One frustrating dog walk helped George de Mestral invent Velcro. Image credit – Wikimedia Velcro, the billion-dollar fastener used by NASA, has an unremarkable origin story. In 1941, Swiss engineer Georges de Mestral went out on a walk and observed that there were burrs caught on his dog’s hair and his clothes. The average person…
Gold prices declined in futures trade on Monday, tracking weak global cues and softer spot demand. The fall comes even as retail prices across major Indian cities showed a mixed trend, with some markets seeing marginal gains while others remained flat.On the Multi Commodity Exchange (MCX), gold contracts for June delivery fell by Rs 349,…
Mohanlal’s film witnessed a healthy jump at the box office during its second weekend. The mystery drama continued its theatrical run with positive momentum and recorded growth on Saturday. The film has now crossed another major milestone globally. Weekend boost helps collections rise Mohanlal and Jeethu Joseph’s ‘Drishyam 3’ continued its steady run after witnessing…
NEW DELHI: Union minister Kiren Rijiju on Friday criticised Rahul Gandhi over his comments on West Bengal politics, accusing the Congress leader of taking contradictory positions on the upcoming state election.Reacting to Rahul Gandhi’s remarks on social media, Rijiju wrote on X: “Bewildering…. on the one hand Rahul Gandhi Ji is saying only Congress can…
Delhi Capitals’ Sahil Parakh gets bowled by Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s Bhuvneshwar Kumar during their Indian Premier League 2026 match at Arun Jaitley Stadium, in New Delhi on Monday. (ANI) Delhi Capitals co-owner Parth Jindal reacted on social media after his team’s heavy loss to Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) in New Delhi on Monday.Josh Hazlewood took…
Rajasthan Royals’ Ravindra Jadeja (AP Photo/Anupam Nath) Rajasthan Royals’ emphatic win in Guwahati was headlined by explosive batting, but it also quietly marked a significant personal milestone for Ravindra Jadeja. The all-rounder became only the second Indian after Hardik Pandya to complete the double of 4000 runs and 200 wickets in T20 cricket.The landmark came…
A partially deaf Auckland woman has spoken of the devastating moment she discovered the body of 8-year-old Gurshabad Singh in her backyard swimming pool, saying she never heard the autistic schoolboy enter her property before he drowned.Gurshabad died in November last year after escaping from a school transport van in Te Atatū South and making…
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang is back with another ‘China warning’ for the United States of America. In a recent appearance on Dwarkesh Podcast, Huang once again said that working with China then ‘against China’ is in the interests of the US. He said that the migration from Nvidia’s CUDA to Huawei’s CANN framework threatens to…
Mike Vrabel and Jen Vrabel are reportedly undergoing marriage counselling as fallout from the Dianna Russini controversy strains their relationship. Sources say Vrabel is dealing with intense emotions and focusing on work while trying to repair the situation. Jen feels embarrassed but hopes to save the marriage. Despite efforts to reconcile, insiders suggest the situation…
A meteorite picked up from the sands of the Sahara has begun to complicate the quiet assumptions scientists often make about the early solar system. It is not the sort of object that draws attention at first glance, just a dark fragment of rock with odd mineral flecks caught under a microscope. Yet inside it…