Gaur Gopal Das: Quote of the day by Gaur Gopal Das: “If you can’t do the little things right, you will never do..”; What does the engineer-turned monk advise about the significance of smaller things in life

Gaur Gopal Das: Quote of the day by Gaur Gopal Das: “If you can’t do the little things right, you will never do..”; What does the engineer-turned monk advise about the significance of smaller things in life

Quote of the day by Gaur Gopal Das (Photo: @gaurgopald/ X) Gaur Gopal Das is an engineer-turned-monk renowned for his discourses on a positive take on life. He often speaks about mental well-being and how to develop a positive perspective on life’s situations and tackle them with ease.Once, he talked about a profound idea about … Read more

RBI flags tech concentration risks, warns of disruptions

RBI flags tech concentration risks, warns of disruptions

MUMBAI: RBI deputy governor Rohit Jain flagged concentration risk among banks as most of them become dependent on a few cloud, technology and model providers, warning that a common technology dependency could allow a disruption at one provider to spread across multiple financial institutions.Speaking at the Global Fintech Fest in Mumbai on Wednesday, Jain said … Read more

A narwhal can grow a single 10-feet tooth through its upper lip; scientists used 3D X-rays and 3 particle accelerators to discover how nature’s only straight tusk stays straight

A narwhal can grow a single 10-feet tooth through its upper lip; scientists used 3D X-rays and 3 particle accelerators to discover how nature’s only straight tusk stays straight

An international team of biologists, chemists and physicists has used sophisticated 3D X-ray technology to investigate the tooth at an unprecedented level. A unicorn may be a mythical creature, but nature made something very similar under the Arctic ice. Wondering what? Well, the narwhal has a strange tusk that can reach nearly 10 feet long … Read more

Govt eyes ethanol blending beyond E20 with flex-fuel vehicles, says PM advisor

Govt eyes ethanol blending beyond E20 with flex-fuel vehicles, says PM advisor

India’s ethanol production capacity has surpassed the requirements for blending, prompting the government to explore additional uses for the surplus. The government is looking to move beyond the 20 per cent ethanol-blending target as flex-fuel vehicles are expected to enter the market, advisor to the Prime Minister Tarun Kapoor said on Wednesday.Speaking at The India … Read more

A Scottish river project set out to revive oysters that once covered an area the size of Edinburgh; now, 60,000 have been returned |

A Scottish river project set out to revive oysters that once covered an area the size of Edinburgh; now, 60,000 have been returned |

A Scottish restoration project has returned 60,000 native oysters to the Firth of Forth, reviving a species that once formed vast oyster beds across an area roughly comparable to the size of Edinburgh. The Restoration Forth partnership originally aimed to return 30,000 European flat oysters to the estuary, but the target was later doubled after … Read more

Not just Nepal: How climate change puts European Alps under threat of glacial retreat and rock fall

Not just Nepal: How climate change puts European Alps under threat of glacial retreat and rock fall

Tourists look at the Mont-Blanc massif mountains and the ‘Mer de Glace’ glacier at the Montenvers station in Chamonix, France (Photo: AP). Climate change is increasingly becoming a threat to the snow-clad European Alps, amid initial investigations associating the August 26 Nepal tragedy with rising temperatures.Average temperatures in July, on the Aiguille du Midi peak, … Read more

Taxpayer chose new tax regime, but consultant filed the wrong form, triggering old regime and Rs 1.23 lakh demand; ITAT orders ITR to be processed under new tax regime and gives relief on tax demand

Taxpayer chose new tax regime, but consultant filed the wrong form, triggering old regime and Rs 1.23 lakh demand; ITAT orders ITR to be processed under new tax regime and gives relief on tax demand

The mistake subsequently translated into an additional tax demand. Filing your own income tax return can be a daunting and tedious process for many. That’s when you hire a consultant. But, what if the consultant mixes up your ITR between the new and old income tax regime? You may get a tax notice, and that’s … Read more

Archaeologists were excavating a Roman cemetery in Poland when they found a much older man buried with two decapitated human heads, 42 animal teeth and a battle axe

Archaeologists were excavating a Roman cemetery in Poland when they found a much older man buried with two decapitated human heads, 42 animal teeth and a battle axe

Ancient Polish burial reveals man with 2 skulls, 42-tooth necklace and battle axe (Image Credit: X/ @sputnik_brasil) Archaeologists investigating a Roman-period cemetery in Poland made an unexpected discovery when they came across a burial that was thousands of years older than the surrounding graves. Instead of a Roman-era burial, they found the nearly complete skeleton … Read more

Dalai Lama Kindness: Quote of the day by the Dalai Lama: “Warm-heartedness. Even animals appreciate it. If you are motivated by loving kindness, it will be…” The spiritual leader advises on how kindness heals everything

Dalai Lama Kindness: Quote of the day by the Dalai Lama: “Warm-heartedness. Even animals appreciate it. If you are motivated by loving kindness, it will be…” The spiritual leader advises on how kindness heals everything

The 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, is the spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism and one of the most renowned voices on compassion and human well-being alive today. Born in 1935, he was identified as a child as the reincarnation of his predecessor and later became the religious and political head of Tibet.In 1989, he was … Read more