The ceiling fan is on full blast. The curtains are drawn. Still, by noon, the room feels like the inside of a tandoor. Most of us reach for the AC remote and think nothing more of it. But before mechanical cooling became standard, Indian homes were built to fight heat without electricity. They worked.
Americans are paying more for groceries, gasoline and other everyday necessities as inflation accelerates again, with economists increasingly pointing to geopolitical conflict and energy disruptions as key drivers of rising living costs.
Congress leaders on Thursday paid tribute to former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi on his death anniversary at Veer Bhumi in the national capital, remembering him as a visionary leader who worked for the country’s youth and technological progress.
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast heavy rainfall in five districts of Tamil Nadu on Thursday, with the weather system expected to keep conditions unsettled across the state and Puducherry for at least another week.
The scorching summer heat has made life extremely difficult for people in the national capital and surrounding areas, with Delhi-NCR reeling under intense heatwave conditions.
Police said preliminary investigation indicates that the accused fled after allegedly looting around Rs 10-12 lakh in cash along with gold and silver ornaments from the house.
India stands at a critical juncture. In an era defined by data, artificial intelligence, biotechnology, and rapid technological change, scientific temper, the habit of evidence-based thinking, scepticism, rigorous testing of claims, and public reasoning, is not a luxury but a foundational civic capacity.
In August 1945, Japan surrendered unconditionally after the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
The World Health Organization’s decision to classify the Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo as an international public health emergency is not merely a medical alert.
Authoritarian systems rarely collapse in the dramatic fashion imagined by outsiders.
