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Central Railway announces 246 Ganpati Special trains One of the most-awaited Hindu festivals is almost here and travellers must already be planning to head to Maharashtra’s Konkan region for Ganesh Chaturthi 2026. In a bid to manage the annual festive rush, Central Railway has announced 246 Ganpati Special train services. The news comes as a…

Sudha Murty shared an old photo of early Infosys founders and their wives. This image recalled the company’s humble beginnings from a rented apartment. Sudha Murty provided crucial seed money from her personal savings. The wives of founders provided unstinted support during early struggles. Both couples built significant legacies beyond the corporate world. Sudha Murthy,…

Image Credit: Instagram/ @mansionglobal For more than five years, billionaire casino developer Steve Wynn searched for a buyer for his lavish Beverly Hills mansion. According to sfgate, once quietly marketed for as much as $135 million, the estate has reportedly sold for $47.75 million, bringing to a close one of the longest-running sales stories in…

Turned Away Despite a Confirmed Booking Imagine planning a perfect holiday. From train tickets to hotel booking, everything sorted months before. But arriving at the property and denied the stay despite having a confirmed booking is something you didn’t plan for. Now this is not an imaginary story but a real incident. A Gurgaon resident…

Lu Zikuan with his father. (Photo credit: South China Morning Post) Most children are asked to finish their vegetables. Eleven-year-old Lu Zikuan was asked to eat far more than he ever wanted to. Not because he was underweight or because his parents wanted him to grow taller. He needed to gain enough weight to save…

There’s a particular kind of dread that comes with popping the hood and finding chewed wires, shredded insulation, or a scatter of droppings where your engine components should be. Rats and mice are drawn to parked cars for the same reasons they’re drawn to any quiet, enclosed space, warmth, shelter, and, increasingly, something to chew…

Photo credits: Instagram/@abrokecollegekid Every parent wants to give their child the best opportunities in life. But what happens when dreams cost more than a family’s monthly income? For many parents, the hardest part is not encouraging talent- it is finding the money to keep that talent alive.India has become one of the world’s biggest chess…

5 smart ways to use empty tin cans at home instead of throwing them away Every kitchen ends up with a small pile of empty tin cans over the course of a month—tomato puree, condensed milk, baked beans, coconut milk, and most of them go straight into the recycling bin or, worse, the regular trash…

Walk down the aisles of an American supermarket and you’ll find thousands of foods that look identical to products sold elsewhere. But flip over the ingredient list, and you may notice something surprising. Some additives that remain legal in the United States have been banned or heavily restricted in countries such as those in the…

Giant African snail is back: U.S. neighborhoods on alert as officials urge residents to watch for these signs The invasive and dangerous Giant African Land Snail has been spotted in the U.S. again and officials are asking people to be on the look out for any signs of the unwelcome varmints. Some areas in Southwest…