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Pompeii’s 2,300-year-old drains can be used even today! 

Pompeii’s ancient drainage system is in such good condition that it is set to be put back into active service, despite being built almost 2,300 years ago. A 1,500ft stretch of tunnels underneath some of the famed Italian city’s most iconic structures was originally built to drain water downhill away from Pompeii’s centre.  Analysis of […]
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#RecordFail: New Zealand give India first whitewash defeat in more than two decades 

The third and final match between India and New Zealand played in the latter country was a record of sorts for India. Though not a positive one. India had not lost an ODI series between two teams since 1989. They were last clean swept in a bilateral ODI series by Viv Richards’ West Indies in […]
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U19 World Cup: Bangladesh lifts the cup 

It seemed like a bad weekend for the Indian cricket. While the seniors lost the series to New Zealand, the Under 19 players couldn’t defend their championship trophy in the U19 World Cup. Bangladesh has lifted its maiden Under-19 Cricket World Cup after beating India. Bangladesh captain Akbar Ali held his nerves till the end […]
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Arvind Kejriwal is third time lucky too! 

The Aam Aadmi Party swept back to power in Delhi with 62 seats, giving stiff defeat to yothe BJP with just 8 seats. Congress could win a single seat in the 70-member legislative assembly.  Arvind Kejriwal would be back as chief minister for the third time. AAP won 67 seats in 2015 but this time’s […]
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“Aelita Andre is modern art!”

Aelita is a 13-year-old girl who is a prodigy in the art world already. Born in Melbourne, Australia in 2007, she has even shown her paintings at the prestigious Art Basel in Wynwood Miami Kids section and is applauded by various people from around the world. Aelita started painting when she was 9 months old. […]
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Antarctica is hotter than Shimla! 

If you want to go somewhere cold, Antarctica wouldn’t be your first choice. Not because it’s far off, but because places in India are colder than this continent. It recorded its highest temperature at 18.3°C last week. Actually, it’s warmer than many places on the earth with rising temperatures. Last time such temperatures were recorded […]
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This ink is made from air pollution 

We complain about it everyday, but hardly do anything about it. Air pollution harms us in more ways we can imagine. But there’s someone who found a way to use air pollution for good.  Anirudh Sharma, while on a visit to India, saw black soot coming out of a car. Instead of getting worried about […]
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Mughal Garden awaits you this Spring

Every year the President of India opens the doors to his palatial home in New Delhi for the citizens. Rashtrapati Bhavan’s Mughal Garden is one of the major attractions for the common folks in Delhi during this season — the Spring.  Long rows of dark pink “Modern Art” roses juxtaposed with white, full-bodied “IceBerg”, patches […]
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Warm water found under glaciers 

Global warming is real, and we need to accept it. Nature keeps giving signs time and again about the amount of deterioration we are doing to our environment. Sea levels keep rising due to melting glaciers, coastal areas witness unusual phenomenon, weather has become more truant… Now it has come to notice that for the […]
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Britain is out of EU 

It has happened. Brexit is done and though the British government would follow the European Union rules and bills till the end of this year, the country is officially the first one to walk out of the EU. The United Kingdom broke off its ties with European Union — an economic and political partnership of […]