In 1890, the US printed 120,000 unusual $100 ‘Watermelon’ notes; only about 35 are known to survive, and one is returning to auction

1890 $100 Watermelon Treasury Note Fr. 377 with Admiral David Farragut and famous green Watermelon reverse An extremely rare 1890 $100 Treasury Note, known to currency collectors as the “Watermelon” note because of its unusual back design, is set to go under the hammer in October. Only about 35 of the original 120,000 notes are…

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Fury on Hyderabad street as MP’s son’s Aston Martin kills Odisha woman, family devastated 1,200km away | Hyderabad News

Victim 26-year-old Bharati Mukhi; Police identified the driver as 21-year-old Lingameneni Sanjush. HYDERABAD/MAYURBHANJ: A panicked bystander bangs on the window of a bright red Aston Martin, pleading with the driver to stop, as chaos erupts on a Hyderabad street. A few feet away, 26-year-old Bharati Mukhi lies motionless on the road, blood pooling around her,…

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In 1972, a Florida man started building a retirement home in a swamp; decades later it became a 12,000-square-foot castle | World News

In 1972, Howard Solomon set out to build a quiet retirement home in rural Florida, but the land he chose was far from ordinary. Instead of a conventional building site, he found a swamp, yet the challenging terrain did little to discourage him. Solomon adapted his plans and began constructing upwards, slowly transforming the property…

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‘World looking at India as bright spot of growth & hope’: PM Modi at Economic Times World Leaders Forum 2026 | India News

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said the world is looking at India as a “bright spot of growth and hope”, stressing that the country’s reform journey has shifted from a “punishment model” under the earlier licence raj governments to an incentive-based approach.Addressing the Economic Times World Leaders Forum 2026, PM Modi said…

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From Durgapur to Tuticorin: Can India’s next industrial boom happen on the east coast?

Inside India’s east coast industrial gamble For decades, India’s industrial map has tilted west. Mumbai, Pune, Ahmedabad, the Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor, the country’s manufacturing and export muscle has clustered along a belt that runs down the western seaboard, closer to the ports that move the bulk of the country’s trade. The Union Budget 2026-27 signalled…

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