Every winter, as the cold grip of the northern Indian region starts to unravel, the lighting of Lohri candles casts a radiant glow over the villages, towns, and cities of Punjab as well as the surrounding areas. This event is observed every year on 13 January as Lohri. Despite the popularity of the event as…
Roja Assadiand Sarah Namjoo,BBC Persian Public domain A protester holds up a picture of crown prince Reza Pahlavi in Kaj Square, north-western Tehran on Friday “I saw it with my own eyes – they fired directly into lines of protesters, and people fell where they stood.” Omid’s voice was shaking as he spoke, fearful of…
The justices heard arguments over whether oil companies sued by Louisiana could move the cases from state to federal court, a venue thought to be friendlier to corporate interests. Source link
Yes, you read that right! For most of us, removing stickers from glass bottles is often irritating, messy and a tedious task. And let’s just not talk about how much time the process consumes. But even after so much time and effort, there’s no guarantee of a clean bottle because most of the time, labels…
Laura CressTechnology reporter Getty Images The UK will bring into force a law which will make it illegal to create non-consensual intimate images, following widespread concerns over Elon Musk’s Grok AI chatbot. The Technology Secretary Liz Kendall said the government would also seek to make it illegal for companies to supply the tools designed to…
Venezuela’s new leaders and President Trump have alluded to a major release of political prisoners, but the liberations have been slow to come. Source link
The unexpected discovery of a well-preserved and fortified villa in Margam Park in South Wales sheds new light on the Roman occupation there, an expert said. Source link
AFP via Getty Images Many Rohingya have fled Myanmar, ending up in neighbouring Bangladesh and in other Asian countries Myanmar wanted to erase the Rohingya people through its use of “genocidal policies”, The Gambia’s foreign minister Dawda Jallow has told the UN’s top court. The International Court of Justice (ICJ) is hearing a landmark case…
The deal would cut tariffs and include a commitment from Taiwanese Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation, the island’s chip giant, to build more manufacturing plants in the United States. Source link
One really adorable moment was when Kriti Sanon held Nupur’s phoolon ki chaadar as her little sister walked in. Big-sister energy at its cutest. Kriti wore an ivory lehenga with zardozi work and a rani-pink border, and kept her hair half-tied – simple and pretty. In one of her posts, Nupur wrote, “Tu mere kal…