Life & Fitness

The emotional clip has gone viral on social media. Students at a school in Maharashtra’s Amravati refused to let their favourite teacher leave after his transfer order, with some reportedly crying, hugging him and even shutting the school gates to stop his departure. A video of the emotional protest has gone viral on social media,…

A helmet, a delivery bag, and a bike weaving through Mumbai’s traffic every single day. This is the story of a woman, a mother, a wife, who took to discharge her duties as the primary breadwinner after her husband fell ill.Her decade-long journey as a food delivery rider quietly funded some of her family’s biggest…

How Parthenium quietly became one of India’s biggest invasive plant problems (Photo: Canva) Not every invasion arrives in a country with pomp and show; some happen silently without us even noticing, with something as simple as a sack of grains. This is what happened with Parthenium hysterophorus, a wiry, white-flowered weed that entered the country…

Sara Tendulkar has found a rather unexpected way to wear a saree – and it works.For her latest Vogue cover shoot, Sara skipped the usual blouse and paired a soft pastel green Banarasi saree with an ivory corset. The result was traditional at first glance, but with a very modern edge.The blouse was a strapless…

For most adventure lovers, ticking off a bucket-list activity means climbing a mountain or hot-air balloon or skydiving. But for 97-year-old Betty Bromage of England, adventure translates into climbing onto the wing of a vintage biplane and soaring through the skies. The woman loves flying so much that she broke her own Guinness World Record…

As much as a manga hiatus is important, it is also horribly irritating, isn’t it? Readers wait day and day out for manga chapters to release, but manga go on a week-long break or a months-long hiatus. Many people still wonder why that happens so often. Here’s everything you need to know if you also…

Quote of the day by Ram Dass (Photo: Ram Dass/ @BabaRamDass/ X) Ram Dass was a Harvard scientist and psychedelic, who later became a spiritual teacher after meeting his guru Neem Karoli Baba, and is credited with bringing the concept of Indian spirituality to the West.Previously, he talked about how the world often treats pain…

The emerald ash borer is killing ash trees across North America—here’s why it matters The emerald ash borer (EAB) is a jewel coloured, invasive beetle originating from Asia, which has posed a real problem for ash trees ever since it appeared on the scene back in 2002, near Detroit, Michigan. Since then it has been…

And, of course, there is the reason almost everyone understands. Lift mirrors are perfect for that quick check before stepping out. You can straighten your collar, fix your hair, or make sure your outfit still looks right. What started as a practical feature has also become an unofficial final-check station. The next time you catch…

On December 26, 2024, at the Rashtrapati Bhavan Cultural Centre in New Delhi, President Droupadi Murmu stood before 17 extraordinary young Indians and presented each of them with the Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar, the country’s highest honour for exceptional children. Among those 17 children was one who stood out not because of what he…