China’s marriage numbers just hit an eighteen-year low, and the takeaway is pretty clear: young people in the country simply aren’t tying the knot anymore.According to new figures published by China’s Ministry of Civil Affairs, only 4.65 million couples registered their marriages during the first nine months of the year. Over that exact same stretch,…
Image courtesy: India Book of Records An 11-year-old girl from Noida has developed an artificial intelligence-powered smart cane designed to help elderly people and those with visual impairments navigate their surroundings, monitor certain health-related readings and alert family members in case of a fall. Called STAMBHA, the prototype combines obstacle detection, a camera, voice assistance…
Your senses are a surprisingly good first filter. Be wary of sweets that look unnaturally bright, especially in yellow and orange, because that can be a sign of synthetic colours. Smell them too, since a strange, sour or soapy smell and a bitter taste are warning signs. For mawa, try the palm test. Pure mawa…
Rangoli is one of the oldest ways of welcoming guests and, according to tradition, bringing good fortune into the home. With Diwali only days away, many families are already bending over the floor with colours, flowers and diyas in hand. You do not need to be an artist to make a pretty one. A few…
Obviously, Kareena and Saif were a massive topic of conversation, but the party itself was stuffed to the brim. Manish Malhotra’s annual Diwali bash is basically the single biggest date on the celebrity social calendar, bringing out every heavy-hitter in the business. Photographers caught Janhvi Kapoor, Khushi Kapoor, Malaika Arora, Bhumi Pednekar, Karan Johar, and…
If you have a brother or sister, you probably know that sibling love comes with its own set of conditions. You can fight over the television remote, complain about someone stealing your favourite clothes and bring up embarrassing childhood incidents without warning. Yet, the moment someone outside the family says something against your sibling, you…
Image courtesy: Instagram/@nivuandvayu For two young boys, the excitement of Diwali now comes with a different kind of cracker. Instead of buying boxes of firecrackers, their mother, Swati Jain, has found a way to recreate the familiar crackling sound using nothing more than 80 wooden ice cream sticks. The sticks are woven together in a…
When was the last time you went an entire morning without looking at your phone? For most of us, that probably sounds like an impossible challenge. We wake up and check notifications, spend hours staring at laptop screens, scroll through social media during breaks and often end the day watching something on our phones. Somewhere…
Meet Hari Buddha Magar (Instagram) Hari Budha Magar is a Guinness World Records ICON. He was just 31 when a mine blast in Afghanistan changed the life of former Gurkha soldier Hari Budha Magar forever. In 2010, he was then with the British Army’s Royal Gurkha Rifles. The Nepal-born soldier stepped on an improvised explosive…
The markets are already glowing, jewellers are busy, and homes across the country are being cleaned from top to bottom, because Dhanteras is almost here. It’s the first day of the five-day Diwali festival, and it’s all about welcoming health, wealth and good fortune into your home. This year, Dhanteras falls on Friday, November 6,…
