Long before modern theatres began using motorised stages and rolling sets, ancient Greek theatre builders appear to have solved the same problem using wood, stone tracks and simple wheels. New research from a team at Kumamoto University in Japan has strengthened the case that theatres from the Hellenistic period used large, moveable wooden stage structures…
ASML is reportedly offering employees a $20,000 retention bonus if they stay in Europe’s biggest technology company from 2027 until at least 2030. According to a report by Seeking Alpha, the bonus will be given on January 1, 2027 and vested on January 1, 2030. The announcement comes as US-based companies cut a total of…
(L-R) Harshit Rana, Jasprit Bumrah and Washington Sundar got injured in the England tour. NEW DELHI: Shubman Gill was out of character when he addressed the media after the defeat at Lord’s in the third ODI. Generally calm, mostly balanced and always poised, the skipper seemed frustrated after losing his third ODI series since taking…
Activist Sonam Wangchuk (PTI photo) NEW DELHI: The Resident Doctors’ Association (RDA) of Safdarjung Hospital on Tuesday wrote to President Droupadi Murmu, urging her to protect patients’ rights after reports claimed that climate activist and educationist Sonam Wangchuk was not allowed to take Leave Against Medical Advice (LAMA) despite being a “competent patient.“The doctors’ body…
A coral reef off the coast of Benin, long presumed dead, has just been found alive and full of activity, more than sixty years after scientists first wrote it off. Old surveys from the 1960s, carried out mainly to locate good fishing spots, had picked up signs of a possible deep-water reef sitting more than…
The march witnessed repeated clashes with police after protesters tried to breach barricades despite prohibitory orders under Section 163 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS). NEW DELHI: A young woman injured during the police action at the Cockroach Janta Party’s (CJP) ‘Sansad Chalo’ protest is on ventilator support at Delhi’s Ram Manohar Lohia (RML)…
NEW DELHI: Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday said that leaders who defected from the party will not be allowed to return.Addressing a rally on Martyrs’ Day in Kolkata, Mamata said she has “many people” to fill the places of leaders who jumped ship after the TMC suffered a huge setback in the Assembly…
Torrential runoff from Nagaland triggered devastating floods across Assam’s Sivasagar and Charaideo districts. GUWAHATI: From a schoolboy clinging to a tree with his mother through the night in his flooded school campus at Nazira to countless families taking refuge on rooftops, the devastating floods sweeping through Assam’s Sivasagar and Charaideo districts have left behind scenes…
Frogs disappear during dry seasons by aestivating underground for months. Their bodies form protective cocoons, and they await the monsoon rains. Moisture and vibrations signal the frogs to emerge from their dormant state. The monsoon rains create ideal breeding pools for frog eggs. This emergence is a survival strategy honed over millions of years. The…
Arvind Kejriwal condemned the Centre’s police action against protesters during a march. NEW DELHI: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convener Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday launched a scathing attack on the Centre over the police action against protesters during the Cockroach Janta Party’s (CJP) “Sansad Chalo” march.He alleged that students were brutally beaten despite offering no…