Bihar Snake Festival: Hundreds carry ‘LIVE’ snakes during Bihar’s Nag Panchami mela; the fascinating history behind Samastipur’s centuries-old serpent festival

‘LIVE’ snakes during Bihar’s Nag Panchami mela (Instagram) Nag Panchami is probably one of the most famous snake festivals celebrated annually across India. But how Samastipur in Bihar celebrates Nag Panchami is not for the faint hearted! A quiet riverside town in Bihar, Samastipur transforms into one of India’s most extraordinary religious gatherings on this…

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When MS Dhoni stepped away, Virat Kohli-Ravi Shastri toughened up Indian cricket: Ajinkya Rahane | Cricket News

Virat Kohli and Ravi Shastri (Image: X) Former India vice-captain Ajinkya Rahane believes the appointment of Virat Kohli as Test captain after MS Dhoni’s retirement marked a defining moment in Indian cricket, saying Kohli and head coach Ravi Shastri transformed the team’s mindset and made it a fearless force, particularly in overseas conditions.Rahane, who recently…

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India Services Pmi: India’s services PMI hits over 4.5-year low as demand, new orders lose momentum

The survey showed that new business inflows expanded at the slowest pace since February 2022 (representative image) India’s services sector growth slowed to its weakest pace in more than four-and-a-half years in July as softer domestic and export demand, intense competition and weaker customer enquiries weighed on business activity, according to the latest HSBC India…

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‘No blanket ban on reporting’: SC clarifies order restricting use of audio-video clips of court proceedings | India News

Supreme Court clarifies interim order for new sorganisations on audio-video clips of court proceedings NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court has clarified that its July 24 interim order prohibiting news organisations from sharing or uploading audio and video clips of court hearings does not bar them from reporting on judicial proceedings, but they cannot use such…

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Sydney Towle: What happened to Sydney Towle? TikToker’s brother shares heartbreaking hospice update amid cancer battle

Sydney Towle’s brother shared that the TikTok creator has entered hospice care while surrounded by family and close friends. (Image via: Instagram/@sydneytowle) Sydney Towle’s followers woke up to an emotional update after her family shared that the TikTok creator has entered hospice care. The news came through her brother, Austin Towle, who posted a photo…

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In 2006, a tiny deep-reef fish was pulled from deep water off South Australia and misidentified; nearly 20 years later, scientists recognised a new species

Image Credit: Journal of Lost Species Some discoveries happen the moment a specimen is collected. Others take years. In this case, it took nearly two decades.A tiny deep-reef fish brought up from the waters off South Australia in 2006 spent nearly two decades in a museum collection after being mistaken for a known species. According…

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How an eel elevator on Maine’s Penobscot River helped restore millions of fish and brought humpback whales back |

Every spring, millions of migratory fish leave the Atlantic Ocean and swim into freshwater rivers to reproduce, continuing journeys that have existed for thousands of years. On Maine’s Penobscot River, however, hydroelectric dams blocked many of these ancient migrations for more than a century, causing dramatic declines in species such as American shad, river herring,…

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Cesar Gastelum: Mexican TikTok influencer Cesar Gastelum is shot dead during a livestream in Culiacan Sinaloa

Mexican TikTok influencer Cesar Gastelum was shot and killed while livestreaming in Culiacan, Sinaloa, according to local authorities and reports. The 23-year-old creator was reportedly with friends outside a fast-food business when two people on a motorcycle approached the group. A recording of the livestream reviewed by Reuters reportedly showed the person riding the motorcycle…

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