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Naulas, or water temples, represent a remarkable union of nature and human ingenuity — places where one could drink clean water or even take a royal bath, as at the Ranidhara naula. These traditional stone-built water springs of the Kumaon region in Uttarakhand have long been an integral part of Himalayan life. They are not…
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BJP workers celebrate the birthday of BJP National President Nitin Nabin in Prayagraj on May 23, 2026. | Photo Credit: ANI After Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently gifted a packet of Melody chocolate to his Italian counterpart Giorgia Meloni, the chocolates were distributed on Saturday (May 23, 2026) among visually impaired children of a school…
Police tape is seen as Secret Service and police block streets around the White House, on Saturday, May 23, 2026, in Washington. | Photo Credit: AP A person who approached a White House security checkpoint and began firing at officers has died, according to federal officials. The U.S. Secret Service said in a statement late…
Outside a building that looks like a concrete cube, rows of buses wait to ferry workers home. The bell rings. Hundreds in sand-coloured uniforms stream out. Food vendors make their way through the queues, stationing their stalls in the gaps between the buses. Surabhi (name changed to protect identity) walks out slowly with a group of…
China will send an astronaut to its space station on Sunday (May 24, 2026) for a year, a record length for the country, enabling the study of long-duration human physiology in space as Beijing works towards its ambition of a crewed moon landing by 2030. The Shenzhou-23 vessel is scheduled to launch at 11:08 p.m….
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U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday (May 23, 2026) a deal with Iran had been “largely negotiated,” with the proposal including opening the crucial Strait of Hormuz, though the agreement was “subject to finalisation.” “An Agreement has been largely negotiated, subject to finalisation between the United States of America, the Islamic Republic of Iran,…
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The notification, dated May 19, was issued 10 days after the BJP government led by CM Suvendu Adhikari was sworn in. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Saturday (May 24, 2026) pointed out that the State gained infamy due to various recruitment scams during the previous Trinamool Congress…
The Project Clearance Committee (PCC) meeting of the Bihar Industrial Area Development Authority (BIADA), under the Industries Department, Government of Bihar, was conducted on Saturday (May 23, 2026) under the chairmanship of Kundan Kumar, Secretary, Industries Department Cum MD, Bihar Industrial Area Development Authority (BIADA) and Infrastructure Development Authority (IDA). During the meeting, the committee…
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Yang Shuang-zi first developed the idea for her genre-bending novel, Taiwan Travelogue, in 2017. In an interview on the Booker Prizes website, she says she formally began work on the book in February 2019 and completed the first draft by August of the same year. Each chapter in it is named after a Taiwanese dish…
The BCCI has maintained that it is a private and autonomous body and therefore does not qualify as a “public authority” under Section 2(h) of the RTI Act. File | Photo Credit: PTI The story so far: The Central Information Commission (CIC) on May 18 held that the Board of Control for Cricket in India…
