After 1949, China increased its forest cover from 10% to 25%; the planting boom greened the land but shuffled its water around, and it’s quietly losing water from the wrong places |

China has been setting examples of large-scale environmental restoration, turning barren deserts green, holding back sandstorms, and pulling carbon out of the air. Since 1949, the country has increased its forest cover from around 10% to more than 25%, adding an area of greenery roughly the size of Algeria.Scientists across the world can easily laud … Read more

“Got a beedi for free”: Bengaluru man’s Zomato Pav Bhaji order leaves the internet stunned |

In an unexpected twist, a man from Bengaluru found a beedi tucked away in his pav bhaji order from Zomato. The startling discovery led Zomato to issue a coupon as a goodwill gesture. Meanwhile, social media buzzed with jokes and worries over hygiene practices. The blame game over the packaging mishap continues, shedding light on … Read more

Would you pay Rs 4,200 an hour to have someone scratch your back? This Chinese entrepreneur has made it a business

What if the one thing you need to relax after a stressful day is not a massage, but simply someone scratching that impossible-to-reach itch on your back? In Shenzhen, China, one entrepreneur is betting that people are willing to pay for exactly that. According to the South China Morning Post (SCMP), and as reported by … Read more

Hyderabad girl-turned-Chanel ambassador Bhavitha Mandava makes her Venice Film Festival debut in a mermaid-inspired Chanel gown

Bhavitha Mandava is having quite a year.The Indian model first caught the fashion world’s attention when she opened Chanel’s Métiers d’Art 2026 collection in New York. Not long after, she made history as the first Indian House Ambassador for the French fashion house.Now, she’s added another major moment to that growing list.Bhavitha made her red … Read more

Percy Bysshe Shelley: Quote of the day by Percy Bysshe Shelley: “Rise like lions after slumber, in unvanquishable number. Shake your chains to earth like dew, which in sleep had fallen on you. Ye are many-they are few.”

Percy Bysshe Shelley (Photo: Canva) Percy Bysshe Shelley, or more famously known as PB Shelley, was an English poet who lived in the early 1800s. He is popularly known for his passionate poems about freedom, justice, nature, and human rights that are inclined towards speaking up against oppression and unfair power. Even though he died … Read more

A NEET paper leak accused in Tihar jail wants to read something unexpected: Delhi court allows Hanuman Chalisa, Shivaji Maharaj biography among other books

AI representation/ChatGPT What does a man accused in one of India’s biggest medical entrance exam controversies choose to read while behind bars? For Dhananjay Nivrutti Lokhande, currently lodged in Delhi’s Tihar Jail in the NEET-UG paper leak case, the answer is a mix of devotional texts and a book on Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj. As per … Read more