No sugar-coating today, you’ll have to work for every inch. The Moon pushes effort, not ease, and Mars asks for courage with discipline. If you thought things would get better it’s not the style today. Put on your sleeves.Still, don’t mistake hard work for bad luck. This is one of those days when extra effort…
Kevin Sun, the 17-year-old Massachusetts student (Image Credit: Society For Science) At just 17, Kevin Sun of Andover, Massachusetts, has developed a technology that could address one of the biggest challenges in plastic recycling: sorting different types of plastic accurately. Sun created a dissolvable radio-frequency tag that works like a wireless barcode, allowing plastic materials…
While the United States possess one of the most exciting attacks in Group D, defensive frailties remain a major concern heading into the tournament. Pulisic, McKennie and Balogun provide pace, creativity and goals, and the Americans will hope to settle nerves by striking early against Paraguay. However, the backline has struggled for consistency, with goalkeeper…
Manus aurita’s museum specimen. Photocredit: Narayan Koju. In 1836, a young British diplomat and naturalist named Brian Houghton Hodgson was stuck in Nepal’s Kathmandu Valley, far from Europe’s great museums but close to the forests and hills where strange animals still lived largely unseen. One day, he came across a creature that looked almost like…
Under the watchful eye of scientists, volunteers clean the skeleton of a mastodonsaurus A huge fossilised skeleton weighing 1,300 kilograms (2,865 pounds) that was found in southern Poland is currently being chipped out of solid rock by a group of more than 2,000 public volunteers.According to a report by the Associated Press, this unusual public…
Allahabad High Court on Ram Temple theft (ANI image on right) NEW DELHI: Allahabad High Court judge, on Tuesday, made strong observations on the alleged embezzlement of donations at the Ram temple in Ayodhya, saying the incident reflected the”nadir of Indians’ integrity”and that those unfazed by it could not be shamed.The observations were made while…
The vehicles, which will sell under the AMPSTAR brand, add to JSW’s auto portfolio that includes a joint venture with MG Motors, its own plans for JSW Motors and talks for buying into Skoda-VW in India. MUMBAI: Sajjan Jindal’s JSW Greentech is entering the crowded commercial vehicles business with electric trucks, hoping to not just…
Julia Roberts believes every relationship, even those that end, can lead to lasting happiness and a stronger future.Image credit (Instagram) Julia Roberts, the Oscar-winning star, just marked twenty-four years of marriage to cinematographer Danny Moder. She did it the only way she ever does anything personal: quietly, on her own terms, and with just enough…
Digital asset firms court sovereign funds NEW DELHI: Digital asset firms will court sovereign investors at a Delhi roundtable this week as India pursues “faster, cheaper international payments” while insisting replacing the dollar is not on its agenda. Brics Digital Asset Round Table will gather 50 industry leaders.Organiser SWFI said iBrics summit investors manage $1…
BENGALURU: Canara Bank plans to raise $2.3-2.5 billion through foreign-currency deposits under RBI’s FCNR(B) deposit swap window, its MD and CEO Brajesh Kumar Singh told TOI.The bank has already mobilised around Rs 7,300 crore through the scheme in July. Canara Bank’s loan book grew nearly 18% in the June quarter, outpacing the 11.6% increase in…