Calathea has earned a devoted following for good reason, its bold, patterned leaves in stripes and deep contrasting colours look almost too intricate to be real. It prefers stable, consistent conditions, bright but indirect light, steady humidity, and no sudden temperature swings, which is exactly the kind of environment an unpredictable outdoor season can rarely…
AI image for representation The 2024 Lok Sabha election results came as a surprise to many politicians and seasoned poll watchers alike. BJP, which had won clear majorities in 2014 and 2019, finished with 240 seats, 32 short of the halfway mark. Narendra Modi needed the support of NDA partners to form a government for…
File photo: Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu and Turkish President Erdogan Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu launched a sharp attack on Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan after Ankara sought an Interpol Red Notice for Netanyahu and an Israeli official over an alleged attack on activists delivering humanitarian aid to Gaza.Netanyahu’s office called Erdogan an “antisemitic dictator”…
Cornell is one of the biggest and most esteemed universities in the world, sitting on a hill overlooking the 38-mile-long Cayuga Lake with an area of 2,300 acres. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, most institutions, including Cornell, used CFC chillers. These first-generation Ozone-Depleting Substances (ODSs) were destroying the ozone layer and warming the…
File photo: BJP chief Nitin Nabin NEW DELHI: BJP national president Nitin Nabin on Saturday held his first meeting with the party’s newly appointed national office-bearers to discuss preparations for upcoming assembly elections and grassroots outreach, party sources said.The meeting at the BJP headquarters focused on poll preparations, grassroots mobilisation and communicating government initiatives to…
India’s Kuldeep Yadav, front, and captain Shubman Gill during a practice session (PTI Photo) Mumbai: Kuldeep Yadav is going through one of the toughest phases of his career. The left-arm wrist-spinner was not given a single game during India’s recent white-ball tour of England, comprising five T20Is and three ODIs, despite India losing both series.His…
Beneath the enormous steel span of New York’s George Washington Bridge stands a small red lighthouse with a history that began far from Manhattan. Built in 1880, the cast-iron tower once served as the North Hook Beacon at Sandy Hook, New Jersey, before being dismantled and given a new life on the Hudson River. In…
The National Medical Commission is putting forth a new proposal for mandatory re-registration of doctors across the nation. Fourteen years after the first attempt to update the national registry for doctors, the National Medical Commission has again proposed to make it mandatory for an estimated 11 lakh doctors in India to re-register through its web…
The rising flames triggered panic among workers and employees in Jharkhand. RAMGARH: At least three people are dead and one injured after a fire broke out at a steel plant in Hehal, Bhurkunda, in Jharkhand’s Ramgarh district in the intervening night of Friday and Saturday, police said.According to preliminary information, the fire broke out in…
Y Combinator CEO Garry Tan has a message for founders and CEOs concerned about the cost of using large numbers of AI tokens: “Burn, baby, burn.” Speaking on an episode of the A16z podcast this week, Tan argued that founders should spend heavily on AI agents, even when doing so can result in high annual…