A major development in sustainable architecture has enabled researchers to convert ordinary timber into an advanced thermal reservoir. In this case, lignin is removed from wood through chemical modification and phase change materials are added, giving rise to a new product that has been termed ‘solar battery,’ which stores solar energy collected by a building…
Sidhu’s compensation at Google was around €100,000, including bonuses and shares, equivalent to roughly ₹83 lakh at the time. For Mantaj Sidhu, leaving a well-paid Google job in Dublin was not a decision he made overnight. After nearly five years with the company, he began questioning what he was working towards and eventually decided that…
Imam-ul-haq, Mohammad Rizwan and Salman Ali Agha (Agency Image) The Pakistan Cricket Board’s decision to send seven players and two coaches home after defeats in the first two Tests against England continues to throw up fresh details, with behavioural concerns reportedly playing a role in the removal of senior players Mohammad Rizwan, Imam-ul-Haq and Salman…
‘The life of a single human being is worth millions of times more than all the property of the richest man on earth’ When a single human life is weighed against material wealth, the right choice seems clear. Yet everyday real-world systems constantly do the math in reverse. Car companies weigh the cost of fixing…
Beauty parlour owner Manisha Waghmare, arrested earlier in the NEET-UG paper leak case, is also a resident of Ganga Osian Park society at Sukhsagarnagar near Katraj in Pune A CBI team on Saturday carried out searches in college teacher Manisha Gurunath Mandhare’s flat in Ganga Osian Park society at Sukhsagarnagar near Katraj in Pune Beauty…
David Dhawan’s multi-starrer romantic comedy ‘Hai Jawani Toh Ishq Hona Hai’ continues to draw audiences into theatres on its first Saturday. Starring Varun Dhawan alongside a vibrant ensemble cast featuring Pooja Hegde and Mrunal Thakur, the film is banking on its family-entertainer appeal to register strong initial numbers. As Day 2 live tracking unfolds, the…
Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce turned a Songwriters Hall of Fame celebration into a viral moment when Steven Spielberg filmed them dancing. (Image via Getty) Taylor Swift did not need a director for her Songwriters Hall of Fame moment. She got Steven Spielberg anyway.Swift was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame on Thursday, June…
MALDA: NIA has made its first arrests over the April 1 siege of judicial officers involved in SIR verifications at Mothabari in Malda, picking up two members of Congress and one of ISF. Congress’ Sahadat Hossain and Asif Sk were taken into custody on Sunday alongside ISF’s Golam Rabbani. Sayem Choudhury, the local Congress candidate,…
Franco Fontana passes away at the age of 92 (Image source: Wikimedia Commons) Franco Fontana, an Italian photographer famous for turning landscapes into abstract images through the masterful use of colour, geometry and shadows, has died at the age of 92, Italian media reported on Saturday.Starting his career in the 1960s, when black and white…
Dipke alleged that Abdul’s father was killed after he and his family were attacked by men allegedly linked to the BJP. KOLKATA: Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke has extended support to Abdul, a student in West Bengal who visited the government school where he once studied, and called for the immediate arrest of…