The holy cow fever has reached Indian Judiciary after politicians and cow vigilantes. Justice Mahesh Chandra at the Rajasthan High Court, who had recently asked the Centre to declare cow as the national animal, has stunned scientists and biologists with his fresh remarks over miraculous
The Great Barrier Reef located in the Coral Sea, off the coast of Queensland, Australia is the world’s largest coral reef and the biggest single structure made by living organisms. Built by billions of tiny organisms (called coral polyps) over billions of years, it is
In Indian State of Chhattisgarh, two widows, who belong to Below Poverty Line (BPL) category, have filed FIR with local police reporting theft of two toilets. The women want the police to trace the toilets as soon as possible and punish them accordingly. Of
Origami – the traditional Japanese art of paper folding, is not easy at all, but some self-taught artist like Mariano Zavala make the art look simple. Zavala is based out of Lima, Peru, and he loves ‘three-dimensional sculptures that he can work with hands.’ Origami
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has head-load of waste currency notes. The apex bank wants people from the industry to come up and make eco-friendly products from shredded currency notes. In the wake of the idea, RBI has entrusted National Institute of Design (NID) Ahmedabad,
Metro saves us from a lot of city transportation hassles, but it doesn’t do much favor to the environment. In Bengaluru, metro pillars may soon go green, increasing the city’s greenery in a way not fathomed before. A city-based start-up, Hydrobloom, has taken leaf from
There are countless people in the country who do their bit for welfare of animals, especially dogs. But, a physiotherapist hailing from Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, has gone a distance to care for stray and suffering dogs. Aaditi Badam, a physiotherapist by profession has given up
She is not educated – reading and writing is an issue with her; so she only listens and memorizes colour codes to remember permutation and combination of wires to install a solar panel or build a solar lantern. This is no fairytale – it is
Very recently, two holy rivers of India, Yamuna and Ganga, were declared as human entity by the High Court of Uttarakhand. That implies one should look at the rivers as living persons. If it’s so, then we have already murdered them by choking into toxic
Animal expressions are always natural, unadulterated by manipulations, which only a human mind is capable of. These expressions and postures are amusing at times. Wildlife photographers know what it means to capture an animal’s expression. But their works are always a treat for eyes. So,