Jaipur residents protested large potholes by dressing as astronauts on Thursday JAIPUR: City residents ditched space travel Thursday when a crew of “astronauts” touched down in Jhotwara assembly area-specifically Pratap Circle Road-on a high-risk mission to investigate rain-fed potholes big enough to qualify for their own zip codes. In Gokulpura (wards 46 and 47), over…
A man dressed as astronauts stands in a waterlogged road crater to highlight civic issues and protest against waterlogging in the Jhotwara area, in Jaipur (PTI photo) NEW DELHI: What if you could experience the Moon without leaving Jaipur? More than 100 residents of Gokulpura in the Jhotwara assembly area attempted to answer that question…
Stories about social change tend to focus on the people at the top of the story, the prominent leaders, the large institutions, the wealthy donors whose names end up in the headline. MacKenzie Scott, who has given away tens of billions of dollars since 2019, pushed back on that habit directly in her own words….
One of the legends of the music industry, Dolly Parton is an iconic American singer, songwriter, philanthropist, and businesswoman. Making her way into the industry all the way back from the mid 1950s, she has worked from growing up in a tiny, one-room cabin in the Great Smoky Mountains of Tennessee as one of twelve…
India’s Ravindra Jadeja, front left, and Manav Suthar (PTI Photo) TimesofIndia.com in Galle: In times when variation, mystery and darts have become the survival norm, Manav Suthar is a throwback to an era gone by. The beats and drops of techno music have captured the imagination around the world, but Suthar continues to be the…
In the quiet pools of the New York Aquarium, a groundbreaking experiment was unfolding. It was 2001, and a team of scientists was about to test a question that had long fascinated researchers: could beluga whales, the white Arctic cetaceans known for their expressive faces and complex social lives, recognise themselves in a mirror?Over the…
Fearing for her safety, she jumped from the speeding scooter, suffering injuries to her hand and head NEW DELHI: A woman has alleged that a Rapido rider took her to a deserted location while she was travelling to the Vishwavidyalaya, following which she jumped off the scooter after the rider allegedly refused to stop despite…
Former Maoist leaders are seeking permission for unrestricted political activities (Representative image) HYDERABAD: Top Maoist leaders may have laid down their arms in the past few months, but they have not surrendered their political instinct.Many of them are looking forward to becoming full-time politicians and even want the ban on the CPI (Maoist) party lifted…
India’s relationship with Iran has also been marked by regular high-level engagement. NEW DELHI: Iranian president Masoud Pezeshkian, amid the elevated tensions in West Asia, is set to visit New Delhi to attend the upcoming BRICS summit, Iranian sources told news agency ANI.Pezeshkian’s participation in the summit is scheduled to be held in the national…
“I like this place and willingly could waste my time in it,” wrote William Shakespeare in his play ‘As You Like It’. Most people feel this sentiment towards their homes, the abodes they come to buy and decorate in the space of a lifetime with one trinket at a time.Shakespeare is believed to have been…
