Nestled within the dough is a hidden coin (called flouri) – a token of fortune, love, and health for the lucky person who finds it in their slice. Here is the legend behind the tradition.

The Household Consumption Expenditure Survey 2023-24 showed rural spending growing at a faster pace than urban areas, narrowing the gap between the two, and also perhaps signalling a cut in consumption by urban households.

New Technology Trends for 2025: The year 2025 will see recalibration of the actual use cases of AI — many large corporations are expected to cut the scale of deployment, limiting AI to areas where it has had visible impact. Users will increasingly find that…

Docking is the process by which fast-moving spacecraft approach each other, slow down, and are finally joined together. This capability has to be mastered in order for India to build its space station

South Korea Plane Crash: Belly-landings are risky and carried out only in an emergency. Here are the situations in which this is done, and what probably happened with the Jeju aircraft.

Here is a look at the life and achievements of Sarabhai, who late President APJ Abdul Kalam once had called the 'Mahatma Gandhi of Indian Science'

At the time of its founding, in Dhaka, the Muslim League was mostly a collective of elite Muslim men. Here are three things you should know about the League, and its role in India's politics.

What does the law say about transgender people changing their name and identity on official documents, such as Aadhar card, passport, and others?

What is the H-1B visa program in the United States? Why has there been a public row among supporters of Donald Trump regarding the program? What are some of its major criticisms?

Gujarat police said that although the prohibited Chinese kite strings or glass-coated kite strings (manjha) are usually believed to be responsible for serious injuries, even the permitted cotton strings are known to cause fatalities.

If the Spanish gobble 12 grapes right when the clocks strikes midnight for the New Year, in Greece onions are hung on doors of homes to attract growth and ward off evil. Here is a look at five popular New Year traditions from around the world and their origins

From North Korea to Easter Island in the South Pacific Ocean, here are four places where the New Year is ushered in with traditional practices, as well as new kinds of celebrations.

Kerala Nurse Nimisha Priya Case: Yemen President Rashad al-Alami on Monday approved the death penalty for Kerala nurse Nimisha Priya, accused in the murder of a Yemeni citizen. Her only option now is 'blood money'. We explain.

These telescopes are much like the IceCube Neutrino Observatory, which can detect high-energy neutrinos from deep space but is under the frozen ice in the Antarctic rather than being in the water

Norovirus is a highly contagious virus that is also sometimes referred to as the ‘winter vomiting bug’.

Star Theatre is a cultural institution of Kolkata. However, in its history lies the betrayal of a woman who helped build it. Who was Binodini, and what was her connection with Star Theatre? Why does her story remain relevant today? We explain.

Everyday things made from black plastic, including cooking utensils, could be leaching harmful chemicals into your food.

Following a deadly weekend of violence in the dual-island nation in the Caribbean that increased its annual death toll to 623, Trinidad and Tobago on Monday declared a state of emergency. We explain.

The New Glenn rocket is a heavy-lift launch vehicle which has been named after John Glenn, the NASA astronaut who was the first American to circle the Earth in 1962

A museum in the 19th century London home in which the British writer wrote Oliver Twist and The Pickwick Papers, has now been open to the public for 100 years. We explore the life and legacy of this influential writer of the sentimental and picaresque