The Truth can never be hidden
For much of the past two decades, Indian marriage has been framed as a binary choice: either two people fell in love and built a life on their own terms, or their…
By Sohail Khan · 16 Sep
The decline of the pygmy hog — the sole surviving species of the genus Porcula and the world’s smallest wild suid — is a narrative about the decline of India’s alluvial floodplains.…
By Sohail Khan · 16 Sep
The BRICS New Delhi Declaration shows that progress in enhancing local currency trade has been incremental. The paragraph pertaining to local currency trade acknowledges the efforts of various task forces and committees…
By Sohail Khan · 16 Sep
The story of Saroo Brierley is an extraordinary one. Lost at the age of five after accidentally boarding a train, separated from his family, and eventually adopted by an Australian couple, he…
By Sohail Khan · 16 Sep
Entrepreneur Mehar Toor recently shared a glimpse of her octogenarian daadi (grandmother), who recently embarked on a cruise to Alaska. “She is a businesswoman and an avid traveller at the age of…
By Sohail Khan · 16 Sep
A Cambridge University study has accurately dated a monumental banyan tree in Munger, Bihar, settling a question long answered by folklore. Published on April 26, 2026, the study concluded that the tree…
By Sohail Khan · 16 Sep
Herpetologists first discovered in 1933 that rattlesnakes are immune to their own venom. Native to the Americas, rattlesnakes are pit vipers, a family of vipers with a heat-sensing pit organ between each…
By Sohail Khan · 16 Sep
With the Merchant Discount Rate (MDR) charge to be introduced on UPI transactions from October 15, the new framework is expected to generate around Rs 15,000 crore from the levy at 0.4%…
By Sohail Khan · 16 Sep
Sometimes, love arrives when you least expect it — and with a little help from family. That’s exactly how Madhuri Dixit met her husband, Dr Shriram Nene. During a conversation on The…
By Sohail Khan · 16 Sep
India summoned Pakistan’s Charge d’Affaires (top diplomat in absence of High Commissioner) in New Delhi over “unacceptable and unprofessional conduct”, after a Pakistani ship collided with an Indian Navy vessel on Tuesday…
By Sohail Khan · 16 Sep