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Image credit: Instagram.com/roba_tron/ At 22, Robert Lennox-Hvenekilde made a decision that sounds almost unbelievable today. Instead of putting his savings toward a city home, he bought roughly 7.5 acres of undeveloped jungle in Colombia for about $40,000. The Danish adventurer now wants to build a simple, off-grid life around the land rather than around a mortgage, traffic and city routines.A trip at 19 changed what he wantedRobert first visited Colombia when he was 19. What stayed with him was not simply the landscape, but the way some people around him lived.He told Newsweek that he saw people who were not…
Srinagar, Sep 5: A couple from Kerala, visiting Kashmir for the first time, expressed admiration for the Valley’s breathtaking landscapes, warm hospitality and friendly people, saying their experience had exceeded their expectations.The couple, who arrived in Srinagar around three to four days ago, said they had been exploring different tourist destinations across Kashmir and were particularly impressed by the natural beauty of Gulmarg and the hospitality extended to them by locals.Speaking to Rising Kashmir, the 43-year-old visitor said it was his first visit to Kashmir, adding that he had long wanted to explore the Valley but could not do so…
Dominican Republic’s Joheirry Mola has been crowned the new Miss World. First runner up was Spain’s Elisabeth R Alabern and second runner-up was Taanusiya Chetty from Malaysia.India’s contestant Nikita Porwal didn’t make it to Top 20.The ceremony was hosted in Nha Trang, Vietnam.The pageant began on August 9 with 111 participants from around the globe, who competed against each other in a series of challenges held across Thailand. Representing India, Nikita made it all the way to the finale but did not manage to make the cut in the top 20. However, her achievement on the global stage is still…
Iran’s Kheibar Shekan, or “Castle Breaker,” missile has reportedly received an anti-jamming upgrade that could make its navigation harder to disrupt. New images suggest a CRPA antenna designed to resist electronic warfare, while apparent similarities to Chinese anti-jamming systems raise questions about possible technology links. Combined with terminal manoeuvering and solid-fuel propulsion, the upgrade could complicate efforts to intercept the missile. Source link
She taught for Rs 60 a day to fund college; 22 years later, Suman Goel is a National Teachers’ Award winner. (Photo: FaceBook) In 2004, Suman Goel returned to the Delhi government school where she had once studied, but this time she stood on the other side of the classroom. She was pursuing college and began teaching for just Rs 60 a day, using the modest income to support her education. More than two decades later, that same school has become the place where she built her career as a primary teacher.Goel, now 41, has been selected for the National…
New Delhi: YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) leader PV Midhun Reddy cited recent Union government replies in Parliament to question the N Chandrababu Naidu-led Andhra Pradesh government’s economic performance, highlighting closures of micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) and asserting that investment inflows had fallen well short of the TDP-led government’s projections.Reddy said that, as per the Union MSME ministry, 4,520 MSMEs shut down in Andhra Pradesh between 2024-25 and June 30 this year, affecting units that employed 48,477 people. The data showed that 1,401 MSMEs closed in 2024-25, 2,407 in 2025-26 and another 712 during the first quarter of this…
Bipasha Basu has always been known in the Hindu film industry as one of the fittest stars. She has also promoted fitness and health for women for many years. In a new cover for Elle India, Bipasha opened up about the standards for women’s bodies and how they become topics for discussion on social media. The actor, who welcomed her first child, a baby girl, on November 12, 2022, with Karan Singh Grover, shared that she faced intense trolling for her body.Actor Bipasha Basu opened up about facing trolling. (File Photo/ PTI)What Bipasha saidIn the chat, Bipasha candidly spoke about…
Nearly 2,000 people, most of them students, fell ill in suspected food poisoning outbreaks linked to President Prabowo Subianto ’s flagship Free Nutritious Meals program this week, raising fresh concerns about food safety as the government rapidly expands the multibillion-dollar initiative nationwide, officials said Saturday (September 5, 2026).The incidents, reported between Tuesday and Thursday in East Java, Central Java, West Sumatra, Aceh and South Sulawesi, affected about 1,950 students, teachers and Islamic boarding school pupils who became sick after consuming meals distributed under the government program, known by its Indonesian acronym MBG.The outbreaks are the latest setback for Prabowo’s signature…
A year after the launch of the NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR) mission and the Axiom-4 mission that sent astronaut-candidate Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla to the International Space Station, the U.S. space agency has formally extended an invitation to India to join its ambitious ‘Moon Base’ programme under the Artemis Accords.At the ninth meeting of the India-U.S. Civil Space Joint Working Group in Bengaluru, NASA invited the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) to be part of this programme, through which it is looking to establish a lunar outpost — potentially the first of its kind where astronauts will make the…
Today, Uyeyama operates Harvey’s Coffee with his girlfriend, Abby Merchant, an 18-year-old student at UC San Diego. At 16, Harvey Uyeyama already has a business, a loyal customer base and a highly specialized craft that most adults never attempt to master. From his home in Davis, California, the soon-to-be high school senior hand-roasts coffee, customizes orders and runs a growing subscription service, all while preparing for college. But Harvey’s Coffee began with something much more personal, the time spent with his father. According to a report by The Sacramento Bee, Uyeyama learned to roast coffee from his father, John, who…