Kurian Jacob began competitive swimming at 69. Six years later, the former banker has won nine medals at the World Masters Games and is preparing to chase a world record in Japan. For most people, retirement means stepping away from
Karn Sharma retirement marks the end of a remarkable cricket career spanning nearly two decades, with the veteran leg-spinner leaving the game as a four-time IPL champion and a 591-wicket professional cricketer. Veteran Indian leg-spinner Karn Sharma has announced his
India’s national tele mental health service has become one of the world’s largest public programmes of its kind. Its call volume is both a success story and a diagnosis. A helpline’s usefulness is usually measured by how many people it
The drug regulator has authorised Takeda’s Qdenga for people aged 4 to 60, in a country where dengue has become the most common vector-borne disease. In most Indian cities, the monsoon arrives with a familiar sequence. Water collects, mosquitoes breed,
For Nine Years, West Bengal Fed Hospital Patients on 56 Rupees a Day. That Changes on 1 August The daily diet allocation for patients in government health centres nearly doubles to 110 rupees, after a committee formed on a Calcutta
Ganjifa flourished in Mughal courts and nearly disappeared by Independence. In Sawantwadi, a royal family learned to paint it themselves. The word comes from the Persian ganj, meaning treasure. Ganjifa arrived in India from Persia and became a fixture of
The Chandigarh academy won all eight matches in Gothenburg, days after lifting the Helsinki Cup in Finland. In the 49th minute of the Gothia Cup Under-12 final in Gothenburg, a Minerva Academy move ended with Nongrem putting the ball past
Team Udaan’s bagasse-based pad set out to answer two problems at once: what periods cost, and what disposable pads leave behind. Every sugar mill produces bagasse, the fibrous residue left after juice is pressed from sugarcane. Most of it is
A Guinness World Record was set at Bhadaj on 12 July. Whether it becomes a forest depends on the next three monsoons. On the morning of 12 July 2026, an open stretch of land at Bhadaj on Ahmedabad’s outskirts held
The agency has outlined its busiest calendar yet, while the government has told Parliament that the first crewed Gaganyaan flight is targeted for early 2027. Space agencies are judged on the spectacular missions and sustained by the ordinary ones. India
