At several hundred metres below the surface, the limestone caves around Minamidaito Island are mostly untouched by sunlight, currents, and routine marine surveys. The landscape is narrow, uneven, and difficult to navigate even with modern submersibles. During one of those deep exploratory dives last year, a remotely operated vehicle passed close to a colony of…
African proverb of the day (Image: AI-generated) Some proverbs do not sound dramatic when you first read them. They do not arrive with grand images or complicated ideas. They simply describe something ordinary and let the meaning unfold slowly. This African proverb, “Once you carry your own water, you will learn the value of every…
Walking through an airport terminal these days, it is hard not to notice how much of the journey now depends on being connected before the aircraft even leaves the gate. People board with phones already loaded, laptops half-open, expecting the same internet they had in the lounge or at home. American Airlines has now put…
For most of the twentieth century, the story of how humans arrived in North America felt settled. They came from Siberia, crossed a land bridge called Beringia, moved south as the ice sheets retreated, and by around 13,000 years ago had given rise to the Clovis culture, the earliest widely accepted evidence of human presence…
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi (Image: X) KOLKATA: Former India captain Sourav Ganguly has worn many hats in cricket and is a keen follower of the game. In an interview to TOI , he says Vaibhav Sooryavanshi is not yet ready for Test cricket but the talented youngster is India’s future. Excerpts…Auqib Nabi had a good Ranji season…
HDFC Bank share price today: Shares of HDFC Bank, India’s largest private sector bank, dropped as much as 2% on Wednesday after a newspaper report alleged that the bank had made improper payments to a state government agency in an effort to attract deposits.At 1:38 PM, shares of HDFC Bank were trading at Rs 760.70,…
Uber’s chief operating officer Andrew Macdonald says the company’s use of AI coding assistants like Calude Code and ChatGPT has increased the internal productivity by about 25%, but he also admits there is no direct link yet to delivering more useful consumer-facing features. According to a report by Fortune, speaking on the Rapid Response podcast,…
THANE: Tensions flared in Mira Road near Mumbai after a video showing a policeman running away with a pig — allegedly being taken towards the protest site — went viral on Tuesday amid a row over goats being kept inside the Poonam Cluster society premises ahead of Bakrid.The controversy erupted after members of the housing…
NEW DELHI: Edtech giant Byju’s has plunged deeper into crisis after founder Byju Raveendran was sentenced to six months in prison by a Singapore court in a contempt case linked to alleged non-compliance with court orders regarding disclosure of assets and ownership records.The ruling marks the latest setback for the entrepreneur, who is already battling…
Randhir Singh (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: Veteran sports administrator and former shooter Randhir Singh passed away on Wednesday at the age of 79 after battling age-related health issues. He had been hospitalised for several days before breathing his last at his residence.Singh was one of India’s most respected names in both sports and sports administration….