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“Hadd hai bhaiya, aap khud socho aap kya maang rahe ho!” I still remember my pleading words to a taxi driver on a hot and humid August day in Goa. The Goa trip I had been dreaming of for the longest time, I had never imagined would begin with a fight-for-my-hard-earned-money-note! I was excited about…
Greenland, a paradise where mountains of ice float in the sea and the sun shines at midnight Greenland feels distant even before you look at a map. It is spoken of as ice, as emptiness, as somewhere untouched, yet people have lived there for thousands of years. Hunters crossed frozen water, families settled along fjords,…
MUMBAI: After months of sluggishness, demand recovery is in sight for consumer goods companies, partly helped by GST cuts which drove down prices of a host of household essentials and left more money in the hands of shoppers. There have been some initial signs of revival on the ground already, firms said in their recent…
Astronomers have signalled the discovery of a planetary body roaming the Milky Way that is not gravitationally bound to the Sun or any other star. The entity is termed a free-floating planet, a class that embraces planetary mass bodies that are travelling in interstellar space independently. These bodies do not shine in a way that…
Archaeologists in the north of Egypt have uncovered large parts of a 4,500-year-old sun temple complex that was associated with King Nyuserre, a ruler of the Fifth Dynasty, who was most closely linked to the cult of the sun god Ra. The findings made by the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities of Egypt help to…
Houseplants are great visual enhancers, purify the air and generate a relaxing atmosphere inside, but they don’t all have the same requirements; in fact, they do not all thrive under bright direct sun. As a matter of fact, a great number of indoor plants grow naturally under forest canopies where they receive filtered or indirect…
Spider plants look great in bright, filtered light but show brown, crispy tips and faded colour if left in strong direct sunlight. While tolerant of many conditions, prolonged exposure to hot sun dehydrates the leaf margins and weakens the plant. Place spider plants in bright indirect light or a spot with morning sun only, and…
If you have ever wondered whether spending more time in the sun can genuinely affect how long you live, you are not alone. Many people move through their routines with very little natural light, often without considering how daylight shapes internal biological processes. You might think sunlight simply brightens your surroundings, yet research shows that…
Vitamin D is essential for the maintenance of good bone health, immune function, and a variety of other physiological functions. The natural, principal source of vitamin D in humans depends on its synthesis in skin, which is initiated when UVB radiation from sunlight interacts with 7-dehydrocholesterol in human skin. When skin is exposed to UVB…
Ayodhya Dharma Dhawaj (PTI photo) NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi reached Ayodhya on Tuesday to hoist the “Dharma Dhwaj” atop the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Temple, a moment residents describe as the fulfilment of a centuries-old aspiration.The specially designed flag, 22 feet long and 11 feet wide, has been crafted by a parachute specialist from…
