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A photo of Shrutika Baranwal with her parents. (Courtesy: The Indian Express) A degree certificate is usually a moment of celebration- something a family waits for, photographs, and carefully puts away. For Ramesh Prasad Baranwal and Babita, however, the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) degree they will receive this week carries a grief that…

Snakes are scary, venomous creatures found across the globe. Encountering even one of these slitherers sends chills down a person’s spine.But what if there was an island just full of these highly venomous creatures?This is not just a fantasy tale; about 90 miles off the coast of São Paulo, Brazil, is located on an island…

Imagine finally getting a colour television camera onto the Moon, knowing millions of people back on Earth were waiting to see the astronauts at work – and then accidentally pointing it straight at the Sun.That is more or less what happened during Apollo 12 in 1969.In November 1969, astronaut Alan Bean was setting up a…

Would you want to see what’s happening inside a restaurant kitchen before your food lands on your table?Ahmedabad may soon make that possible.The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) has asked 11,123 restaurants and food businesses to install CCTV cameras in their kitchens and display the live footage on screens that customers can see. The idea is…

Image Courtesy: Instagram/@gaurgopaldas Relationships rarely break because of one big fight. More often, it is the small things like a harsh remark, a quick judgment, an assumption, or words spoken in anger that leave tiny wounds. What matters is what happens after that.Motivational speaker Gaur Gopal Das recently shared a simple story about a broken…

These camps put city children through strict rural work routines (AI-generated image for representation) For some children, summer holidays mean video games, swimming pools and long mornings in bed. In parts of China, however, a growing number of parents are choosing a very different kind of summer break- one that involves farm work, physical labour…

Crash dieting and strict dietary restrictions can cause hair to become deprived of vital nutrients. Gen Z is obsessed with dieting, where aggressive calorie restriction and extreme fast weight loss programmes are popular among the youth of today. Hair is not one of the body’s vital organs, and as such, it is deprived of nutrients…

Indian-American comedian Zarna Garg went to a Hermès store in Berlin and expected, well, a luxury shopping experience. Instead, she ended up stuck inside its bathroom for about an hour and 20 minutes.And naturally, Garg did what she does best – she started making jokes about it.Garg is currently travelling with her three children, Zoya,…

There’s something quietly satisfying about walking onto your balcony, snipping a few basil leaves, plucking a ripe tomato, and knowing your homemade pizza just got a little more special.We don’t need a backyard or a fancy kitchen garden to grow our own pizza toppings, infact just a sunny balcony, some pots, and a bit of…

Rahul Gupta’s innnovation turns discarded hair into pollutant trapping mats. (Photos: Instagram/@kesakambali) What happens to the strands of hair swept off the floor after a haircut? For most people, the answer is simple: they go straight into the bin. But in Gurugram, something that is usually treated as salon waste is being given a rather…