India’s un-employment crisis and helplessness of modern life. (Representative image) Franz Kafka’s The Metamorphosis transformed an ordinary man into a giant insect to explore alienation, helplessness and the dehumanising pressures of modern life.More than a century later, India’s self-styled Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) has adopted a similarly unsettling symbol, not to tell a work of…
Landslides cause about 25 deaths a year in the USA An estimated 6.5 million Americans live in homes built on or next to landslide-prone land, according to a major national study by the University of Washington.By studying 128 million buildings across the United States, researchers created the Landslide Exposure Database (LED). It is the first…
Kangana Ranaut after meeting two Gen-Z girls in gym: ‘You are free to live your life… freedom needs accountability’ Kangana Ranaut has once again spoken about Gen-Z, social media and personal freedom. The actress recently shared an interaction she had with two young women at a gym. According to her, the discussion centred on growing…
Clean Max Enviro Energy Solutions reported a strong June quarter (Q1FY27), with revenue more than doubling year-on-year and the company returning to profitability, driven by record renewable energy capacity additions and continued growth in its contracted renewable energy portfolio. Revenue for Q1FY27 stood at ₹832 crore, up 107% from ₹402.3 crore a year earlier. Adjusted…
5.9 million accounts saw the Spider-Man leak on X. Sony still had a record Friday. A high-quality bootleg of Spider-Man: Brand New Day sat in plain sight on X for most of Friday, reaching 5.9 million accounts before Sony managed to get it pulled. The post went up at 6:05 am PT from an account…
Participants in the Jain Summer Program pose for a group photograph at Jain Vishwa Bharati in Ladnun, Rajasthan, on July 29. Photo by Aman Dhage/The American Bazaar Nestled amid the arid plains of Rajasthan, about 230 miles west of Delhi, Ladnun is the kind of town many travelers might pass without a second glance. Its…
A building facade from the Motel Inn in 2022. The birthplace of modern road-trip culture is back on the market, giving buyers the chance to restore a landmark of hospitality history or redevelop it into housing for older residents.Located along Highway 101 in San Luis Obispo on California’s Central Coast, the historic 4.2-acre site where…
Glasgow: India’s Jaismine Lamboria (PTI Photo/Ravi Choudhary) Jaismine Lamboria, one of India’s leading boxers, will carry the national flag at the Commonwealth Games closing ceremony in Glasgow on Sunday. The 24-year-old recently won gold in the women’s 57kg category, adding to the bronze medal she earned at the 2022 Birmingham Games.Lamboria has enjoyed a consistent…
What if ‘FRIENDS’ had Bollywood version? Internet once reimagined Aamir Khan Chandler Bing, Hrithik Roshan as Mike Hannigan, Ranbir Kapoor as Ross Geller and more as iconic Friendship Day is the perfect occasion to revisit one of the internet’s most entertaining pop culture crossovers. Long before AI-generated celebrity transformations became a daily trend, social media…
If someone told you your future could be predicted today, would you believe them? Would it reveal whether you’ll become successful, live to 100, or stay healthy?For centuries, humans searched for answers in astrology, palmistry and fortune tellers. Now, science offers its own version of a crystal ball: your genes.But before you imagine your DNA…
