NEW DELHI: After a drubbing in the Tamil Nadu assembly polls, a faction of AIADMK on Tuesday announced that it will extend support to Vijay’s TVK ahead of the crucial floor test.Speaking to reporters, AIADMK leader C V Shanmugam said the party currently stands without any alliance, signalling severed ties with the Bharatiya Janata Party…

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NEET UG 2026 cancelled, NTA announces re-exam after Government approval and investigation findings MUMBAI: NEET (UG) 2026 stands cancelled.The National Testing Agency, issued a statement concerning the examination conducted on 3 May 2026. The NEET was taken by 24 lakh candidates.Upon subsequent review of the material available with the NTA, including inputs examined in coordination…

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A young boy named Matthew Berger found important fossils in South Africa. These fossils, named Australopithecus sediba, showed a mix of ape and human features. The discovery challenged existing ideas about human evolution. Image Credits: Wikimedia Commons Although we were all busy trying to survive our first year living in the age of smartphones in…

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Carl Rogers (Image: Wikipedia) One of the most fundamental human needs is to be heard, yet it is also one of the least common experiences for many people. These days, talks move quickly. People interrupt, advise, correct, analyse or immediately relate someone else’s experience back to themselves. In that world, it can feel strangely powerful…

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A small lab mistake became one of electronics’ most important manufacturing methods. Image credit – Wikimedia Laboratory mistakes often lead to something extremely unusual. In fact, many groundbreaking scientific findings have come from minor mishaps. For instance, according to some accounts, Polish chemist Jan Czochralski accidentally dipped his pen into molten metal rather than ink…

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(Image Credits: Pinterest) By now, you’ve probably seen the ads for brunch deals and jewelry sales. But let’s be real: after the years we’ve had—navigating shifting work cultures, the rise of “quiet luxury” as a lifestyle, and the general chaos of the 2020s—the women who raised us deserve something a bit more substantial than a…

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NEW DELHI: Tamil Nadu chief minister C Joseph Vijay assumed office on Sunday, which started with a series of political, administrative and symbolic moves.The events starting from the oath ceremony included him having an unscripted moment, his first law and order review meeting at the Secretariat, welfare announcements, the appointment of a Pro-tem Speaker and…

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Carl Jung (Image: Wikipedia) Some quotes remain relevant no matter how much society changes. They live on through generations because they talk about emotions that almost everyone has at some point in their life. One such quote comes from the Swiss psychiatrist and psychoanalyst Carl Jung, whose writings about the human mind, personality, emotions, and…

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László Bíró was frustrated by smudged notes. Image credit – Wikimedia In the late 1930s, a Hungarian journalist, László Bíró, found himself facing the same problem every day. His fountain pen left smudges on paper, whereas the ink used for newspaper production dried quickly and did not smear. A simple comparison posed an obvious question.…

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Karl Jansky tracked radio static with a rotating antenna. Image credit – Wikimedia Simple engineering tasks often lead to massive discoveries. This was the case for the engineer Karl Jansky. He was employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories in New Jersey in 1933 to ascertain the source of radio interference affecting long-distance communication.As part of accomplishing…

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