Photo credit: The Brightside If you are active on social media, you would have come across tricky images that claim to reveal your true personality within seconds. Such images are aptly called optical illusion personality tests and they are generally based on psychological principles. And so, these visual puzzles aren’t just for fun; they’re a…
Calling housewives “nation builders”, Supreme Court for the first time said in case of a homemaker’s death in an accident, the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal will calculate the compensation to be paid to her family by assuming her monthly income to be at least Rs 30,000.Pained by the 25-year delay, 22 of which were because…
Days after Apple announced that Tim Cook will become executive chairman of Apple’s board of directors and John Ternus, senior vice president of Hardware Engineering, will become Apple’s next chief executive officer (CEO) effective on September 1, Steve Jobs’ resignation letter has started to surface on social media. Jobs’ letter was short, to-the-point and was…
MUMBAI: Billionaire banker-entrepreneur Uday Kotak on Tuesday prodded India Inc to invest for India’s future. Kotak’s warning came as the country is being looked at as a laggard in AI technology investments. This is the primary reason that India’s stock market has turned from being one of the most favoured among emerging markets to one…
The victim, Mayank Lohar (L), was travelling in the first-class compartment of a Churchgate-Nallasopara fast local when he got into a dispute with another passenger (R) between Andheri and Borivali stations. MUMBAI: A 22-year-old man was allegedly stabbed to death inside a moving Mumbai local train after an argument over closing the coach door during…
Elderly Driving Healthcare Demand Spike NEW DELHI: The risk of being hospitalised in India doubles after the age of 45 and rises sharply among the elderly, signalling a shift in the country’s healthcare burden, according to the latest National Sample Survey Office (NSO) data.The survey shows that hospitalisation rates climb from 23 per 1,000 people…
Jakub Mensik suffers painful cramp (Screengrab) Jakub Mensik’s dream run at the French Open has come with plenty of physical challenges, and the toll of the tournament was on full display after his quarter-final victory over Joao Fonseca. The 20-year-old Czech player suffered a painful cramp during his post-match press conference, forcing him to briefly…
When the JEE Advanced rank-holder was asked “how hard can she study?”, she gave a reply every child needs to hear Criticism was never restricted to someone who isn’t trying to give their best. Sometimes, the ones dedicated towards their goal also get to hear many comments and questions. This is something many face when…
Construction work on a stretch of beach in Alicante has ended up paused after something hard, pale, and unexpectedly shaped turned up in the sand. It wasn’t immediately clear what the object was, and for a short while it seemed to have been treated as just another awkward obstruction in the middle of redevelopment work….
Mushrooms rarely arrive perfectly clean. Even packaged varieties often carry traces of compost, loose soil or fine grit tucked beneath the cap. Some look spotless at first glance, then leave muddy streaks across the chopping board once sliced. Because mushrooms absorb moisture quickly, cleaning them is less straightforward than washing ordinary vegetables. Too much water…