Portugal’s Cristiano Ronaldo scored twice to make history at Euro Cup 2020 on Tuesday, making him the leading scorer in the Championship’s history with 11 goals in a men’s record fifth tournament appearance. At the age of 36, he beat the previous mark of nine set by France’s Michel Platini. All of Platini’s goals came […]
A Mizoram man believed to have headed the world’s largest family died at Aizawl on Sunday. Ziona Chana, 76, suffered from diabetes and hypertension. Chana, a resident of Baktawng Tlangnuam village in Serchhip district of the small north-eastern state had 38 wives and 89 children and a large number of grandchildren “With a heavy heart, […]
Did you know that spam emails, unread emails, and unwanted emails all contribute to carbon emissions? At first glance, digital messages appear to save resources. Unlike traditional letters, no paper or stamps are required and nothing needs to be packaged or transported. Most of us assume that using mail requires little more than the electricity […]
Researchers from Nasa’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory and the University of New Mexico have discovered an exoplanet named ‘TOI-1231 b’ orbiting an M dwarf star – otherwise known as a red dwarf. Located 90 light-years away from Earth, it has a potentially rich atmosphere that may contain water clouds. Nasa said that the newly discovered exoplanet […]
The National Geography cartographers have now identified the Southern Ocean as the fifth ocean on the planet. The new ocean has been identified by the National Geography Society which has been making maps since 1915 and had so far recognised the Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, and Arctic oceans. Notably, while other oceans are identified by the […]
El Salvador has become the first country to approve Bitcoin as the official currency, announced President Nayib Bukele through Twitter. The President has backed the cryptocurrency’s use in boosting the economy. He announced that people who invest Bitcoin in El Salvador will get the country citizenship. People investing three Bitcoins in country’s economy will be […]
Scientists have confirmed the discovery of a new dinosaur species in Australia, Australotitan cooperensis, one of the largest found in the world, more than a decade after cattle farmers first uncovered bones of the animal. A Cooperensis, part of the titanosaur family, has finally been described 15 years after its bones were first uncovered. The […]
Italian artist Salvatore Garau, 67, recently auctioned an ‘invisible sculpture’ that is literally made of nothing. The “immaterial” artwork is unusual in that it is ‘nothing’, meaning it literally does not exist in the material world. The ‘invisible sculpture’ was estimated to be sold between €6,000-9,000 (Rs 13, 33,459.70). Garau said that the artwork titled […]
Italian fashion house Gucci is selling a dress that bears a striking resemblance to the traditional Indian kurta, and netizens have a lot to say about it. The ‘organic linen kaftan’ with floral embroidery retails for $3,500 (₹2.5 lakh approximately) on the luxury brand’s website. Customers have the option of paying in monthly installments to […]
China’s ‘artificial sun’ nuclear fusion reactor has set a new world record after running at 216 million degrees Fahrenheit (120million°C) for 100 seconds, according to state media. For another 20 seconds, the “artificial sun” also achieved a peak temperature of 288 million degrees Fahrenheit (160 million degrees Celsius), which is over ten times hotter than […]