stuffed bread that could pass for a distant cousin of paratha, or a rice dish whose spices seem…
