If you’ve ever tried to dig up an old message in WhatsApp, you know how painful it can be to scroll endlessly through months of conversations in busy family, school, office, or society-group chats. Important details like addresses, fee notices, meeting discussions, or payment confirmations often get buried under hundreds of casual exchanges. That’s where…
In 1929, Tennessee farmer John W. Oliver refused to sell his 375-acre Cades Cove farm for $20 an acre. After years of legal battles over land wanted for Great Smoky Mountains National Park, he ultimately lost his farm and received $17,000 in 1935. In 1929, Tennessee farmer John W. Oliver refused an offer of $20…
‘The Times of India’ brings you ‘Hack of the Day’—a new weekday series of quick, practical solutions to everyday hassles. Each hack is designed to save you time, money or stress, using tools and features within your reach—from government websites to everyday apps. In simple terms, it’s simple fixes for smarter living.’Employees’ Provident Fund (EPF)…
Colin Limpus devoted more than fifty years to the study and conservation of marine turtles, influenced by childhood memories at Mon Repos. He founded the Queensland Turtle Research Programme, focusing on six species of Australian marine turtles. Image Credits: Instagram/ @Coolum & North Shore CoastCare When Colin Limpus was five years old, his father took…
The two youths have accused CJP leadership of favouritism and excluding grassroots members from the newly constituted core committee CHHATRAPATI SAMBHAJINAGAR: Two youths, Manish Brahmabhatt and Rahul Pandya, who had been on an indefinite hunger strike in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar to protest the list of core committee members announced by Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) on Aug…
Looe Island from a small boat off shore. Image credits: Instagram/@visitlooe In 1965, sisters Roselyn “Babs” Atkins and Evelyn “Attie” Atkins turned a long-held dream into a remarkable experiment in island living when they bought Looe Island, off the coast of Cornwall, for £22,000. Also known as St George’s Island, the roughly 22-acre (roughly nine…
Photo courtesy: The Better India A little girl was playing among women inmates inside Bilaspur Central Jail when a visiting district collector noticed her. For this child, the world had unusually high walls.The 6-year-old, identified as Khushi, had spent her young life inside the prison. Her father was serving a long sentence in jail, while…
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg owns 387-foot long superyacht, Launchpad Mark Zuckerberg’s $390 million, 387-foot yacht Launchpad was recently booed over a reported failure to respond to a stranded boat. A Meta spokesperson has now clarified that the vessel’s crew was on a different radio channel and that help was already on the way. The incident…
Representation of feral cattle on a remote, storm-battered New Zealand island, descendants of nine animals abandoned there by farmers in 1910 and isolated for more than eight decades. Image Credits: ChatGPT. On one of the world’s most isolated islands, survival is usually left to seabirds, seals and native plants. Yet for nearly a century, another…
Police stand outside the home of a student who shot several people Friday at the Debsirin Nonthaburi School in Thailand’s Nonthaburi province, Friday, Aug. 7, 2026. (AP Photo) A teenage Thai student killed at least five people and himself at a school outside Bangkok on Friday after fatally shooting his grandparents, police said, in the…
