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Decades before billionaires started fleeing, this genius built a 233-foot superyacht and lived on it Decades before the world’s richest people began leaving high-tax states like California and New York for Florida and Texas, one tech mogul quietly found his own way to avoid local taxes, strict building rules, and the need for a permanent home.Charles Simonyi, the Microsoft engineer behind Word and Excel, solved two problems at once by owning a luxury property by building a floating home. Instead of buying expensive apartments in different cities, he commissioned a custom-built $100 million 233-foot superyacht called Skat in 1990s, by…

Salsa is one of the most popular dance forms, with hundreds of millions of followers worldwide. A mix of Caribbean, Spanish and African musical styles and rhythms, it is believed to offer many cognitive and physical benefits, such as improving cardiovascular health, muscle tone and posture.Now a randomised controlled trial suggests it could also reduce depression and anxiety. Researchers at the University of Oxford and the Oxford Health NHS trust studied 121 young adults with mild to moderate depression and anxiety who were randomly assigned to a salsa dance programme or a control group.Both groups of 18- to 24-year-olds completed…

When a geomagnetically induced current flows through a transformer for long periods, it can saturate the magnetic core, leaving them to overheat and suffer more wear. Representative image. | Photo Credit: Andrey Metelev/Unsplash As countries electrify more of their economies and increasingly interconnect their power grids, understanding space weather has become crucial. One particularly adverse form of space weather is a geomagnetic storm: temporary disturbances in earth’s magnetic field caused by charged particles from the sun. These storms produce beautiful aurorae but also induce strong yet short-lived currents in the grid.However, a new study in Space Weather has reported that…

Bhim Army chief attacks UP govt over proposed bulldozer action at Jauhar University (ANI image) NEW DELHI: Bhim Army chief and Nagina MP Chandra Shekhar Azad on Friday criticised the Uttar Pradesh government over the proposed demolition action against Mohammad Ali Jauhar University in Rampur, alleging that the move reflected “communal politics” and violated the spirit of Supreme Court observations on bulldozer actions.In a post on X, Azad said the order issued by the Rampur Development Authority (RDA) should not be treated as a substitute for a judicial verdict and argued that the university must be allowed to exhaust all…

Senior leaders Jayant Patil (left), MLA Jitendra Awhad and Priya Patil met Maharashtra chief election officer on Thursday. MUMBAI: Senior leaders of the Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar), led by Jayant Patil, on Wednesday met Maharashtra chief electoral officer S. Chockalingam to raise concerns over difficulties being faced by voters during the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, and sought corrective measures to make the process more transparent and accessible.The delegation comprised senior leader Jayant Patil, MLA Jitendra Awhad and Priya Patil, head of the party’s LGBTQ cell.Addressing the media after the meeting, Jayant Patil alleged that while…

New Delhi: Five people, including two 18-year-olds, have been arrested for allegedly stabbing a 19-year-old man to death in northwest Delhi’s Rohini.The deceased, Chandan, worked at a manufacturing and kitchen designing company in Rithala village.Police said he was found lying face down in the bushes near DDA ground in Sector 23, after a PCR call at Begumpur police station Monday. There were bloodstains at the spot and a broken black helmet was found nearby. Chandan was taken to a hospital, where he was declared brought dead. Doctors found a stab wound on the left side of his chest. A case…

Union minister for consumer affairs, food and public distribution and new and renewable energy Pralhad Joshi with Nidhi Khare, secy, department of consumer affairs, during the 5th meeting of BRICS in Bengaluru on Thursday. BENGALURU: In a major geopolitical move aimed at breaking the long-standing Western monopoly on global trade rules, the BRICS bloc has signed a crucial pact to collaborate on product standardisation.After four years of intense deliberations, the 11-member alliance is positioning itself to challenge the dominance of America and Europe at influential global forums like the International Organization for Standardization and the International Electrotechnical Commission.A key frontier…

Devotees participate in the Golden Jubilee Rath Yatra in Abids on Thursday Hyderabad: Chants of “Jai Jagannath” echoed through Hyderabad as thousands joined the Golden Jubilee Rath Yatra organised by Iskcon Abids on Thursday. The flower-adorned chariot rolled from NTR Stadium at noon to the Exhibition Grounds, Nampally, drawing devotees from all walks of life.The Rath Yatra, which honours Lord Jagannath, a form of Lord Vishnu, along with his siblings, Lord Balabhadra and Goddess Subhadra, symbolises togetherness, a spirit reflected throughout the celebrations.“It takes three to four months of preparation to organise the Rath Yatra,” said Dhiraj Shelke (26), who…

CHENNAI: El Nino is likely to persist through the remainder of the southwest monsoon, the northeast monsoon and into winter 2027, with the Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS) forecasting up to 98% probability that the phenomenon will continue through March. The agency said El Nino conditions became established in June, while the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has projected a rapid development into a strong El Nino during the July-Sept period.The latest outlook assumes significance for Chennai and Tamil Nadu, where a weak southwest monsoon has coincided with prolonged heatwave conditions over the interior regions and hot, humid…

The breakthrough came when CCTV footage showed the complainant alone at the alleged crime scene. The video captured him cutting the strap of his own bag, rubbing chilli powder into his own eyes, and inflicting a cut on his left wrist Ahmedabad: Mehsana police cracked a sensational ‘robbery’ case in Kherva village within hours of it being reported, only to discover that the complainant had staged the entire episode to conceal the fact that he had secretly sold his daughter-in-law’s gold ornaments.The man had told Mehsana taluka police that on July 13, two unidentified men on a black motorcycle attacked…