NEW DELHI: In a big development for India, Isro has mapped every village in the country from space and the satellite data will go a long way to support gram panchayats in decentralised planning, monitoring of assets, and improving grassroots governance.Isro, on National Panchayati Raj Day on Friday, announced that it has completed high-resolution land…
Archaeologists working on farmland between the villages of Halberton and Sampford Peverell in Devon have uncovered a striking mosaic floor from a fourth-century Roman villa, along with an elaborate bathhouse that suggests the site once belonged to a family of considerable wealth. The discovery is the latest breakthrough from the Saving Halberton’s Ancient Roman Environment…
There comes a point where exhaustion stops feeling physical. You sleep on time, take breaks, watch shows, scroll endlessly, and maybe even go out with friends – and yet, something still feels heavy. Not dramatic. Not obvious. Just heavy in a way that quietly follows you through the day. A lot of people experience this…
How so ever hard we may try to normalise pregnancy, there is no denying that it brings about a momentous change in a woman’s body. From hormones to blood pressure, blood sugar levels, and all vital organs- almost every system is affected during pregnancy because the body is adapting to support the growth of a…
Sachin Tendulkar (Image credit: X) NEW DELHI: Batting great Sachin Tendulkar has called for significant changes to the IPL’s playing regulations, including the removal of the Impact Player rule, which he believes has tilted the game too heavily in favour of batters.The Impact Player rule, introduced ahead of the 2023 season, allows teams to replace…
Japan is an island nation with plenty of wind and a whole lot of ocean, but building wind turbines out at sea has never been simple for the country. Most coastal waters around Japan drop off steeply into deep water within just a few kilometres of shore, which rules out the fixed, seabed-mounted turbines used…
No good news for Indians in US Visa Bulletin July 2026. The July 2026 visa bulletin brought little to no cheer for Indian Green Card applicants as the EB-1 category retrogressed by two months to October 15, 2022. EB-2 and EB-5 (unreserved) have already become unavailable for Indians as the per-country quota has already been…
RCB players celebrate after taking a PBKS wicket. (Pic credit: IPL) DHARAMSALA: It is often advised to conserve your breath at higher altitudes where the air gets thinner. But it doesn’t apply when you have an ultra-motivated and hyper-energetic Virat Kohli egging your team to scale greater heights. In the mountains of Dharamsala on Sunday…
OPEC+ has decided to raise its oil production targets once again, agreeing to increase output quotas by 188,000 barrels per day (bpd) from August as the group continues to unwind earlier production cuts.The decision, taken during an online meeting, comes after similar quota increases for June and July. Between April and July, the seven core…
Divya Deshmukh stuns world champion, Magnus Carlsen loses his game (Photo by Michal Walusza/Norway Chess) NEW DELHI: On her debut at Norway Chess on Monday, Divya Deshmukh made it clear she was eager to leave her mark. Somewhere in the middle of holding women’s world chess champion Ju Wenjun to a draw in her classical…