An area covered in mud and silt washed away by the devastating flash floods in Nepal. (PTI Photo) Months before the devastating floods struck Nepal and Tibet, two landmark reports by the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) had warned that rapidly melting glaciers across the Hindu Kush Himalaya(HKH) were escalating the risks of…
Kannada Star Yash’s much awaited film ‘Toxic: A Fairy Tale for Grown-Ups’ was released on the big screens on August 26 and received mixed reactions from viewers. Amid the criticism, K Annamalai an IPS officer and a political figure in Tamil Nadu, has criticised the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) over the way violent…
India’s javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra has qualified for the Diamond League Finals in Brussels on September 5, even though he competed in only two Diamond League meetings this season.The final standings were updated after the last Diamond League meeting in Zurich on Thursday. Chopra finished sixth in the standings with 12 points after securing second…
Pan-India star Prabhas’ action thriller ‘Salaar Part 1: Ceasefire’, directed by Prashanth Neel, became a huge hit when it was released in 2023. Apart from its box office success, the film also became a sensation among fans. Even after a long time, its iconic Khansaar seal continues to remain special for fans and has now…
Meet Cathal Sweeney, the 16-year-old Irish student (Image Credit: Student Enterprise Programme) For Cathal Sweeney, a frustrating problem on the hurling pitch became the starting point for an innovative student business. A self-described hurling enthusiast, Sweeney found that training on dark winter evenings could be difficult when there was not enough light to see the…
Romance, heartbreak, and the hope of finding love again form the heart of ‘Once More,’ the latest romantic drama to reach audiences. The film tells the story of Raghu, a man struggling to move on from the pain of his past. Unexpectedly, his life takes an interesting turn as he starts a relationship that makes…
For Kite, breakfasts were about so much more than food. She said that the people who visit her house are an extension of her family and that she didn’t want to stop providing for them. In a small Missouri town, where mornings can sometimes feel more quiet than the rest of the world, one grandmother…
Nayanthara and Kavin’s new film ‘Hi’ has arrived in theatres, offering audiences a mix of romance, comedy and family emotions. Directed by Vishnu Edavan, the film brings the two actors together in a fresh on-screen pairing. Radhika Sarathkumar, Prabhu, VTV Ganesh, Sathyan and Amrutha Srinivasan play important roles. The film also carries a special emotional…
High above the ice in Antarctica, a group of enormous balloons was quietly tracking a phenomenon that could not be seen from the ground. In January 2013, Nasa’s BARREL mission sent 20 balloons drifting through the polar winds, carrying instruments designed to detect faint X-rays produced when energetic particles entered Earth’s upper atmosphere. The experiment…
On a hot roof in Cambridge, Massachusetts, a small experimental device sat in the sun without a fan, compressor or electrical connection. Its job was simply to get colder than the air around it. Water moved through one part of the device, heat escaped through another, and layers of insulating material helped keep the cooling…